July 30, 2015
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“Open your mouth for the mute, for the rights of all who are destitute. Open your mouth, judge righteously; defend the rights of the poor and needy.”
- Proverbs 31: 8-9, selected by the Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary Anti-Trafficking Committee [1] as part of a prayer ceremony shared here [2].
Today is the second U.N. World Day Against Trafficking in Persons [3].
You can read several stories on Global Sisters Report about this important issue here [4]. (There are four pages of listed stories; you can scroll with the arrows at the bottom of the list pages.)