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Mennonite Church USA passed a resolution against human trafficking on July 4, 2009. The resolution was brought to the church delegate assembly by the Mennonite Women USA Board of Directors. For information about organizations working against trafficking and a book list, go to: Resources and Information on Human Trafficking.  To post additional information, send to office@MennoniteWomenUSA.org.

January 11 is Human Trafficking Awareness Day
January 11 is the ecumenical Human Trafficking Awareness Day. Available from the National Council of Churches is a church bulletin insert on Human Trafficking and pdf of a hymn "People Held in Bondage" written by musician Grace Pugh Hubbard. If you use the hymn, please send Grace an e-mail (her e-mail is on the pdf). Go to www.ncccusa.org. Hit the read more at the end of the paragraph and it will take you to the full article at http://www.ncccusa.org/news/081208unrights.html, which includes the bulletin insert and hymn.  

Bracelets to benefit trafficked women and children in Peru were sold at Columbus Assembly by Goshen College student, Rachel Halder (right).