Holly's News From Washington

by Holly Burkhalter / Topic: Holly's News; Advocacy Summit May 19, 2014
Holly Burkhalter

In just a few weeks, 300 anti-slavery activists from 45 states will visit hundreds of Congressional offices. On the same day, hundreds of advocates from all over the country will be calling their members of Congress (we hope you’ll be one of them!), joining together to tell our elected representatives that we care about slavery and we want them to do something about it.  

 

This year, we’ll be asking Members and Senators for their support on two anti-slavery priorities.

 

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Holly's News From Washington

/ Topic: Holly's News; Advocacy Summit March 21, 2014
Holly Burkhalter

When I first came to International Justice Mission seven years ago, IJM had tens of thousands of individual friends and hundreds of churches around the U.S. who provided funds and prayers for our work. But everywhere my colleagues went, those friends asked: “What else can I do to help IJM’s work overseas to free slaves and protect the vulnerable?” 

We were soon able to give them an answer. In 2007, we were incredibly blessed by a donor, Humanity United, with a grant to build an advocacy program to engage ordinary Americans in the fight to end modern-day slavery.

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