End It Movement

I know not everyone is able to stand for 27 hours, but the good news is that there are more ways to raise awareness about human trafficking! Besides Stand For Freedom, one of my favorites is the End It Movement (http://enditmovement.com/). Their mission? To end it.

Here are some statistics about modern slavery that I got from End It Movement's website:
- 27 MILLION slaves worldwide.
- $90 is the average amount paid for a person.
- 161 countries affected by human trafficking (this includes sources, transit centers, and destinations).
- 17,500 people are trafficked into the U.S. annually.
- 14 year old is the average age of those 17,500 people.
- 80% of human trafficking victims are women.
- 32 BILLION dollars is the amount of money made in the slavery industry every year. That's   $32,000,000,000 made by people who think they have the right to buy, sell, exploit and 
  control another human being.
- In 60 seconds, 4 children are sold into slavery. That is 2,880 a day.
- 14 cities in the U.S. rank among the top hub cities for child-involved prostitution.
- 200,000 slaves exist in the United States today.
- 600,000-800,000 people are trafficked across international borders each year.
- $0 is how much is costs to raise awareness.

This is their mission statement:

"SLAVERY IS WRONG.

YOU KNOW IT. WE KNOW IT. AS A COUNTRY, WE'VE OFFICIALLY KNOWN IT SINCE 1863. BUT HERE'S SOMETHING YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW -- SLAVERY STILL EXISTS. WE WANT EVERY MAN, WOMAN AND CHILD TO KNOW THAT THERE ARE 27 MILLION MEN, women and children, JUST LIKE THEM, LIVING IN THE SHADOWS. IN BROTHELS. IN FACTORIES. IN QUARRIES. WORKING AS SLAVES. IN 161 COUNTRIES. INCLUDING OUR OWN. WE ARE HERE TO SHINE A LIGHT ON SLAVERY. NO MORE BONDAGE. NO MORE SEX TRAFFICKING. NO MORE CHILD LABORERS. NO MORE, STARTING NOW."