Thanks to all of you who sent in photos or commented on the Resilience photo essay! I wrote down all your names and used random.org to select the winner. Andrew, your name corresponded with the selected number, so send me your mailing address and I will send you a copy of Invisible Chains: Canada’s Underground […]
Resilience: A Photo Essay
A few weeks ago I sent out a request for photos on the theme of resilience. It is a word I’ve heard from hopeful abolitionists, determined safe house workers, and some trafficking survivors themselves. Resilience is an absolute necessity for survival. The following photos express this word in its various forms, and these photographers have […]
Calling All Photographers: Enter Your Photo for a Chance to Win a Copy of “Invisible Chains” by Benjamin Perrin!
A couple months ago I did a photo essay here at Hope for the Sold, themed Vulnerability. I received some fantastic photos and am excited to do a second one with a new theme! If you like photography and want to sumbit a photo, here are the details: Theme: Resilience. Keep in mind that this […]
10 Reasons Why You Need to Read Invisible Chains
In the fall of 2010 Benjamin Perrin released his new book, Invisible Chains: Canada’s Underground World of Human Trafficking. Mine is underlined, highlighted, and bookmarked, indicating how much I learned and want to remember. Here are ten reasons why you should buy it today! The book is written buy a Canadian, about Canada, for Canadians […]
The Invisible Chains Book Tour Comes to Vancouver!
On Monday night I attended Benjamin Perrin’s book tour in Vancouver for Invisible Chains: Canada’s Underground World of Human Trafficking. The tour began in Toronto and has already hit several cities on its way across the country. As I sat in a coffee shop yesterday reading the book before the event, there were moments I […]
Benjamin Perrin Begins Book Tour: Press Conference Highlights
This morning I attended an online press conference for Benjamin Perrin, author of Invisible Chains: Canada’s Underground World of Human Trafficking. The book tour begins today in Toronto, and the sold out events across the country are a clear indication that there is a growing tide of awareness about the issue in Canada. Here are […]
A Great Guy with a Great Book: Announcing Benjamin Perrin’s Upcoming “Invisible Chains” Tour!
When my husband Jay and I drove across Canada to make the Hope for the Sold documentary about sex trafficking, we met and interviewed Canada’s leading expert on the issue, UBC law professor Benjamin Perrin. This guy knew his stuff so well that we barely had to ask questions to prompt him in the interview! […]