| What
is End Slavery Now?
End
Slavery Now (ESN) is a youth-led anti-human trafficking organization
sponsored by the Korean Service Center. All youth are welcome to
participate! We serve as leaders and experts in the Anti-Human Trafficking
field. We work as advocates against this international criminal
industry, and spread awareness around the state in order to do our
part to stop this human rights violation.
History
In spring 2008, an advocate from the Korean Service Center presented
a workshop about Human Trafficking to a group of young Korean Americans.
From the audience, four high school students got together and decided
to take a stand against this human rights violation. As the five
brainstormed, they decided to spread the word about Human Trafficking
amongst their peers by forming End Slavery Now.
Events
In the Summer of 2008, End Slavery Now hosted a two-day Anti-Human
Trafficking conference in order to spread awareness and educate
youth about Human Trafficking. This event was highly successful,
with youth from all over the state in attendance. ESN brought in
highly respected leaders to speak on this issue including lawyers
from Civil Society, as well as anti-human trafficking advocates
from the Sheriffs Department.
On November 8th, 2008 ESN hosted an Anti-Human Trafficking Benefit
Concert. ESN donated our money to Veronica¡¯s House, a project dedicated
to safely housing victims of human trafficking in Peru. The ESN
Benefit Concert featured various musical, theatrical and comedic
performances. Our performances included Tou Ger Xiong, a nationally
renown Hmong comedian and activist, Shinparam a Korean drumming
group, and Ryan Jordan, a modern day abolitionist all the way from
Duluth, MN.
Thanks to our hard work, ESN raised $1000 dollars to donate to Veronica¡¯s
House. Our donation was hailed as an ¡°answer to our prayers¡± as
the house was short of building funds.
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