The voices of millions of children are silenced. Yet ours can shout out to President Obama and the 111th congress. Please call and tell them. Please pass this on to all your contacts! The Plan is to flood Washington phone lines on day one and two of President Obama's presidency.Tuesday January 20th and Wednesday January 21st, 2009 Trafficking in children is a global problem affecting large numbers of children. There is a demand for trafficked children as cheap labor or for sexual exploitation. Children and their families are often unaware of the dangers of trafficking, believing that better employment and lives lie in other countries. Your call will tell them that the new administration should take an active role in directing U.S. efforts to confront this global human rights violation.
Currently, some estimates have as many as 1.2 million children being trafficked every year. More than 300, 000 domestic children are trafficked in the United States. There are an estimated 27 million people enslaved worldwide, 200,000 within the United States.
Urge the new administration to enact needed change by assuming a strong leadership role in creating executive oversight and accountability for the various governmental agencies working to combat human trafficking. Please pass this information to as many people as possible so we can flood the President Obama and Senators and Congressman with phone calls making our VOICES LOUD AND CLEAR!!! You may follow this script:The 3 calls take no more than 5 minutes- in that time almost 3 people have been trafficked!!!· Dial this number at the White HouseWhite House Phone Numbers
Comments: 202-456-1111 (this one worked best)Switchboard: 202-456-1414 FAX: 202-456-2461 · Once you are connected with the office, the receptionist will answer. Introduce yourself as (your name), a constituent from (city, state). Ask to speak with the staff person who handles Mr.Obamas' phone calls You will be connected with the staff person (or their voicemail). · Say: "I am calling to urge President Obama to take an active role in directing U.S. efforts to confront this global human rights violation of child and human trafficking. You may add:Your administration must make the needed changes to create executive oversight and accountability for the numerous governmental agencies presently working to combat modern day slavery or human trafficking.I also urge the president to take a strong role in this crisis by creating a position such as a human trafficking "czar" with authority to coordinate efforts within the United States and internationally. As this crisis is not limited to any national border, and is the third largest criminal enterprise next to drugs and the sale of illegal weapons, an effective international solution requires coordinated efforts. We must confront traffickers wherever they operate. I believe this is possible and we can end the atrocity of rape for profit of children and other forms of modern day slavery.Thank you for your continued support and leadership in this and many other pressing human rights.(Of course you are free to say what you would like but please say something to get this message out!)
· Be sure to thank the Staffer when you are finished.
Thank you for making the call against The Trafficking of Women and Children!Your voice truly makes a differenceTo contact your Senators and Congressman1. Call the Capitol switchboard at 202-224-3121. 2. Ask the Capitol operator to connect you with your Senator's office. If you don't know who your Senators are, tell her what state you're from. Be sure to call both of your US Senators! 3. Call Your Congressman and Senators Directly by using the links belowhttp://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm?State=NYhttps://writerep.house.gov/writerep/welcome.shtmlThank you on behalf of the millions of enslaved children.
-- Marie MorinEastern Regional DirectorLove146 Long Island Taskforce
Love146www.love146.org


-- Marie MorinEastern Regional DirectorLove146 Long Island Taskforce
Love146www.love146.org

Love146 Boston Task Force Meeting
Jan 18th, 2009
6:30pm
Cambridge Vineyard

Love146 headquarters meeting
-Carrie and Sarah represented our Boston Task Force and the Greater Boston Vineyard at the Love146 meeting in CT, at the headquarters
-There leading members of Vineyard churches around the country, were meeting to discuss a tool kit, to help our churches be instrumental in ending human trafficking.
-There are lots of exciting things happening on this front and we’re so grateful to Carrie and Sarah for representing us there!

