This weekend, even as you read this post, there are boys, girls and women being forced into sexual activity by sex traffickers in Indianapolis. They will have traveled with their captors for Super Bowl Weekend, while throngs of sports fans have planned a big weekend of professional football and partying.
“Partying” for many of these men will involve sex with children and women who have been taken against their will by human traffickers.
Because of eleven congregations of Roman Catholic women, many of these traffickers will find their unholy efforts confounded. But we can help as well:
- Learn about human trafficking in the 21st Century. Did you know that there are more slaves in the 21st Century than in any other time in human history?
- Know the signs that someone is being held against her/his will. Here are some of the signs for school children who might be victims.
- Donate time or money to organizations like The Polaris Project and the International Justice Mission.
- Pray this weekend. Don’t pray that God will bring victory to the Giants or Patriots. Pray that people will keep their eyes and ears open, that they will speak up, that they will step in. This is what it means to be the eyes, ears, and voices of Jesus in a crazy world.
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