How does a fashion show stop human trafficking? According to The Good Trade, “Fast fashion is the design, manufacturing, and marketing method focused on rapidly producing high volumes of clothing. Garment production utilizes trend replication and low-quality materials (like synthetic fabrics) in order to bring inexpensive styles to the public. These cheaply made, trendy pieces …
Hispanic Heritage Month: Prevalence of Labor Trafficking in Hispanic Communities By Emily Miller National Hispanic Heritage Month began on September 15th in 1988, coinciding with the independence anniversaries of Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua.[1] As we celebrate Hispanic heritage during the month of September and early October, it is important to know …
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How are the children? On September 18th, Vanguard University’s Global Center for Women and Justice (GCWJ) held its 8th annual Priceless luncheon. This year, Priceless raised over $200,000 to fund the fight against human trafficking. Dr. Sandra Morgan, director of the GCWJ, and Nicole Suydam, President and CEO of Goodwill of Orange County, spoke on …
After a year of remote work, GCWJ is excited to announce two new people have joined the GCWJ team! Senior Coordinator Anna Marquez became involved with human trafficking awareness this past October when she attended a gala and heard Dr. Sandie Morgan speak. She knew right away she wanted to get involved with the Global …
This January, the Global Center for Women and Justice is honoring National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month through an emphasis on solutions for the heightened levels of exploitation brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. Even under normal circumstances, identifying and providing resources to human-trafficking victims is challenging. Now, with the added complications of the pandemic, NGOs and law enforcement around the world are struggling …
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Celebration of Fair Trade Fashion Live2free’s annual Fair Trade Fashion Show is coming to your virtually this year! We are thrilled to announce this year’s alternative: Live2free’s 2-week Celebration of Fair Trade Fashion. Live2free kicked off this past week with #Live2freeFairTradeChallenge, a social media challenge encouraging people to share their ethical fashion. In partnership with Soroptimist Huntington …
Despite the limitations COVID-19 has placed around the world, the Global Center for Women and Justice continues to persevere in the fight against human trafficking. The Global Center strived against all odds to virtually plan and execute our Priceless luncheon. The purpose of Priceless is to execute our mission to end human trafficking and the …
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Priceless Luncheon Thank you to all our donors for their generosity and faith in the Global Center for Women and Justice. Thanks to you, we raised $184,189 at Priceless 2020! However, it doesn’t stop there. As we all know, this year has been an unprecedented one in so many ways. We at GCWJ are ready …
GCWJ welcomes six new interns to it Justice, Freedom, and Dignity internship program. Desiree Bradburry, Outreach Intern Desiree is a currently a senior studying Theology with an emphasis in Intercultural Studies at Vanguard University of Southern California. The fight to end human trafficking has been a great passion of hers since high school, and …
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I am excited to support the fight to end human trafficking in general, but I am most excited to work with students as they join the fight. College students are tenacious, passionate, and ready to change the world, and I am honored to walk alongside them as they lead us all toward a better, brighter future.
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