Social Action Workshop Holston Conference United Methodist Women

August 11, 2012  Kodak United Methodist Church  2923 Bryan Road  Kodak, Tennessee  37764  “A Workshop for all Persons of Faith” 

It’s sad but true — people are being bought, sold, and smuggled like modern-day slaves.

“Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen: to loose the chains of the injustice and untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and break every yoke? … then your light will break forth like the dawn, and your healing will quickly appear; then your righteousness will go before you, and the glory of the Lord will be your rear guard. Then you will call, and the Lord will answer; you will cry for help, and he will say: Here am I …” — Isaiah 58:6-9

August 11, 2012 SCHEDULE—SOCIAL ACTION WORKSHOP KODAK UNITED METHODIST CHURCH Kodak, Tennessee Mitzi Sadler-Thorne, Conference Mission Coordinator for Social Action

TIME 9:00—9:45 AM 10:00 AM

PROGRAM AGENDA

PERSON PRESIDING

Registration, Coffee and Refreshments Announcements

Mitzi Sadler-Thorne

Welcome

Georgia Lister, President Holston Conference United Methodist Women

UMW Purpose & Prayer Calendar

Peggy Dalton, President Morristown District UMW

Introduction of Speakers 10:30 AM

Aryn Faughnan

11:30 AM

Brittney Thomas

12:30 PM

Lunch

Mitzi Sadler-Thorne

1:30 PM

Ted Franciso - Homeland Security

2:30—3:00 PM

Question and Answer Session Closing Prayer

Workshop leadership and teaching will be provided by: Ted Franciso - Homeland Security, Aryn Faughnan & Brittney Thomas (Special Note: Ted Franciso’s information will be available during the workshop)

Aryn Faughnan is an employee of Marriott Business Services by day and devotes the majority of her personal time as a volunteer for Free The Girls (collecting and counting bras), and educating audiences about human trafficking. Though Aryn has been involved in the fight against human trafficking for several years now, she was first exposed to human trafficking during a trip to SE Asia when she was a teenager. Walking through the red light district with the missions team from her church, she noticed children who looked out of place in the area. They say hindsight is always 20/20, and Aryn now believes those children were likely being sold for sex. Her journey as an abolitionist began in 2006. While living in Stockholm, Sweden, she attended the Global Leadership Summit and saw an interview between Bono and Bill Hybels. Though most of the interview focused on poverty in Africa, Aryn couldn’t stop thinking that there was more to learn and soon immersed herself in researching the issue of slavery in the 21st Century. She began volunteering with Free the Girls in 2010, and has since had the opportunity to share the Free The Girls story and the cause of human trafficking with church and community groups throughout Tennessee and North Carolina. Aryn studied Organizational Management with an emphasis in Christian Leadership at Colorado Christian University. A native of Colorado, she transplanted to Maryville, Tennessee in October 2010. She is a proud pet parent of Piper, a Jack Russell/Dachshund mix. In her spare time she enjoys world travel, movies, reading, baking, gardening, cultural events and going to the local farmers market.

Brittney Thomas, MPH, is a fellow abolitionist and a leading voice in the fight against human trafficking. Having survived one of the nation’s deadliest school shootings, Brittney developed an untamed passion for social justice issues across the globe and in her own backyard! As a frequent speaker at youth events and professional training workshops, Brittney is known for her entertaining and engaging presentations that compel audiences to find their passion and live on purpose! Her tenacious spirit and faith in God make her a dynamic speaker. She was the recipient of the 2010 Kentucky Liberation Award and currently serves on the Lexington Fayette County Human Trafficking Taskforce. Brittney is also a member of the American Public Health Association. Brittney is the Kentucky State Director for the “Not For Sale Campaign,” a non-profit organization that seeks to equip and mobilize Smart Activists to deploy innovative solutions to re-abolish slavery in their own backyards and across the globe. She has been interviewed by Tricia Goyer from “Living Inspired” and been published alongside notable author’s such as Robin Jones Gunn, Shaunti Feldhahn , and Debbie Macomber. Brittney lives in Lexington, Kentucky, where she enjoys teaching Sunday School and is actively involved with various grass-root organizations in her community. For more information about Brittney and her work, please visit her website at www.facebook.com/notforsaleky.

