By Cherranda Smith
Mar 16, 2021
In classrooms around the globe, virtually and in-person, students are taking part of #MyFreedomDay, a social media campaign that is aiming to bring awareness to modern-day systems of slavery and human trafficking.
CNN, the social media campaign is bringing attention to aspects of daily life for many that contribute to systems of oppression and forced labor of people.
“The materials in your electronics could be the product of forced labor in modern slavery systems,” one post from the outlet reads.
Throughout the day, students are tuning into the discussion, sharing their assignments and perspectives, all with the mission of bringing more awareness to the issues at hand, and providing more information and resources on what consumers can do to help.
By Brian Mudd
Top Three Takeaways – February 22nd, 2021
77.5%. The percentage of human trafficking victims within the United States who are illegal immigrants based on data from the Polaris Project. A term that the Biden administration won’t even allow federal employees to use anymore. That’s because in the earliest weeks of the Biden administration the priority has been to end the use of the terms “illegal immigrant” and “illegal alien” while also ending the most effective federal operation to combat human sex trafficking in the United States. ICE’s Operation Talon. Operation Talon was responsible for the removal of 15 illegal alien sex traffickers/offenders daily with an average of 1 in Florida. Yet the operation is no more because the Biden administration has sided with those seeking to end ICE operations over the safety of our country, our families and our state. ICE has been ordered to only detain those who’ve been convicted in the courts of a felony. This