Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Actress Julia Ormond Speaks about Human Trafficking

Julia Ormond:
Combating Human Trafficking

Global Philanthropy Forum




Ormond has been an activist engaged with fighting human trafficking since the mid-1990s, and has recently partnered with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime.[3] She is also an advocate for Transatlantic Partners Against Aids, which attempts to raise awareness about AIDS in Russia and Ukraine, and is founding co-chairman of FilmAid International.[4]

On 2 December 2005, Ormond was appointed as a United Nations Goodwill Ambassador. Her focus has been on anti human-trafficking initiatives, raising awareness about this modern form of slavery and promoting efforts to combat it.[5] In her capacity as ambassador, Ormond has appeared as council to the United States House of Representatives, Committee on International Relations,[6] Subcommittee on Africa,[7] Global Human Rights and International Operations, and has travelled the world as an ambassador.[8]

-Biography on Wikipedia

AUTHOR'S INVITATION:

Everyone I talk to about modern slavery agrees it's atrocious. Then they ask, "What can I do?" BE A VOICE. Spread awareness by sharing these posts and videos with others. Collectively we can reach thousands of people. Creating awareness and making this an issue in the public mind WILL lead to CHANGE.

Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.
~Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Will you accept my invitation? Will you be a voice?

Thank you,
John Burger
AbolitionisJB

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