Ideas for Next Year

Hey guys,
Just a couple of things I found while doing research:
- I emailed IJM, and they said that we can become a chapter. All we need to do is fill out the form on the website and then request a toolkit. I'm not sure if it would be better to do it for the whole group or for the smaller Abolition group we were talking about setting up for next year, but I think that it is a great idea for next semester.

- Did you know that Hershey's, Mars, and Nestle all use child slave labor in their factories? I knew about Mars, but not the other two. I have made the decision for myself not to buy their chocolate. Here is a site with more information:
http://humantrafficking.change.org/actions/view/tell_hershey_mars_nestle_to_stop_child_labor
There is also a pledge to fill out there that can be sent to the companies.

- I'm thinking for next year to try to schedule Human Trafficking Week for the week of January 11, which is National Human Trafficking Awareness Day.

- I found a bunch of cool ideas of events that other groups have come up with. For example, one group "traveled for traffick." They took the subway and went to each stop in their city, taking a picture at each stop and holding a sign so everyone would know why they were there. I thought that was a kind of cool idea. Another group did a job auction where they auctioned off odd jobs like dog walking and car washing to raise money for Stop The Traffick.