Advocacy

ADVOCACY Advocacy is about ordinary people coming together and taking action to shift the balance of power toward justice. Change happens when we demand it. Alone, you may feel like you have no influence and no power. But when we take action together, we can have great impact. We can help to shift the balance of power toward justice. We can make our voices heard through letters, phone calls and meetings. Together, we can make a very real difference. An advocate is someone who: Speaks up on behalf of others. Refuses to Raises their voice An advocate is stand by. and takes action. someone like you. ADVOCACY WORKS Here's one story of ordinary men and women who raised their voices and helped to free more than 1,400 people from forced labor slavery. Americans found out that modern-day slavery existed. More men, women and children are living in slavery today than during the entire trans-Atlantic slave trade. Their elected They told their members of The TIP Office They gathered together to take action. IJM Bangalore has helped to officials directed worked with Congress about modern-day slavery. IJM to open an anti-slavery office in more resources to rescue more than the U.S. Trafficking in Persons Office 1,400 people from slavery (TIP Office). Bangalore, India. since 2006. Be part of the movement for justice. Join us and raise your voice for freedom! The Freedom Commons IJM GATHER. ACT. END SLAVERY.