Human Trafficking Human Trafficking is a crime against humanity. It involves an act of recruiting, transporting, transferring, harboring or receiving a person through a use of force, coercion or other means, for the purpose of exploiting them. Every year, thousands of men, women and children fall into the hands of traffickers in their own countries and abroad. Every country in the world is affected by trafficking, whether as a country of origin, transit or destination for victims.

Elements of human trafficking On the basis of the definition given in the Trafficking in Persons Protocol, it is evident that trafficking in persons has three constituent elements. — The Act (what is done) Recruitment, transportation, transfer, harboring or receipt of persons. — The Means (how it is done) Threat or use of force, coercion, abduction, fraud, deception, abuse of power or vulnerability, or giving payments or benefits to a person in control of the victim. — The Purpose (why it is done) For the purpose of exploitation, which includes exploiting the prostitution of others, sexual exploitation, forced labor, slavery or similar practices and the removal of organs. To ascertain whether a particular circumstance constitutes trafficking in persons, consider the definition of trafficking in the Trafficking in Persons Protocol and the constituent elements of the offense, as defined by relevant domestic legislation.

ACT

MEANS

PURPOSE

Recruitment

Threat or use of force

Exploitation, including

Transport

Coercion

Prostitution others

Transfer

Abduction

Sexual exploitation

Harboring

Fraud

Forced labor

Receipt of persons

Deception

Slavery or similar practices

Abuse of power or vulnerability

Removal of organs Other types of exploitation

Giving payments or benefits

= Trafficking

SOCIAL ACTION HANDS-ON PROJECT

“Free the Girls” Donate your bras and “Free the Girls” Do you have a drawer full of gently worn or even new bras just begging to be set free? Donating your unwanted bras to “Free the Girls” is just one more thing you can do to help reduce violence to women in other countries. To give your support to our bra donation campaign, simply bring new or gently used bras when you attend our Social Action Workshop on August 11. All shapes and sizes of bras are welcome! Full figured bras are in high demand. Please insure your donations are clean and in reasonable re-usable condition.

Many women around the world are going braless today, but not by choice. Your donations can help to restore their dignity and respect and even prevent sexual assault. No matter how many you have, new, gently used, type, color, size, we will take them all— we have a good home for them!

Registration, Social Action Workshop August 11, 2012 Registration deadline is August 1, 2012

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I have the following special dietary needs: __________________________________________ Registration fee enclosed: $10.00 - includes lunch and snack. (Registration fee after August 1 is $15.00) Make checks payable to Holston Conference United Methodist Women. Mail completed form with payment to: Glenda Eastridge, Registrar, 1722 Ramsay Street, Alcoa, TN 37701.

Questions? Contact Mitzi Sadler-Thorne at (540) 726-8022.

Workshop: Human Trafficking Overnight Room Reservations — if you plan to spend the night, you will need to make your own hotel reservations.

DIRECTIONS TO KODAK UNITED METHODIST CHURCH: Kodak United Methodist Church is located at 2923 Bryan Road, Kodak, Tennessee — just south of Interstate 40 (exit 407) off Douglas Dam Road. Look for the tower with the cross and flame. You can’t miss it!

Holston Conference United Methodist Women Social Action Workshop 310 Gilley Avenue E. Big Stone Gap, VA 24219

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Human Trafficking “They are trapped in lives of misery—often beaten, starved, and forced to work as prostitutes or to take grueling jobs as migrant, domestic, restaurant, or factory workers with little or no pay. We’re working hard to stop human trafficking— not only because of the personal and psychological toll it takes on society, but also because it facilitates the illegal movement of immigrants across borders and provides a ready source of income for organized crime groups and even terrorists.” — the FBI

The Social Action Workshop is an annual program of Holston Conference United Methodist Women.

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