CRAIGSLIST'S DIRTY LITTLE SECRET: CHILDREN SOLD ON WEBSITE

Dear friends of Students & Artists Fighting to End Human Slavery:

Please support the Love146 "Call to Action" campaign. Details of the campaign are below, and the general history of the action plan is also available on our SAFEHS website: www.safehs.com

In order for effective anti-trafficking work to occur, requires supporting/collaborating our sister causes. We hope that you will all support the boycott of Craigslist until they take seriously the sale of human beings/human trafficking on their website. Please share widely.


sincerely,
-Annie Fukushima-
Founder of Students & Artists Fighting to End Human Slavery
www.safehs.com


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CRAIGSLIST'S DIRTY LITTLE SECRET: CHILDREN SOLD ON WEBSITE

Last month, Love146 initiated a "Call to Action" campaign to ask Craiglist, popular public marketplace website, to make a New Year's resolution of better monitoring its "Erotic Services" section
in order to pro-actively prevent the sale and trafficking of children for sexual purposes.

We have been greatly encouraged by the flood of supportive email responses, all committing to joining in our collective shout to challenge Craigslist in its lackluster efforts to eradicate
human trafficking from its site. Other organizations have also rallied to this cause,such as Salvation Army, Polaris Project, The Loose Change to Loosen Chains Campaign, the Not for Sale Campaign, Students and Artists Fighting to End Human Slavery, and many more!

So, what now?

Because Craigslist failed to respond to our letter by January 1, we ask that you join us in our boycott of the Craigslist website. We will boycott their site until Craigslist publicly declares a 2008
resolution to implement safeguards and monitoring procedures that will eradicate the sale of human beings on the erotic services section of the website.

What does a boycott mean?
Regularly mailing in and e-mailing the updated petition letter: download it, http://www.love146.org/uploads/CL_Petition_1_2008.doc?tr=y&auid=3291770
Not using the Craigslist site until Craiglist makes a public resolution to eradicate human trafficking from its site
Encouraging your friends to mail and e-mail the updated petition letter and to also boycott Craigslist
Signing up as an Abolitionist (http://www.love146.org/pages/page.asp?page_id=8504) and utilizing upcoming Craigslist Take Action ideas


An effective boycott IS absolutely possible with YOUR help. The unprecedented amount of support our campaign has already garnered highlights the opportunity we have to help eliminate a conduit of
human trafficking. For more information on the Craigslist Campaign, go to http://www.love146.org/pages/page.asp?page_id=25044 .