Money processing
-Great news! Love146 has a way for us to use their website for our ToT
-people can have their own page and track sponsors and donations, all online
-this means we just have to handle the registration fee of $25 and we can do this through paypal and the bank account linked to Pascha’s charity “The Possibilities Factory” which is a non-profit

Gyms
-Jaime to take the lead for getting us into at least four major gym chains
-tables will be set up at four different sites, on opening week
-each table will need two people (hopefully one will be a male) and a laptop and of course T-shirts
-Gyms to target: Beacon Hill Athletics, Healthworks, LA Sports Clubs, Boston Sports Club

Bulletins and Vineyard involvement
-Jaime to email Rachel about getting us into the bulletin and getting us a table in the lobby for after service Treader sign ups

Website
-Paul to have website up by the end of the month

T-shirts
-Kirby found an awesome deal on T-shirts!! Go Kirby!!
-Kirby and Paul to finalize design for T-shirts and production

Media girls
-Media team to meet up before our next meeting on Feb 8th

Kick off week!
-Pascha to check and see about doing a walk around Harvard Square from church, on March 1st

Facebook
-Jaime to post on the main Love146 page for facebook once we have a running website
-Once the website is up, we can also send facebook evites to all our friends
-We need to also set up a ‘cause’ on facebook

Lydia Fair
-possible youtube video from Pascha while she is overseas
-we definitely need a table at the Fair
-it would be a good idea to have a mixer for sponsors and staff, as a reception just before the Lydia Fair
-We should also show the Love146 video and perhaps our own abolitionist video, documenting ToT
-Paul to bring video camera to next meeting, for footage for our website and the abolitionist video

Training component
-Jaime to message Arwyn about training at our next meeting
-Carrie to look into powerpoint presentation to get us all ready to speak to groups

-everyone should join the NewEngland Love146 google group
-Pascha to check about a cool event where the founder of Love146 may be speaking

Next meeting Feb 8th, Sunday from 2-5:00, location TBD, pot luck snacks, Jaime will provide drinks

-by next meeting we will have a finalized registration process
-hopefully this meeting will have a training component

Notes from 12/4 Meeting

Love146 Boston Task Force Meeting Notes

1.4.06 Sunday 2-5:00

T-shirts: we should order female tailored T-shirts, to ensure they get seen

Grey is a good color

American Apparel has a good product for this

How to become a Treader procedure:

1. Treader signs up, pays a Treader Fee and gets a T-shirt
2. Treader gets as many sponsers as possible (at least 10) with a suggested minimum contribution of $20
3. Sponsors can go to the website and donate (we will have an up and running website and a bank account, perhaps using pay pal)
4. Paul will track what sponsors came from which Treaders and then
5. Weekly he will forward this info to us the “Treader Mentors” so we can send our Treaders weekly emails telling them of their progress and encouraging them

Action List:

Everyone: Try to enlist at least 5 Treaders each, with a verbal commitment that they will become Treaders, when we launch the program

Also, if you have already contacted a gym that’s excellent; please send all this information to Jaime (gym name, address and contact name). If you are planning on contacting a gym (and please do, if you feel so inclined), please email Jaime first and see if anyone has already been there. If you need a script to go off of, Jaime can give you helpful tips. Emily and Jenn drafted a gym letter which is posted under the document tab of the Google Group, so that you can print it out and take it with you.

Jaime: minutes, send out next meeting info, type up script for approaching gyms, contact Arwyn about setting up an info session

Kim, Carrie and Judy: finalize materials this includes:

• Letter to treaders
• Letter to gyms
• Letter to sponsors that treaders can give out

Emily: Press Release

Jenn: Media list, send logo to Kirby and Paul

Kirby: looking into screen printing and T-shirts at American Apparel. Compiling list of contacts for gyms

Pascha: email contacts from speaking gigs, fortify team, get collegiate crew to help with our initiative, connect with Brian King

Paul: will input materials into website and set up a bank account

Carrie: will talk to Sarah about enlisting the men’s softball team

Next Meeting: Jan 18^th at 6:30 at the ministry center at the Cambridge Vineyard site.

Also save the date for Feb 8^th and Feb 28th