Be Her Freedom Run – This Saturday!
By Guest Blogger, Jenny Huang
If you’ve ever travelled through the Atlanta airport, you’ll know that it is a hub for several major airlines. Hordes of travelers arrive regularly in the city; some transfer flights to another location and others stay in Atlanta as their final destination. Greece is a similar hub for the crime of human trafficking.
According to the 2009 U.S. Department of State Trafficking in Persons Report, Greece is a transit and destination country for women and children trafficked for the purpose of sexual exploitation. Women and girls are trafficked from Bulgaria, Albania, Romania, and other parts of Eastern Europe and forced into prostitution and labor. Some are transferred to other areas of Europe; many others stay in Greece as their final destination.
1,838 women and children are sold for sex every day in Greece. This translates into one person sold every 47 seconds.
Let’s be honest – the statistics can be overwhelming. But there’s something you can do to help!
Celebration Church is honored to partner with the A21 Campaign to fight against this global injustice this Saturday, Nov. 7th through the Be Her Freedom Run. The run length is 4.7 miles and begins at 7:47 am; illustrating the staggering statistic that one person is sold for sex every 47 seconds.
All proceeds will benefit the A21 Campaign, an organization dedicated to rescuing, restoring, and rebuilding victims of injustice. Our good friends, Nick and Christine Caine from Hillsong Church Sydney, are the founders of this organization.
The run will start and finish at our Midtown campus, 10302 Deerwood Park Blvd. A one-mile run/walk is also available.
It’s still not too late to join in! Everyone is welcome to participate – you can run, walk, or cheer people on! We have a group of moms who are walking with their babies and rumor has it Christine Caine will be running too.
Registration fee is $25 if you sign up online by end of today. Entry fee will be $35 on day of the event. Sign up and find out more at www.beherfreedomrun.com.
Kick up your shoes and let’s fight against this injustice!
Jenny Huang
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