Orange is for Freedom

Lately I cannot stop thinking about the fact that slavery still exists in our world today. I have always felt like I wanted to make a difference in the world I live in. What better way to do it than to set a person free. Most of the people in the world today are on the same page where they do not agree with slavery but it still happens. I herd that in the 1800’s if you were to buy a slave it would cost you the equivalent of $40k. Today you can buy a human life for somewhere in the neighborhood of $50.00!
This is insane to me! My friends and I are talking about politics and I cannot believe that people are not mentioning slavery in their debates. They might all be against it but the fact that no candidate has mentioned it. There are great organizations out there offering news and counsel on what to do to stop the trade of human life.

I was talking to my boss at the salvation Army asking him if he had ever knew anyone who was involved in organizations making a difference. He said that the Army did an event in San Francisco that put price tags on children and put them in storefronts. I thought that would be a great idea to raise awareness in Santa Cruz. Who knows? I just hope that I can make a difference in my world. If this is a way that I can, then I am all for it.

I don't want to get to the end of my life with a ton of worldly treasures but no heart treasures. The scene from the end of Schindler's List always sticks out to me. He just save the lives of so many Jews and still wishes he could have saved more. He looks at his car and gold pin and ring. He is troubled with the weight of how meaningless those things are when compared with human life.



http://www.notforsalecampaign.org/