Featured Marketplace Items

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  Lemon and Sage Gift Set
  

  $22.00

  Lemon and Sage make this lotion and soap gift set the perfect spring and summer time scent!
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  Seed Pearl and Cross Necklace
  

  $50.00

  Seed pearls and etched silver beads with an engraved silver cross. Thailand

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Craigslist, Backpage.com and What You Can Do to Stop the Sale of Children Online

It was a wonderful day when Craigslist shut down their adult services section back in September, 2010 ending their massive role in sex trafficking. The decision came following pressure from 17 state attorneys general who argued that it should be removed because of posts selling sexual services with victims of human trafficking. And perhaps equally influential the general public spoke out. Public outcry was due in part to a courageous letter printed in the Huffington Post by 2 Craigslist trafficking survivors pleading with Craigslist to stop being a means of rape for profit.

Just how big of a deal is it that Craigslist was persuaded to “close it’s doors”?
Craigslist is free for a lot of postings, but for sex it costs $10 per listing. They had 16,000 listings per day and generated $40 million per year! This was definitely a huge step toward curbing sex trafficking. But, as you would imagine, pimps and johns didn’t have to go far to continue their “business” dealings.



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Make it a Sweet Valentine’s Day-  Avoid the dark side of chocolate

What says “Be Mine” better than chocolate? For those of us who love chocolate it really is a great gift. For those who really like chocolate it may well be in the pantry for everyday occasions as well. But, do we know where it comes from? Would we find it so easy to indulge if we knew that the great majority of chocolate available in our stores are made with cocoa beans harvested by children? Children who work long days in return for a roof over their head, some food, and little more. » Read More

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