More musicians adding their voices and influence to publicize the horrors of human trafficking. As of today, add The Killers to the list.
MTV, UNICEF and USAID have joined forces with The Killers to film a music video for the band's song "Good Night, Travel Well"that looks at the reality of human and child trafficking. The full video will begin airing on MTV on July 13. In the meantime you can see a preview in the clip above. The concept is similar to the amazing Radiohead music video that MTV worked on last year.
Hat tip to new friend @JaimeWalton for finding this one.
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American Child Sex Slaves are Being Arrested, not Rescued
Washington, D.C. – (July 14, 2009) Shared Hope International will release a groundbreaking report on child sex trafficking in the United States at the Congressional Human Trafficking Briefing on Capitol Hill hosted by the Human Trafficking Caucus and Victims’ Rights Caucus led by Congressman Poe (TX) and Congressman Smith (NJ), long-time advocates for victims protections. Former Congresswoman Linda Smith (1994-98), Founder of Shared Hope International, along with representatives from the Department of Justice and President of The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, Ernie Allen, will present and comment on the findings of more than four years of research in America. Shared Hope International’s National Report on Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking, America’s Prostituted Children highlights the harsh reality that hundreds of thousands of American children are victimized through sex trafficking in the United States driven by the demand for the commercial sex acts they perform. A child sex trafficking victim who is purchased for sex by 5 different men per night, 5 nights per week for an average of 5 years would have been raped by 6,000 buyers during her victimization through prostitution. Many of these child rapists are never charged or prosecuted while the young victims’ lives are destroyed.
To watch a shocking human rights surveillance video instantly, click the link provided: http://www.sharedhope.org/what/dmst.asp.
About Shared Hope International
For more than a decade, Shared Hope International (SHI) has worked around the world partnering with local groups to prevent trafficking and to rescue and restore the victims of sexual slavery. Shared Hope International’s DEMAND. project was a 12-month investigation which focused on commercial sexual exploitation in four countries, including the United States. With funding from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), SHI conducted field assessments on child sex trafficking in 10 U.S. locations. Visit www.sharedhope.org.
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