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CIW's early anti-slavery efforts called "spark that ignited a movement" at White House ceremony...
At the first-ever White House Forum to Combat Human Trafficking last week -- an event that involved everyone from Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano to Attorney General Eric Holder and Secretary of State John Kerry -- the CIW and the Fair Food Program were front and center.

The Fair Food Program was singled out in a major new report of recommendations to the President as "one of the most successful and innovative programs" in the world today in the fight to uncover -- and prevent -- modern-day slavery, a fight President Obama himself called "one of the great human rights causes of our time."

The report, by the President's Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, was released in conjunction with the White House event. The Council is charged with "Identifying best practices and successful modes of delivering social services," and with "Making recommendations to the President and the Administration on changes in policies, programs, and practices." Here's the excerpt from their report, entitled, "Building Partnerships to Eradicate Modern-Day Slavery," citing the Fair Food Program:
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ledboots said:
Sad for her family, though, the disrespect since her death. :(
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Meh.

Now if the funeral was private, then yeah, it would be disrespectful. But we're being forced to pay for it (at the expense of some of the most vulnerable members of our society), it's a public event, we have a right to protest at it. If the family didn't want to deal with the protests at her funeral, they should have said they wanted a private one, not a publicly funded one. It's not like they're being forced to have this funeral for her.
 
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As for the M. Thatcher thing, I despised her in the 198o's and I despise her now even though she's dead. I actually like that there are others who are protesting her "legacy". It makes me uncomfortable to see all the fawning and gushing over her like she's Saint Maggie (much like Saint Ronnie here), and these protestors are a reminder that she's not really a saint.
 
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Annia said:
Meh.

Now if the funeral was private, then yeah, it would be disrespectful. But we're being forced to pay for it (at the expense of some of the most vulnerable members of our society), it's a public event, we have a right to protest at it. If the family didn't want to deal with the protests at her funeral, they should have said they wanted a private one, not a publicly funded one. It's not like they're being forced to have this funeral for her.
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Just to add to this: My main gripe is the publicly funded thing. I try not to hold an opinion on her because I can't really make an informed decision as I wasn't alive then. And I don't have the time or the energy to actually research her legacy properly.
 
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Just to add to this: My main gripe is the publicly funded thing. I try not to hold an opinion on her because I can't really make an informed decision as I wasn't alive then. And I don't have the time or the energy to actually research her legacy properly.
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I am getting quite irked by the amount of teens who are protesting..its like...so tell me more about what it was like in the 80's little 16 year old. :brood:
 
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I am getting quite irked by the amount of teens who are protesting..its like...so tell me more about what it was like in the 80's little 16 year old. :brood:
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I sort of half agree.

I don't see why young people can't have an opinion on past history and politics, and I can see why they'd want to protest: where public money goes affects them as much as older people.

However I can understand being annoyed by the amount of agnst, rudeness and lack of respect shown by young people. I think agsty behaviour about Margret Thatchers death from people who had their lives and communities destroyed (or at least affected) by her is understandable. But hearing "YAY THATCHER IS DEAD! THE ***** IS DEAD" etc from people who were never directly affected by her is much less excusable. It just seems like an excuse to be rude.
 
Thats kind of my thoughts. Im just not so good at saying things as well as you have...Coming from families affected by Thatcher will result in teens knowing more and being angry, but alot of them seem to be bandwagon jumpers...Also instead of downloading a song they could have donated that 99p to a charity and done something amazing instead of spiteful.
 
The song thing is pissing me off.


I bloody love that song! Well, the Glee version of it. I have it on my happy tunes playlist that I play when I'm feeling down (which is mainly made up of Glee songs.) Now I can't listen to it because I feel bad when that song comes on.

I'm not listening to it because of Thatcher! I'm listening to it because it's an awesome Hummelberry song and it makes me happy.

"Before there was Wicked there was.....?"
 
According to Farm Sanctuary via Twitter, California's Ag-Gag Bill is dead.
 
However, the U.S. Senate voted down the background checks bill.

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Meh, the background checks bill still excluded private sellers in most locations. It basically covered only private sellers at gun shows (gun dealers had to run background checks due to existing law, regardless of if they were at a gun show or not.)
 
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