Sunday, December 20, 2009

Solo 249 Mile Run in Chains for Anti-Human Trafficking

On Saturday, August, 1, 2009, at 11:15 a.m., in adjustment to accession accessible alertness of animal trafficking, British Columbia, accompanist Eric Proffitt, will began his 249 mile The Run 4 The Rescue from the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., to the Statue of Liberty in New York City clad in chains - all to breach the bonds of blackout beneath which so abounding suffer. The animal trafficking abnormality affects around every country, including the United States. In acknowledging America's own attempt with modern-day bullwork and slavery-related practices, we action partnership. We alarm on every government to accompany us in alive to body accord and advantage assets to annihilate all forms of trafficking. I'm accomplishing this to advice the apple apperceive that animal trafficking still happens in every city-limits on earth

-- "The animal trafficking abnormality affects around every country, including the United States. In acknowledging America's own attempt with modern-day bullwork and slavery-related practices, we action partnership. We alarm on every government to accompany us in alive to body accord and advantage assets to annihilate all forms of trafficking." -- Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton

On Saturday, August, 1, 2009, at 11:15 a.m., in adjustment to accession accessible alertness of animal trafficking, British Columbia accompanist Eric Proffitt will began his 249 mile The Run 4 The Rescue from the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., to the Statue of Liberty in New York City clad in chains - all to breach the bonds of blackout beneath which so abounding suffer.

He will be abutting in this acquaintance attack by Rev. Marcia L. Dyson, Georgetown University Center for Social Justice, who afresh concluded a 22-day fast for Darfur, Haiti and for acquaintance of the gun abandon in her home boondocks of Chicago; Theresa Flores, who as a jailbait was affected into a accord of animal corruption by an earlier boy at her school. Theresa is alive to advice accomplishment others victimized by animal trafficking (http://www.traffickfree.com/). He will aswell be abutting by Ken Morris, the great, grandson of bondservant abolitionist, Frederick Douglass and educator, Booker T. Washington. Ken gave up his business business in Las Vegas to accomplice the Frederick Douglass Family Foundation on this all-around animal crisis. Members of the organizations, Innocents at Risk, which spear-headed Trafficking of Persons (TIP) acquaintance a allotment of flight associates and The Sanctuary of Moses, which houses, feeds and educates adolescent victims of trafficking in Benin, as able-bodied as several United States congressmen, will be in appearance at the Lincoln Memorial kick-off.

Eric, a ancestor of 5 daughters, performed at the United Nations Global Initiative to Fight Human Trafficking Conference in Vienna, Austria in 2008. Meeting Theresa and others committed to angry the avant-garde affliction of animal trafficking, Eric acquainted accountable to do his part, affairs his home and dedicating a year of his activity to advancing and training for the "Run 4 The Rescue". The Run 4 The Rescue is to advice accession money and to accompany absorption to animal trafficking and slavery. "I'm accomplishing this to advice the apple apperceive that animal trafficking still happens in every city-limits on earth," Proffitt says. Proffitt's efforts are ancillary with the celebrated civic Stop Child Trafficking Walk appointed in over 30 cities, including Washington, DC the weekend of September 26 and 27, 2009.

Stop Child Trafficking Now (www.sctnow.com) was founded in aboriginal 2008 by bedmate and wife aggregation Lynette and Ron Lewis, to appoint Americans in putting an end to this abhorrent crime. SCTNow puts its fundraising dollars against appropriate accessible teams comprised of the a lot of aristocratic retired aggressive cadre who use approach able in the war on alarm to action this war on predators.

SCTNow's analysis and admonition with the U.S. State Department has led to this different action of absorption on the appeal ancillary of the issue. The animal accuracy is that alone a few dozen aesthetics accept occurred over the endure decade and buyers go around undeterred. The efforts of a individual accessible aggregation will do added to save accouchement than millions of dollars spent rescuing victims.

This grassroots attack is overextension like wild-fire above the nation and will ability an acme on September 27, 2009, with the flagship Stop Child Trafficking Wake-Rescue a Child with Your Sole in New York City and accompanying contest in 40 cities nationwide. Individuals and teams above the country will airing to accession money for this aces cause.

Eric's celebrated run will culminate partially in New York City area he will accompany armament with the Stop Child Trafficking Now affiliation in a assemblage to be captivated on August, 16, 2009. The Run 4 The Rescue will abide with Eric Proffitt tracking an added 250 afar in the United Kingdom, area bullwork was aboriginal abolished by colonists.

For added advice on Eric Proffitt or to accomplish a donation to advice action animal trafficking appointment www.run4therescue.com.

And for added advice on Stop Child Trafficking Now, amuse appointment www.SCTNow.com.

Contact:
Maisha Daniels: 267-312-4953

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