Andrew Kooman’s SHE HAS A NAME, a play about sex trafficking, is coming to a theatre near you on its Canadian 2012 tour: Haunted by anguished voices, a lawyer poses as a john to build a legal case against a brothel trafficking girls into Bangkok. Can Jason win the trust of a young prostitute known […]
Which Thread Are You?
During his session at the Justice Summit last week, Jamie McIntosh from International Justice Mission Canada painted a beautiful image of what the modern day abolitionist movement is like: “We are all a thread, woven together into a beautiful tapestry used to keep others warm.” I love that. We fill in each other’s gaps. […]
Ride for Refuge 2012 is Underway & Hope for the Sold is Looking for Some Champions!
Okay, I’ll admit it. I have Bieber fever. So does my husband Jay. We recently found out that a few years ago a bunch of Jay’s guy friends had been lured into the theatre by their wives to see Never Say Never, a movie documenting Justin Bieber’s rise to fame. After being told that it […]
Lessons I Learned at the Justice Summit
My husband and I LOVE road trips. We have driven from Ontario to the West Coast, from Seattle to Chicago (x2), to Washington DC in a December blizzard, to Atlanta, Georgia for the Catalyst Conference (x4)…not to mention Jay’s diamond digging expedition to Arkansas with his best friend Richard (long story). We were pretty excited […]
Tara Teng Wins Title of Miss World Canada 2012!
Hope for the Sold sends out a HUGE congratulations to Tara Teng for winning the title of Miss World Canada 2012! Tara has worked so hard for this – and not because she seeks glory for herself but because she believes that this platform can empower her to empower others. Tara, thank you for your […]
Taste Testing, Fair Trade & Transformed Communities: My Interview with Camino’s Mélanie Broguet
I was in Ottawa this past weekend for The Justice Summit, which was a great event I will summarize more next week. My Ottawa stay spilled into Monday, and between meeting with an MP on Parliament Hill and getting to watch Question Period (in all its gory glory), I walked with my husband and a […]
Would You Yell STOP? My Thoughts on a Prostitution Awareness Event
A couple weeks ago I went to a prostitution awareness event put together by Sextrade 101 and Sheatre. As I drove to Toronto I wondered what the evening would hold. All I knew was that some kind of interactive theatre was involved, and I felt a mixture of eager anticipation, nervous reservation, and peaked curiosity. […]