Compassion

Compassion refers to the ability to empathize with the suffering of others and to feel a desire to alleviate that suffering. Compassion involves recognizing the common humanity that we share with others, and recognizing that their suffering is also our own. Compassion can be expressed through acts of kindness, generosity, and service to others, as well as through a commitment to social justice and human rights.

 

The Devil in the Details: After School Satan Club and Public Education
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The Devil in the Details: After School Satan Club and Public Education

Editor’s note: we include this article so you know what is happening across America, culturally, with regard to the “Satanic Panic.” “We know that there is a very real war in the heavenlies,” said Derrick Wilburn, an organizer with Advocates for D20 Kids, during a Sept. 14, 2022 presentation at Church For All Nations in…

DHS Helped 765 Human Trafficking Victims in 2022, Made Thousands of Trafficking Arrests
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DHS Helped 765 Human Trafficking Victims in 2022, Made Thousands of Trafficking Arrests

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) today released the second Center for Countering Human Trafficking (CCHT) Annual Report, outlining the Department’s achievements in combatting human trafficking during the previous fiscal year (FY). As a global leader in the fight against human trafficking, DHS works to end sex trafficking and forced labor through a wide range of…

A local university and federal agents are ready to fight human trafficking in NJ together
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A local university and federal agents are ready to fight human trafficking in NJ together

NEWARK ― Local law enforcement and academia leaders converged at the Department of Homeland Security’s office on Wednesday to explain a joint effort between Montclair State University and the department’s law enforcement arm to combat human trafficking in New Jersey. The top priority of the joint effort is to develop an app and website that…

Charity backs Dame Ann Gloag as she faces 'malicious allegations' of human trafficking
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Charity backs Dame Ann Gloag as she faces 'malicious allegations' of human trafficking

Charity backs Dame Ann Gloag as she faces ‘malicious allegations’ of human trafficking which have left campaigners ‘dumbfounded’  The Open Door Foundation said it was ‘shocked and horrified’  Dame Ann Gloag was charged after an interview by police on Thursday By Craig Mcdonald For The Scottish Mail On Sunday Published: 20:05 EST, 21 January 2023 | Updated:…

Life and fortune of Stagecoach tycoon, 80, charged with human trafficking offences
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Life and fortune of Stagecoach tycoon, 80, charged with human trafficking offences

The co-founder of Stagecoach bus company, who faces human trafficking charges, is believed to be Scotland’s richest women and was made a dame for services to business and charity. Business mogul Dame Ann Gloag, 80, is one of four people facing allegations of trafficking and immigration offences, Police Scotland said. Her representatives said she firmly…

Compassion and cooperation key to addressing human trafficking and smuggling of …
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Compassion and cooperation key to addressing human trafficking and smuggling of …

Pretoria (South Africa), 16 January 2023 – The police in Johannesburg had a lead – a real chance to uncover human trafficking victims. But despite the clear information leading them to a house in a suburb of the city, the police could not find where the victims were being held. Some patience, persistence, and careful…

Hattiesburg Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated to host human …
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Hattiesburg Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated to host human

The Hattiesburg Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated will host a forum, “Beneath the Surface: An Evening Discussion about Human Trafficking” on Tuesday, January 24, 2023, to generate awareness of human trafficking, to foster multidisciplinary cooperation and to better support victims. An issue affecting the region and state, human trafficking is often a…

“The Lesson Here Is That the System Is Cruel”: Keri Blakinger on Prison Journalism
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“The Lesson Here Is That the System Is Cruel”: Keri Blakinger on Prison Journalism

From 2010 to 2012, Keri Blakinger was incarcerated in state and county correctional facilities for possessing a ​“tupperware of heroin.” Since then, she has gone on to work as a prison reporter at the Houston Chronicle, The Marshall Project and, most recently, the Los Angeles Times. In June 2022, Blakinger published Corrections in Ink, a memoir about…

National Human Trafficking Awareness Day
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National Human Trafficking Awareness Day

EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (WEAU) – Today is National Human Trafficking Awareness Day, a day dedicated to the awareness and the prevention of the illegal practice. Human trafficking involves the use of force, fraud, or coercion to obtain some type of labor or commercial sex act. Cat Morgan with Fierce Freedom, a non profit organization in…

Dallas Woman Shares Survival Story on Human Trafficking Awareness Day
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Dallas Woman Shares Survival Story on Human Trafficking Awareness Day

Wednesday is National Human Trafficking Awareness Day. People are being encouraged to wear blue for #WearBlueDay as a way to shine a light on a dark reality that so many victims are experiencing, and to promote and protect their rights. If you think it’s not a problem in North Texas, think again. Texas ranks second…