2016 Sweet Tooth for Justice- Coming Soon!
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Magdalene House Society to celebrate opening of recovery home
By Kalisha Mendonsa - Red Deer Express, Published: February 18, 2015 7:32 AM After roughly six years of fundraising, planning and awareness promotion the Magdalene House Society is just about ready to open its doors. To celebrate this event, called The Sweet Tooth for Justice, as well as to promote their message of equality for all victims of human trafficking, Magdalene House is hosting a dessert gala on Feb. 21st [...]
Religious leaders commit to ending modern slavery by 2020
Make this your own commitment! "A historic initiative to inspire spiritual and practical action by all global faiths and people of good will everywhere to eradicate modern slavery across the world by 2020 and for all time." Leaders of the world’s largest faiths have come together in a way that has never happened before in history. Their focus is to end slavery. Committed to the dignity and freedom that is [...]
2015 Sweet Tooth For Justice
Join us for our Sweet Tooth for Justice event on February 21, 2015 at 7.30pm at the Frontier Room at Westerner Park with Key Note Speaker Kate Quinn, Member of the National Task Force on Human Trafficking and Executive Director of CEASE. Follow us on Twitter and Facebook to stay up to date.
Day of Awareness 2014
Day of Awareness on Human Trafficking A huge thank you to all our volunteers who helped make this day a success. We were privileged to have the Mayor of Red Deer bring greetings and introduce our guest speaker, MP Joy Smith. Her presentation helped all those gathered to know the need for a home for the recovery of people exploited by human trafficking. We also were pleased to welcome the Mayor of [...]
Few charged with human trafficking end up behind bars
LONDON, Ont. - Arrests in recent years for human trafficking have made for exciting front page headlines. The withdrawal of charges have happened without notice. The low success rate in human trafficking charges is raising questions about the way those laws are being applied. "It is really tricky. There are a lot of grey areas," said Karlee Anne Sapoznik, head of the Alliance Against Modern Slavery, a Canadian non-profit advocacy [...]
Another Successful Freedom Ride
Nineteen cyclists braved a two hundred km bicycle ride and raised approximately $15,000. A huge thanks to all our cyclists and their sponsors for making this year so successful. We are happy to report that all our cyclists agreed to return again next year on the last weekend of July 2015. We invite anyone who wishes to join the next Freedom Ride to contact us for information. The first day [...]