RADIOHEAD & MTV Join in Anti-Human Trafficking Efforts!
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
This morning when I saw this press release I was ecstatic! MTV EXIT (End Exploitation and Trafficking) Campaign and Radiohead are teaming up to raise awareness by co-producing a music video for Radiohead's All I Need track from In Rainbows. The music video will be premiering on all things MTV networks tomorrow. But you can watch it here now! I really think the video will raise some heads up. MTV EXIT and Radiohead aren't stopping there. While Radiohead is on tour in North America, Europe, and Asia, activists belonging to local anti-human trafficking organizations will be distributing key information about trafficking. Another excellent way to raise awareness!
FYI:
Human Trafficking is defined by the United Nations as “the recruitment, transportation, and receipt of a person for sexual or economic exploitation by force, fraud, coercion, or deception” in order to make a profit.
-It is the second-largest illegal trade after drugs, with criminal traffickers earning over US$10 billion every year through the buying and selling of human beings.
-There are estimated 27 million individual human beings living in slavery today.
-Facts & Resources about trafficking in the U.S.
I really hope that MTV EXIT can really bring a difference and raise awareness on this horrific issue, but the truth is, to end it, we all have to care and do something about it. I highly encourage everyone to check out the Trafficking in Persons Report 2007. It contains in-depth information about slavery and current status of severity country by country. Also check out Concert To End Slavery. Find out what is going on in your local community to raise awareness for these injustices. If you need help or want to talk more feel free to email us. I think it's a moral calling for all people to look beyond their own lives and realize everyone should have the basic rights of freedom. We are all human beings called to do different things and I think fighting opression in some form to benefit another is definitely one of them.
..."What Good is all of our economic and political power if we don't use it to free people in slavery?.."
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