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

12.14.08 Meeting Notes

December 14^th, 2008 7pm

Boston Task Force Love146

In attendance: Amanda, Arwyn, Paul, Pascha, Kirby Jennifer K., Carrie, Aspen, Emily,

Rachel, Jaime, Jennifer E.

Welcome Aspen and Arwyn, new to our group. Arwyn worked for Love146 and has been to their safe homes.

Meeting at Paul and Pascha’s January 4^th, from 2-5 to start moving logistics

Thanks to Jenn E. and Emily for the logo and gym letter!

Kim and Carrie came up with mock treader sign ups and letters

There are many websites that can help collect donations for non-profits, such as

First giving.com (endorsed by BBB). However they charge 7%

Razoo.com is another

T-shirts: We may want to approach gyms and ask if they want personalized t-shirts with their gym name on them

American Apparell and Screened.com might be a good place to start for T-shirt production

Should we direct people to get t-shirts online or sell them in person; in person may be better

$25 fee to be a treader that earns treaders a t-shirt

We could have a kick-off day at church and at certain gyms, where we could man a table to sell t-shirts and do sign ups

We will concentrate on a definitive number of gyms, preferably those that are large enough to have a community outreach director, that has sway over all the gyms many locations (ie: Healthworks)

Challenge the Boston Metro softball league to get involved

Carrie will talk to Sarah about this

Paul and Pascha to email Kathy at Love146 and find out what other local churches support this cause

Jenn E. to ask Joanna about T-shirts, Jenn and Kirby will connect

Everyone to be thinking of a catchphrase for the back of the T-shirt

Kick-offs at gyms should happen from 5-7 on weeknights

March 1^st start for the public is more realistic

Jan-we will make schedule for the gym outreach, kick-off tables

We should request stage time again at the Vineyard when we get closer

Test launch here at church Feb15th, March 1^st launch for the public

By Feb 15^th we should have:

-webiste

-T-shirt

-procedure for how to handle money (both t-shirts and donations)

Paul’s company has bought the domain “tread on trafficking” We should have a website up and running soon

Emily to update gym letter and make a gmail address for tread on trafficking

We will take turns monitoring this email address with Emily and Jaime going first

Any money spent on Love146 can become a tax write off

We are a ‘GREEN’ group so that’s why we don’t print anything. J

We are focusing on certain gyms but if you belong to a gym that we haven’t targeted by all means, approach them

All money should be handled by paypal

At the gyms we’ll need internet access and a table

January 10^th, Saturday from 12-6 is the next Sew in!

We should be always striving for our goal of 1 on 1 conversations

Arwen will give us a workshop in January with talking points for Love146 presentations

“Real men protect those who cannot protect themselves.” This might be helpful in regards to approaching men about this topic, which can be scary for them.

Great Article

CBS covered the New York photography event and gives some great info on Love146.  Check it out here: www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/12/01/entertainment/main4640707.shtml

Virtual Meeting Notes

Notes provided by the wonderfully organized Jaime B.!

Boston Task Force Love146

Virtual Meeting Sunday 11/30/08 6:30

In attendance: Kirby, Jaime, Carrie, Paul, Pascha, Kimberley

-main focus of the media group this week, will be our logo for ToT and the media sheet to be used in approaching gyms and also advertising (like radio and publications)

-also thinking about the website tree

-media team will be meeting this week

Kirby-has extensive marketing experience

-is going to work on T-shirt design, billboard design and a logo for the Quilting

Project and pdf-able posters

-also familiar with legalities of branding

Jennifer Eastman has secured the involvement of multiple gyms through one contact at Beacon Hill Athletic

-may be a good idea to have a sign up fee for becoming a ‘treader’ that gets you a T-shirt that treaders can use, that will help spread the word even more

-It will be a good idea not to quantify people’s miles

-we need to give serious thought to the functionality of the website and what we need it to do, especially in terms of collecting info about treaders and donors

-Carrie and Kimberley to convene to make decisions about how the process will work, eg. How information will be tracked and how money is collected and how much people sponser per mile and so on

-they will also draft a letter to treaders and a mock sign up sheet

Kirby can create PDF’s and such of these documents

-This Saturday from 12-6 in the Cambridge chapel on 12/6 will be the quilting event

-Park Street speech was a big success with lots of people willing to participate in our cause

-Very few people responded to Paul’s inquiry about helping to fund the ToT website

-The Lydia fair in the Spring will benefit Love146-this is a performance event

-By next meeting, we will have already sent a gym letter to all members with gym connections, so that hopefully by the time we meet on Dec 14, people will have already touched base with gyms

-It would be great to have material to drop off at gyms and tell gym management that we’ll be back in a week to touch base, if no one is available to meet with us initially.

Tasks:

Carrie and Kimberley- specs for ToT, mock up of sign up sheet and letter to trackers

Media girls (Jaime, Emily, Jennifer E and Jennifer K)-mock up letter to gyms and publicity and logo firming

-once this is done, we will send to Paul, before forwarding to whole group with reminder of gym contacts

(both of these teams will consider what the website needs to support our program)

Kirby-once logo is set, will begin design of T-shirts, billboard, posters, and business cards. Also she can begin design of quilting logo

Next live meeting, Dec 14^th, Sunday 6:30 Cambridge Living Room

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