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Friday, July 25th, 2008

Not For Sale: The UNDERGROUND

SUMMER SPECIAL — Open your Outpost for only $250

Gear up for Fall Sales and Not For Sale Events!

Outpost

Open your Freedom Store Outpost today with an order of only $250 or more. Sell NFS merchandise in your store, host a party in your community, or offer items at an event to raise awareness for the fight against human trafficking. The options are limitless, and the cost to be an Outpost now is more affordable than ever!!

We are excited about this opportunity to join with business savvy entrepreneurs to support the international fight against modern slavery.

You, as the owner of a Freedom Store Outpost, will be able to choose which of Not For Sale’s products you will market, as well as where and how you will sell them. By purchasing these items wholesale, you will have already accomplished our primary goal of creating fair wage business opportunities for emancipated people. Moreover, you as an entrepreneur will be able to create a sustainable and profitable business through the sales of our merchandise. Many of you will elect to donate your net profits to some of the exciting projects we are implementing around the world: a school for former child soldiers in eastern Africa, a village for former sex slaves in northern Thailand, or a vocational school for formerly trafficked children outside Lima, Peru.

If you’ve wanted to open an Outpost, but been unable to afford the $950 first-order minimum…. now is the time to get on board!

SIGN-UP FOR SPECIAL OUTPOST PRICING TODAY

And don’t forget to send us pictures of your stores and events. We can’t wait to see what you’ll do!


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Ending Global Slavery: Everyday Heroes Leading the Way collaborative competition.

Wednesday, July 9th, 2008

Not For Sale: The UNDERGROUND

If you’re seeing incidents of slavery near home on SlaveryMap.org, suspect that there may be trafficking going on somewhere near you, or believe that those in your area need to know about the issue of modern-day slavery . . . Not For Sale offers distribution materials to help you take action.

Leave coffee sleeves in local cafes with human trafficking statistics and a call to action. Leave coasters in bars that display the human trafficking hotline to inform the public of the issue and offer a saving resource to any victim who sees it.

SLAVERY MAP is up for awards, and Not For Sale needs you to join the conversation!

ChangemakersWe are excited to announce our entry into Ashoka’s Changemakers Ending Global Slavery: Everyday Heroes Leading the Way collaborative competition. This is a global competition that aims to find holistic, innovative solutions to global slavery by seeking out and recognizing individuals and organizations that raise awareness of slavery’s root causes, liberate those in bonded labor, and reintegrate former slaves into their communities.

Our entry highlights the innovation of SlaveryMap.org, which is rapidly growing thanks to your submissions! By being part of this competition, we have a great opportunity to share our work with leaders in the field, investors, the media, potential partners, and other supporters. Our hope is that such recognition will empower and equip us as an organization in continuing to create and provide more inventive and revolutionary resources to end the plague of global slavery in our world.

The competition winners will be decided by online voting, so the more people we can inspire, the better!

SlaveryMap

Here’s where we need you:

  1. Visit our project entry by clicking HERE.
  2. Show your support by leaving feedback!
    • If you do not have a Changemakers account, please click to register on the site. It only takes a couple of minutes.
    • Login at the Changemakers website.
    • Go to the competition page.
    • Visit our entry, read about SlaveryMap, and then share your questions, comments & feedback!
    • Update your profile and be part of a growing online community of support.
  3. Spread the word about SlaveryMap.org and the Changemakers competition to your colleagues and friends through emails, blogs, or websites.

Our goal is to make it into the judges’ top 12 choices. The greater the feedback and conversations around SlaveryMap, the more our entry will move to the forefront.

SlaveryMap continues to grow!

MapIf you haven’t checked out SlaveryMap.org, now is the time! Read about incidents of modern-day slavery across the globe or in your hometown. Best of all, YOU can contribute. Research on your own or in a group. Get your friends, family, and coworkers participating in the fight against slavery by posting up incidents as we shine light on this issue. As we add to this growing collective database, those around the world can learn about the reality of trafficking in our world, and join the movement to inspire change.


