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...Not for Sale is a campaign of students, entrepreneurs, artists, people of faith, athletes, law enforcement officers, politicians, social workers, skilled professionals, and all justice seekers, united to fight the global slave trade.

Every single person has a skill that they can give to free an individual living in bondage.

STUDENTS BUILDING THE ABOLITIONIST MOVEMENT

The Underground University: How One Campus Hit the Classroom and the Streets to Fight Modern Slavery

Students at the University of San Francisco learned that their city was a major center for trafficking in human beings. This 30-minute documentary tracks their personal discovery of modern slavery, their successful efforts to gather evidence against local traffickers, and their passion to fuel a student movement.

WATCH the video by clicking HERE!

You can view the documentary $1.99 or purchase it for $4.99. All proceeds support our abolitionist work locally and globally. Watch the film, and get inspired today!

MAPPING AND MONITORING SLAVERY

The Erasmus Living-Learning community of the University of San Francisco is committed to social justice. Modern-day slavery is their current focus, and as diverse group of students, with varying perspectives, joined the Not for Sale Campaign's abolitionist movement. They have dedicated themselves to creating a university research center that maps and monitors slavery in the San Francisco Bay Area. Using this as a template, their hope is to strive to have a national, and eventually international, network of university-based research centers that document slavery around the world.

The goal for the project is to locate trafficking 'red flag' sites in the San Francisco Bay Area, educate our local community about the realities of slavery in our city and region and to hold accountable all institutions that fail to act to eradicate slavery.

>> follow the progress of the Erasmus Project visit their blog.

>> See the media's reaction to student action.

Bring Not for Sale to your college or university:

See how students at the University of San Francisco found trafficking in the Bay Area, learn how you can replicate their process, get out into your community to raise awareness, view a feature film, and make a difference in your city!

We cater our day-long Not For Trade Shows to fit the needs and passions of your college community. This dynamic blend of presentation, discussion and action will empower students at your school to join the fight against human trafficking.

DOWNLOAD our Trade Show PDF to learn more!

There is still time to book an event for the spring semester or plan ahead for next fall! Interested? Contact Allison.

High School Toolkit - Version 1.0

Prior to launching Not for Sale we began an evaluation process...

How can you move a mountain (slavery) when you don't have enough personnel (modern abolitionists) to assist in the effort? Answer: Equip and empower our youth generation to engage in action.

It is our great pleasure to announce the official launch of the Not for Sale High School DOWNLOAD (print version) the Not for Sale High School Toolkit and join the Abolitionist movement TODAY.

You are never too young to become an abolitionist.

NEWARK HIGH SCHOOL - JOINED THE ABOLITIONIST MOVEMENT

Sophomore students at Newark High School in Ohio organized an awareness campaign in their school and surrounding community about human trafficking as part of an English project about human-rights violations. The students educated their peers and community, fundraising, wearing T-shirts that say "Not for Sale" and used orange string as bracelets or as shoelaces.

WIL BERRY- MEDICAL STUDENT AT UCSF:

I was blessed with a freedom -- not just to attend school, play sports, and build relationships -- but a freedom to seek purpose, meaning, and a future. I am currently studying medicine at the University of California, San Francisco. This summer I will be going to Cambodia to do grassroots medical work with the Agape Restoration Center. Founded in 2005, ARC is reaching out to the girls and women of Cambodia who have been sexually exploited and abused and are beginning the work of rebuilding their lives. Healthcare workers are in a unique position to advocate for people, for the suffering as well as the sick. I have joined the Not for Sale Campaign because, while recognizing the complexities involved with this issue, I believe in the simplicity of their vision: that no person, now or ever, should be for sale.

ST. IGNATIUS HIGH SCHOOL:

Students Jade Batstone and Natalie Dillon at St. Ignatius High School in San Francisco have joined the fight against slavery. They have begun to assemble a Not for Sale Club on campus to raise awareness among high school students to the realities of the global slave trade. The S.I Not for Sale Club has also joined the Free to Play campaign as it is through athletics that they feel they can express themselves as abolitionists.

STUDENT ATHLETES JOIN THE FREE TO PLAY CAMPAIGN

Track Challenge: Renee Stribling, captain of the track team at the University of San Francisco has joined the Free to Play campaign. For every second of improvement that she makes in the 1500 meter and 800 meter run, Renee will donate $10 to the Not for Sale campaign. Everyone should be Free to Play.

Soccer Challenge: Alexis Mielke of the Women’s Soccer Team at the University of San Francisco has joined the Free to Play Campaign. She has pledged that for every game won by her team this session, she will donate one hour of her time to the Not for Sale campaign. By completing one challenge at a time everyone can be Free to Play.

 

 

 

UC BERKELEY REPORT: HIDDEN SLAVES - FORCED LABOR IN THE UNITED STATES

One of the most thorough and revealing reports on modern slavery inside the United States is available for a free download. The study is based on research conducted by Free the Slaves and the Human Rights Center at the University of California, Berkeley. This report documents the nature and scope of forced labor in the United States from January 1998 to December 2003.
>> Download the free report: http://hrcberkeley.org/download/hiddenslaves_report.pdf

 

Connect with others who are standing up against slavery. Start discussions, post upcoming events, pictures and video. Join Not for Sale on Facebook and MySpace.

If you want your school to be involved, email us at info@notforsalecampaign.org