FCFS is a group of Christian faculty, staff and friends from different denominations and is affiliated with IVCF's Graduate and Faculty Ministries. Key priorities of FCFS are building community among Christian faculty and staff, being relevant Christian witnesses on campus and in our workplace, and planning specific evangelistic/outreach opportunities on campus to share the Gospel with others.

Human Trafficking Awareness
According to the U.S. Department of State’s Trafficking in Persons Report, some 800,000 persons are victims of trafficking each year, seven times more than in 1960. The victims are mostly womae and children who are often used as sex slaves, forced to endure harsh labor or even to fight wars. The numbers do not always include those who remain enslaved in their own countries, and many believe figures on trafficked persons are much higher than officially reported. There are some 27 million people, who are living lives as slaves today around the world. It is widely believed that there are at least 2 million children used as slaves in the commercial sex industry worldwide. Prices for these modern day slaves are at an all time low, while profits remain high, leading some to believe the problem is worse now than during the days of legalized slavery.

And mark your calendars for the week of April 18-23 as we help host a major campus-wide outreach on Human Trafficking we are calling, The Price of Life Invitational and you can get more information at: www.osupriceoflife.org

Related news stories:
All Sides with Ann Fisher - Human Trafficking, 1/12/2010
http://www.npr.org/internedition/spring09/?p=122=1
http://www.christiannewswire.com/news/417725284.html
http://children.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2008/01/10/national-human-trafficking-awareness-day-january-11-2008/

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