Monthly Featured Organizations & Programs

Each month, G.L.O.B.A.L. Justice features various advocacy organizations, justice programs, community events, and leaders that are making a significant impact on the pursuit of justice worldwide. Check out the Features for this month:

Featured advocacy Organization:

OUR Rescue

OUR Rescue, formerly known as Operation Underground Railroad, is a nonprofit organization dedicated to ending sex trafficking and child exploitation while empowering survivors to heal and thrive. OUR’s work spans the globe as they partner in this fight with governments, service agencies, law enforcement, and communities who share their vision of a world free from sex trafficking. They support law enforcement operations, help provide essential care for survivors, and contribute to education and prevention efforts.

Featured ArtS:

Clarke Reynolds

Born in 1981 in Portsmouth, Clarke Reynolds began his life journey with a unique perspective, one shaped by limited sight and profound resilience. Despite facing the challenges of domestic violence and alcohol abuse in his childhood, Clarke found solace and expression through drawing. His sketchbook became his sanctuary, a space where he could escape and create.Clarke's artistic path took a pivotal turn when he was diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa, leading to the eventual loss of sight in his right eye at the age of just 6, since then he has lost the sight in his left eye leaving him with just 5 degrees of vision. These life-altering events steered him away from his career as a dental model maker, but also opened a new door to the world of art. It was through his discovery of textiles that Clarke realised he could translate the tactility of fabrics and the dimension of sound into visual art, crafting pieces that are not only seen but felt.

Featured Education Program:

Holocaust Education in the United States by the USHMM

The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum's Education Program provides resources and initiatives to foster a deeper understanding of the Holocaust and its historical significance. Designed for educators, students, and the general public, the program includes interactive workshops, curriculum materials, survivor testimonies, and online tools. It encourages critical thinking about the dangers of unchecked hatred and the importance of human rights, equipping participants to connect lessons from the Holocaust to contemporary issues of prejudice and injustice. The program aims to inspire individuals to promote tolerance and take an active role in preventing genocide and discrimination.

Featured Publication:

The Slave Next Door: Human Trafficking and Slavery in America Today by Kevin Bales and Ron Soodalter

In this riveting book, authors and authorities on modern day slavery Kevin Bales and Ron Soodalter expose the disturbing phenomenon of human trafficking and slavery that exists now in the United States. In The Slave Next Door we find that slaves are all around us, hidden in plain sight: the dishwasher in the kitchen of the neighborhood restaurant, the kids on the corner selling cheap trinkets, the man sweeping the floor of the local department store. In these pages we also meet some unexpected slaveholders, such as a 27-year old middle-class Texas housewife who is currently serving a life sentence for offences including slavery. Weaving together a wealth of voicesfrom slaves, slaveholders, and traffickers as well as from experts, counselors, law enforcement officers, rescue and support groups, and others, this book is also a call to action, telling what we, as private citizens, can do to finally bring an end to this horrific crime.