Friday, September 18, 2009

Modern-Day Slavery Resources, via Amanda

I forwarded this list to my brother, with the caveat that the "local" resources were only local to the Seattle area, since that is where Amanda (zuridea) lives.

Books, Films, Etc.

Disposable People by Kevin Bales
Understanding Global Slavery: A Reader by Kevin Bales
Ending Slavery: How We Free Today's Slaves by Kevin Bales
Not For Sale by David Batstone
Terrify No More by Gary Haugen
A Crime So Monstrous by E. Benjamin Skinner
The Road of Lost Innocence by Somaly Mam
The War on Human Trafficking: US Policy Assessed by Anthony M. DeStefano
What is the What? By David Eggers
Say You're One of Them by Uwem Akpan
Mountains Beyond Mountains by Tracy Kidder
Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortensen
The Bottom Billion by Paul Collier
The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell
Creating a World Without Poverty by Muhammad Yunus
Common Wealth by Jeffrey Sachs
Nicholas Kristof's blog (NY Times)
Human Trafficking - miniseries
Trade - film
The Silent Revolution: Sankalp and the Quarry Slaves - Documentary by Free the Slaves
Freedom and Beyond Bal Vikas Ashram - Documentary by Free the Slaves
Dreams Die Hard - Documentary by Free the Slaves
Cargo: Innocence Lost - Documentary
Not for Sale: the Documentary - documentary through Not For Sale Campaign
Invisible Children - Documentary
Fields of Mudan - Documentary through Indie H Flicks
Sold - Documentary through The Sold Project
The Day My God Died - Documentary
Born into Brothels - Documentary
Call and Response - Rockumentary


Important Websites

The Not For Sale Campaign
Slavery Map
Free To Work
The Polaris Project
Free the Slaves
Anti-Slavery International
UN.GIFT, the United Nations
Call and Response
Human Trafficking
The International Rescue Committee


Local organizations

Youth Care
The Tronie Foundation
Children of the Night
Rapha House
Washington Anti-Trafficking Response Network
Seattle Against Slavery
Asian and Pacific Islander Women & Family Safety Center
Refugee Women's Alliance

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