Va. Students Seek To End Modern Slavery

False, according to William Byrd High School students who proclaimed themselves modern-day abolitionists Tuesday as part of a nationwide campaign aimed at calling attention to and ending human trafficking. Called Globalize 13, the curriculum from the Frederick Douglass Family Initiatives commemorates the upcoming 150th anniversary of the 13th Amendment while also raising awareness about modern-day slavery in the form of human trafficking. An art display about human trafficking and resource tables about what students can do were set up in the gym. [...] she said her students have taken ownership of the project, spending long hours researching companies who use slave labor and deciding to boycott brands and write letters to corporations. A new report published by the Walk Free Foundation, a human rights group trying to end modern slavery, states 35.8 million people are enslaved. According to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, because human trafficking happens underground it can be hard to identify and get an accurate picture of just how widespread it is. Russell said the idea of people being in forced labor is repulsive and consumers have to be aware of what companies are doing to make their products.

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