Recognizing slavery.

First let me start saying: THANK YOU!! Your response has been overwhelming and positive.  Now I have no doubt we can do this together.  As I said when I posted the first blog 3 days ago, I am far from a technical savvy person, in fact borderline embarrassing.  I also said on that first blog that i was not going to use that as an excuse to not do this.  And the site went live, full of mistakes and things that could and can be improved.  In less than 24 hours I got some kind people helping me to make the site make sense and look better.  Out of their kindness they made time on their busy schedule to help: thank you Avi Lewin and H. Smith, you both are incredible.
So we are up and running, pictures are coming in and I will start posting a few on each post and then a lot when I don't write something.
Some of the questions I got were about slavery itself, what is it? How to know? etc.
I am going to share with you about some of the shapes that slavery takes:
Chattel Slavery: the slaves and any children they might have are considered "property" of their "owner."
Debt Bondage: the most common type of slavery today, accounting for approximately 20 million of the slaves today.  After a person takes a loan (usually for basic necessities) the person must work to pay off the loan.  Moneylenders use deceptive techniques to prevent the debt from ever being paid, usually carrying on to future generations.  Entire families can be enslaved for generations for what amounts to $20
Contract Slavery: A worker enters to a false employment contract to earn wages; the slaveholder then refuses to pay the person but uses the false contract to use and hide their activities.
Sexual Slavery: Persons, usually women and girls, are sold into the sex industry and often transported across borders.  Slaveholders lure vulnerable individuals by promising them or their parents that they will be given jobs as waitresses, cleaning or watching children.
This are just a few examples and of course there are many variations of these practices and as many stories as slaves are.
You can see some specific cases here , here & here
Now, download that logo, put it in your office and inform others.
Thank you,
P.
p.s. next post will have mostly pictures, hope yours is in there!