Empower is a global movement. Students take action through community education, fundraising, and event coordination.
Empower is a service organization dedicated to raising awareness about the injustice of child trafficking globally and domestically in the United States. Empower exists to stop child trafficking by targeting the source of child trafficking: predators who drive the sex industry everywhere in the world, including in your local community. Empower has partnered with specially trained operatives famili
04/17/2017
Empower and ONUA want to invite you to Bar Trivia! We will be doing Trivia Night based on Human Trafficking Awareness and how to be a more conscious consumer! This will kick off the Multicultural Human Trafficking Awareness Week! We will have mocktails and snacks! We will start at 6:00pm in Babcock Basement. See you then!
"How Many Slaves Work For You?"
Take the survey and find out at http://slaveryfootprint.org/
Slavery Footprint How many slaves work for you? There are 27 million slaves in the world today. Many of them contribute to the supply chains that end up in the products we use every day. Find out how many slaves work for you, and take action.
Check it out, they have lots of information.
Polaris We are leading a survivor-centered, justice-driven movement to end human trafficking. Join us.
Myths & Misconceptions To effectively combat human trafficking, each of us needs to have a clear "lens" that helps us understand what human trafficking is. When this lens is clouded or biased by misconceptions about the definition of trafficking, our ability to respond to the crime is reduced. It is important to learn how...
11/30/2016
What is Fair Trade?
11/30/2016
Here is a nifty info-graphic about fair trade
11/30/2016
Fair Trade Bake Sale
Empower will be storming through the dorms selling baked goods tomorrow night.
$1 for 4 small sugar cookies
$2 for 2 regular sugar cookies
$1.50 for 4 small chocolate chip cookies
$2.50 for 2 regular chocolate chip cookies
$2 for a brownie
$3 for two brownies
$4 for three brownies
11/30/2016
Empower is gearing up for our Fair Trade Bake Sale tomorrow (Wednesday November 30th)! 🍪🍴👏🏽😄
11/03/2016
Report Finds Greater Action is Needed by Food & Beverage Sector to Address Forced Labor - Humanity United KnowTheChain published its second benchmark yesterday on the efforts of 20 global food and beverage companies to mitigate forced labor in their supply chains. The report reveals that while the sector shows growing awareness and commitment, companies are not taking sufficient action on this issue.
04/15/2016
Senate Bans Sale of Goods From Slave Labor Legislation that would ban the sale of products made through slave labor is on its way to becoming a law. The U.S. Senate on Thursday voted to close a loopho...