Read full Op-Ed on The Baltimore Sun’s site… In 2014, members of the Victim Services Subcommittee of the state’s Human Trafficking Task Force identified and provided services to 396 victims of human trafficking here in Maryland. Of those, 381 were… Read More
Archive for the ‘Araminta Freedom Initiative’ Category
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Baltimore County Prevention Month Proclamation
Baltimore County Executive Proclamation designating January 2016 Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month WHEREAS, more than a century and half ago, President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, freeing thousands of slaves in the United States; and WHEREAS, slavery throughout… Read More
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Baltimore City Prevention Month Proclamation
Proclamation By Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake Designating January 2016 As “Slavery & Human Trafficking Prevention Month” In Baltimore WHEREAS, this month is dedicated to raising awareness about sexual slavery and human trafficking worldwide; human trafficking is a form of modern-day slavery… Read More
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#ICYMI: Top 10 Facebook posts of 2015
#10: Baltimore takes stand against human trafficking (5/20/2015) #9: 3 Baltimore strip clubs raided in human trafficking investigation (6/27/2015) #8: Child trafficking happening here and pediatricians need to be alert, experts say (12/1/1/2015) #7: Warren Brown talks about his son’s arrest on human trafficking… Read More
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Christmas Past, Present, and Future
Joy to the world, indeed, for the Lord has come…and He has come as a child.When Jesus later directed His followers to “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them” (Mt. 19:14), He did so knowing what… Read More
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Hoping in Confident Expectation
“Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.” –Heb 11:1 As we come to the close of this Advent season, we turn to the expectant hope Araminta upon which was founded – the… Read More
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Prepare the way of the Lord…then what?
Last week in our Advent reading we were told to prepare the way of the Lord. This week, John goes further, telling us in Luke 3:8 to “produce fruit in keeping with repentance.” John refers to the entire crowd as a… Read More
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When Expectation Doesn’t Seem to Come to Fruition
In the gospel texts for this second Sunday of Advent, we see John the Baptist’s role in preparing the way for the Lord. (Lk.1:68-79, 3:1-6) He was prepared and expectant, ahead of his time, but his end was jail and… Read More
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Advent: A Season of Preparation and Expectation
On this first Sunday of Advent, we reflect on this season as one of preparation and expectation. We celebrate Christ’s first advent as a babe born in a manger and continue to prepare with great expectation His second coming. But… Read More