Voters chose not to legalize prostitution in San Francisco

Ensuring Victims of Human Trafficking
are not Overlooked

As an organization Not for Sale, along with the “No On K” Coalition actively worked to defeat this Proposition and on November 4th San Franciscans came out and voiced their opposition to K. Proponents to K attempted to hide the dangerous implications of K by downplaying the significant role human trafficking plays within the industry in San Francisco and characterizing the efforts of Not for Sale and other organizations as “racial profiling”.

Upon first glance Proposition K, a proposition to decriminalize prostitution, might seem like a ballot measure that would increase the rights of individuals working within the sex industry. In reality this proposition, masquerading as a progressive measure, would have greatly undermined the efforts of local law enforcement to prevent and combat human trafficking. This initiative would have essentially tied the hands of San Francisco law enforcement when attempting to combat human trafficking. San Francisco District Attorney Kamala Harris voiced her opposition for Proposition K stating it “would expressly bar the investigation and prosecution of human trafficking crimes… Many people in the commercial sex trade have been trafficked and forced to participate in commercial sex. This measure would attempt to provide safe harbor to their traffickers.”

The dark secret about Proposition K, discovered by many San Francisco voters, is that Prop K would have created a legal loophole emboldening human traffickers within San Francisco by providing them with virtually free reign. Not for Sale, and many others, worked tirelessly to ensure that victims of human trafficking were not further marginalized by the passage of Proposition K.

Lets continue to work together to ensure the victims of human trafficking have the rights and services they desperately need and deserve.

Immediate action needed – San Francisco’s Proposition K (decriminalizing prostitution)

Undercover video from suspected place of trafficking in San Francisco. (Not for Sale Campaign) IMMEDIATE ACTION NEEDED – SF’s PROPOSITION K BACKGROUND: Not For Sale is against all forms of slavery: Anywhere and everywhere in the world. It is for this reason that we are deeply concerned that San Francisco (Full Disclosure: where we are based) is on the verge of passing Proposition K. At first blush Prop K’s language appears to be an attempt to decriminalize prostitution; the terrible truth hidden within Prop K is that it would: (1) severely hinder –if not completely stop- local law enforcement’s ability to investigate and prosecute crimes of trafficking and slavery, by making it illegal for police to garner funds to investigate crimes of trafficking. And (2) de-fund programs that assist survivors, women and children, exiting the sex industry. The measure directs the San Francisco Police Department and the District Attorney’s office to refuse to enforce the State of California’s prostitution laws. These sections include the laws used to investigate and prosecute traffickers and those involved in exploiting children. Non-enforcement of these laws would send an invitation out to pimps, traffickers, and johns. According to San Francisco’s District Attorney Kamala Harris, Prop K, “would expressly bar the investigation and prosecution of human trafficking crimes. Human trafficking is a serious problem in San Francisco. Many people in the commercial sex trade have been trafficked and forced to participate in commercial sex. This measure would attempt to provide safe harbor to their traffickers.” (italics added)

Make a Call for Justice

TVPA Reauthorization Needs Your Voice Today!

The Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA) became law in 2000. It is the first major comprehensive U.S. legislative effort to combat modern-day slavery.

Not For Sale has been working in coalition with many other anti-slavery groups for the past year to advocate for important tweaks to the TVPA. These modifications include initiatives to increase victim identification, to provide survivors with much needed services, and to prosecute traffickers. We are happy to report that the bill passed in the House of Representatives last December in an overwhelming 405-2 vote.

However, with less than a week left before Congress adjourns for the year, the bill is still awaiting Senate action. It’s important for your Senators to know that human trafficking is an issue you care about, and that you support the proposed changes within the TVPA.

Please make your voice heard by calling your Senators and urging them to cosponsor the reauthorization of the TVPA in the Senate, with important amendments:
1. Find your Senator’s contact information.

2. Download talking points for your call.

Advocacy Days – October 8th & 9th in Washington DC

It’s not too late to join Not For Sale for Advocacy Days. Learn more and sign-up here.

Have a group from your school or church that wants to go? No problem.

Any specific questions? Contact Kilian Moote

Who will stand for truth?

You have to watch this video by Grassroots Films. It’s awesome!

this election day

everything you hold sacred

will need your vote

vote your conscience

Biden and Pelosi, both Catholics, were asked about their stand on the issue of life at conception during recent TV interviews. Their answers which did not align with the teaching of the Catholic church, prompted a response from US Catholic bishops by publishing Fact sheet on pro-life and Church teaching on abortion.

KC bishops on moral responsibility and voting

“Never forget that everything Hitler did in Germany was legal”

Martin Luther King, Jr.

TheCall DC – photos

I am uploading several videos from TheCall DC to YouTube. http://www.youtube.com/majorchangetv

Warren Beamer

IHOPers

Mike Bickle

Lou Engle and Father Frank Pavone

Lou Engle praying

IHOP’s CEC kids

Therese Engle and Father Frank Pavone

Therese Engle and Father Frank Pavone

GodTV’s broadcast trucks

Teah & Kevin praying to end abortion

3500 US abortions daily

Hannah York

Seth Yates

3500 US abortions daily

Confessions

Mother’s confessions

Teah with LIFE tape

Rory Alex & Marc Anderson

TheCall DC @ 9:15pm

Keith with his girls

TheCall DC

Lou after a long day

The end

TheCall DC – Racial healing prayer / Passerby view

TheCall DC 2008 – Racial healing prayer

TheCall DC 2008 – Passerby view

TheCall DC 2008 – IHOP’s CEC kids praying and dancing videos

TheCall DC 2008 – IHOP’s CEC kids praying to end abortion

TheCall DC 2008 – Children dancing with Lou Engle at the end

TheCall DC 2008 – Praying for Christian Media / Ending minutes

TheCall DC 2008 – Praying for Christian Media to raise up

TheCall DC 2008 – Ending minutes

First day in Washington, DC

Here are photos of our first day in Washington, DC. I will upload more from TheCall DC tomorrow.

Day 45 (of fast) : Driving to DC to participate in TheCall

We are loading our mini van now with 7 people to drive 17 hours to Washington DC to participate in TheCall DC.  I will update my blog with photos and videos clips of the event.

Today TheCall is marching across our land to Washington D.C. to gather together for a historic gathering on August 16, 2008. We believe that our nation is in a critical hour and in desperate need of revival. While our societies moral compass continues to erode the faith of our nation is becoming increasingly secularized. The world in its rebellion violently pursues the fulfillment of all fleshly desires yet the church has fallen prey to many of the same sins that plague our society. Even within the church truth has been substituted for spiritual relativism and religious tolerance. Sexual immorality, racism, and abortion are just as prevalent from our pews and pulpits as it is in our secular universities. We are in an hour of crisis, an hour when we have to confront our own spiritual barrenness as the church and in the place of prayer cry out to God for mercy on our nation and revival in our land. Our hope in this hour is in God and God alone. On August 16, 2008 we are calling for 1,000,000 people to again gather together in the National Mall to fast and to pray for God to pour out His undeserved mercy on our land.