Self Defense:
Nov. 3, 5:30 to 7 p.m., L.A. Pittenger Student Center, Cardinal Hall B
Percentage night:
Nov. 9, noon to 10 p.m., Let's Spoon
Fashion show:
Nov. 10, 6:30 to 8 p.m., Student Center Ballroom
Documentary night:
Nov. 17, 6 to 8 p.m., Student Center Ballroom
Benefit concert:
Nov. 21, 6 p.m. to midnight, The Living Room
The Internal Justice Mission of Ball State is spreading awareness and working to bring an end to slavery and human trafficking for No Slave November.
“The issue is one of those issues that is going to keep happening whether we realize it or not,” said IJM President Lauren Baney. “By spreading awareness, we are hoping that people come together with us and fight this.”
Human trafficking is defined as a form of modern-day slavery, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Victims are subjected to force, fraud or coercion for the purpose of commercial sex, debt bondage or forced labor.
There are an estimated 35.8 million men, women and children trapped in modern slavery in the world today, according to the 2014 Global Slavery Index reported by the Walk Free Foundation, a global organization with a mission to end modern slavery in our generation.
In the United States alone, there are approximately 60,000 men, women and children who are exploited as forced laborers and in the commercial sex industry, according to the report.
These numbers do spark emotion, Baney said, but the mission of IJM is not to make people feel guilty or depressed, but to get more people to understand the reality of modern day slavery.
IJM’s goal for the month is to start the conversation.
“Starting the conversation on campus will make the biggest impact,” Baney said. “We want to be able to tell our future generations that we were the ones who made a difference.”
IJM members changed their cover photos on Facebook and Twitter to the No Slave November picture to further spread awareness on human trafficking. Baney said the group encourages everyone to do the same on their profiles.
Members are also wearing barcodes on their wrists to show humans are not objects, she said.
For their month of events, IJM is hosting events like self-defense training from 5:30 to 7 p.m. on Nov. 3 in the L.A. Pittenger Student Center Cardinal Hall B.
“There are millions of people trapped into slavery in the world today,” Baney said. “No Slave November is one campaign to bring awareness and an end to this.”
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