Poets United Midweek Motif ~ Human Trafficking

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Quote from the WOHT: 

"The International labour Organization estimates that 21 million people are victims of forced labour globally. This estimate also includes victims of human trafficking for labour and sexual exploitation."

   #HumanTrafficking 

#EndHumanTrafficking

“[S]ex trafficking  and mass rape should no more be seen 
as women's issues than slavery  was a black issue 
or the Holocaust  was a Jewish issue. 
These are all humanitarian concerns, transcending 
any one race, gender, or creed.” 
― Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn

Midweek Motif ~ 

Human Trafficking

Human trafficking is so widespread, 

I wonder how I escaped it and if

I know anyone involved. 

I read the news 

and feel powerless. 

Do we each have a right to 

our own body and its labors?

Can we write poems about this?

Your Challenge:  In your new poem, 

bring a character or event to life. Stick to the "human trafficking" motif.

1 August 2017

                                                    THE FREEDOM FIGHTER ACTIVISTS

Anonymous

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It was brought to me a year ago,

I had heard it before;

but now it was freshly in my mind.

Girls were being kidnapped.

Girls were being forced,

    to do the unimaginable.

. . . . 

(Read the rest at Power Poetry.)

Reflection—Human Trafficking

Anonymous

 “I am a human being…

and I have been sold. 

    I make the cell phones we use…

   I clean the neighbor’s house…

  I pick the tomatoes we eat…

     I’m on the Internet…in the local motel…on the street corner…

     But no one really sees me."

. . . . 

(Read the rest at the blog Human Trafficking, Apr 23, 2014 .)

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Next week Sumana's Midweek Motif will be "Kintsugi: Art of Mending."