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:
Purnaa
Purnaa is a fair trade sewing and knitting social enterprise that is passionate about ethically manufacturing high-quality products and creating job opportunities for marginalized people in Nepal to have fresh starts and fulfilled lives, such as survivors of human trafficking situations or labor exploitation or those who suffer severe discrimination because of caste, religion, gender, disease, or disability. 28% of Nepal’s working-age population goes abroad to find jobs due to poverty, lack of education, false promises of marriage and lack of employment opportunities, creating high vulnerability for trafficking and exploitation.
Purnaa fosters a great job environment that is free from discrimination and abuse, offers stipends during initial skills training for unskilled workers, provides transportation support for employees to get to and from work, provides support for emergency situations such as family crises or natural disasters, offers school scholarships for staff children, including after-school daycare, pays above living wages as defined by the World Fair Trade Organization, and gives scholarships for remedial, general education, and personal development training.
Featured ArtS:
Urban Canvas in Eugene
Urban Canvas, started in 2017, is a mural program in the city of Eugene, Oregon. Their mission is to create a vibrant and dynamic public art community through creative opportunities for local artists. It has grown to over 100 artists, both those completing their first mural and those who have several works on display in the community, across the nation, and internationally. Murals are commissioned by city departments and divisions, local businesses, local non-profits, and private homeowners.
Featured Publication:
2026 Human Trafficking Prevention Month Toolkit
In honor of Human Trafficking Prevention Month, observed in January, the US Department of Health and Human Services has published a toolkit designed to educate and equip individuals and organizations to share information, raise awareness, and foster meaningful connections to prevent and respond to human trafficking.
The theme for 2026 is Stronger Connections, Stronger Futures, focusing on the everyday connections that play a vital role in preventing human trafficking. When people are connected to caring families, neighbors, and professionals, they are less likely to feel alone, unsupported, and targeted by traffickers. Everyday actions such as checking in, listening, creating welcoming spaces, building trust, and offering support, strengthens resilience and helps create a future free from human trafficking.
This toolkit is organized into four focus weeks: Introduction to Human Trafficking Prevention Month, Connection at Work, Connection in the Community, and Connection in the Family.
Inspire
G.L.O.B.A.L. Justice features leaders who inspire others through their advocacy and commitment to justice.