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The Crisis in Burma, 2.5 million people cling to survival…

Tuesday, May 20th, 2008

Not For Sale: The UNDERGROUND

The Crisis in Burma continues…

Today in Myanmar, 2.5 million people cling to survival after the disaster that hit two weeks ago. The latest state television update in former Burma has declared the death toll after the May 2nd cyclone to be 77,738 people. Another 55,917 are still reported missing.* Thousands swarm the roadsides of a country void of the foreign aid it so desperately needs. Children, destitute and orphaned, are picked up by vicious traffickers prowling the disaster area.

This week, David Batstone travels to Myanmar to approach the crisis situation.

Last Fall, Not For Sale partnered with Thai Abolitonist Kru Nam to build a shelter for 125 kids rescued out of the sex trade industry. Today, she implores us to intervene again as Burmese children trafficked into Thailand are being rampantly sold.

It’s time to build a shelter, and it’s time to act fast.

Not For Sale, this week, has partnered with a foundation that will match EVERY DOLLAR we donate, up to $25,000. Our goal is to raise $50k in the next two weeks. The shelter will be on the border between former Burma and Thailand, and will provide the critical care necessary to rescue Burmese orphans out of slavery. Kru Nam’s village, as is, cannot support one of the growing needs in this crisis. But together, we believe we can raise enough money that can.

DONATE now. Every dollar you give is worth two. Join the call to action in this crisis.
* Statistics obtained from www.nationalpost.com


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U2 + Not For Sale = One Love

Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008

Get your special edition of U2’s Joshua Tree Album, with essays from Bono & David Batstone.

U2 has put out a 3-disc box-set containing the Joshua Tree CD, with new mixes and recorded live performance. This package also includes a 56-page hardback embossed book, featuring previously unseen Anton Corbijn photos and original essays by Bono, Edge, Adam Clayton, Brian Eno, and DavidBatstone. In 1986, Bono and Dave traveled across El Salvador and Nicaragua to support human rights in the region!

With a $250 donation, you can provide a future for trafficked kids in Peru, and get a David Batstone signed copy of the deluxe edition of the Joshua Tree!

The donation given for this incredible album will benefit Not For Sale’s project Generacion in Peru - providing safety, hope and a future to abandoned street kids prone to trafficking in Lima. The Not For Sale Campaign is aiming to help the organization raise $100,000 to buy a house for the surfing tribe and build a vocational training center for the children. All proceeds from sales of this remarkable album will go to benefit this project!

Act now and Dave will sign his essay reviewing the experiences that led to “Bullet the Blue Sky” and “Mothers of the Disappeared,” two key songs on the album.

GET THE ALBUM - Donate today!

U2 and Not For Sale…sharing one love for the poor and oppressed.


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Not For Sale Launches Blog

Wednesday, April 9th, 2008

Today Not For Sale’s senior staff launches its first blog so that you can keep current on the fight against modern slavery. Visit our home page daily and receive breaking news and commentary from David Batstone, Kique Bazan, Mark Wexler, and Allison Trowbridge. Or sign up for the RSS feed and keep abreast of each new post. Here’s the latest…

How We Rescued a Teen from Sex Slavery in Peru Last Week
Marissa is one of the many people from Peru abandoned by their parents as a baby… Slave recruiters have an eye to recognize people that are naive and vulnerable. If the victims have any social tie with a group or person that would speak up on her or his behalf, they find ways to break up that connection. . . READ MORE

The Underground University:
How One Campus Hit the Classroom & Streets to Fight Modern Slavery

China Olympics Give New Opportunity for Anti-Slavery Work

International scrutiny of China is at an all-time high as we come closer to the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Companies with operations or supply chains in China have a choice: lead by example or risk the media spotlight being turned on you. Having just returned from China, I can assure you there is increased sensitivity on the ground to international scrutiny. Further evidence: Just last month Nike released a corporate responsibility report focused exclusively on its supply chain in China, citing the increased attention from the Beijing Olympics as the main reason for its publication. READ MORE


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