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Full Text of Angeles Arrien Speech - Lessons from Geese (Possumus Fall 2007)

Human Trafficking

The Trafficking Victim Taskforce is a network of people and agencies that disseminates information and resources about human trafficking. Contact Civil Society at 651-291-0713.

The website of the Center for Women Policy Studies in Washington, D.C. includes extensive resources and links about human trafficking.

The Center for Women, Economic Justice, and Public Policy at the College of St. Catherine in St. Paul, Minnesota promotes community collaboration and active learning to advance the creation of just economic policies and systemic change. Through courses, scholarship, activities and community partnerships the Center strives to shift the emphasis from short-term assistance to sustainable opportunities for justice. Contact Ann Redmond, CSJ, Center Coordinator, at coe@stkate.edu.

"The Code," formally known as "The Code of Conduct to Protect Children Against Sexual Exploitation in Travel and Tourism," is an international set of guidelines by which travel and tourism companies have pledged to operate in order to end the commercial sex trade in children. It is estimated that up to two million children annually are exploited for this purpose. Carlson Companies was the first North American travel and hospitality company to sign the code.

United Nations Millenium Development Goals

"We will have time to reach the Millennium Development Goals – worldwide and in most, or even all, individual countries – but only if we break with business as usual. We cannot win overnight. Success will require sustained action across the entire decade between now and the deadline. It takes time to train the teachers, nurses and engineers; to build the roads, schools and hospitals; to grow the small and large businesses able to create the jobs and income needed. So we must start now. And we must more than double global development assistance over the next few years. Nothing less will help to achieve the Goals."

United Nations Secretary-General
Kofi A. Annan

The eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) – which range from halving extreme poverty to halting the spread of HIV/AIDS and providing universal primary education, all by the target date of 2015 – form a blueprint agreed to by all the world’s countries and all the world’s leading development institutions. They have galvanized unprecedented efforts to meet the needs of the world’s poorest.

Check out the following links for additional information about the United Nation’s Millennium Development Goals:

UN Millennium Project www.unmillenniumproject.org
Millennium Development Goals www.un.org/millenniumgoals
Sisters at the United Nations http://www.sistersofsaintjosephfederation.org/global.htm
Why are the CSJs at the UN? http://www.natcath.com/NCR_Online/archives/100199/100199f.htm
What is an NGO? http://www.ngocongo.org/ngowhow/index.htm
Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet, St. Paul Province, Justice Commission www.csjstpaul.org/justiceinitiatives.asp
Sisters Online www.sistersonline.org
The Millennium Development Goals Report 2005 (PDF 2.01MG) MDG Book.pdf
Millennium Development Goals Q & A (PDF 120K) Millennium GoalsQA.pdf

St. Joseph Workers

The St. Joseph Worker Program (SJW) is a new kind of volunteer program that trains, supports, and mentors women to be change agents while meeting direct needs in the community and working for justice.

To learn more about the St. Joseph Workers program, visit www.stjosephworkers.org.