Father Shay is In Washington DC to testify before the US congress this week.
April 17, 2015 ·
Father Shay and Marlyn Capio-Richter poise a the crest of the United States conference of catholic Bishops after each made a presentation on human trafficking and children in jails before a meeting of high ranking conference officials .
The conference Ecumenical Advocacy Days brings together hundreds of human rights faith based and other activists and campaigners. Preda social worker and paralegal officer Marlyn Capio-Richter is in Washington also to make a presentation on human trafficking and share her life story as a survivor and a committed advocate.
The conference main theme is human trafficking and sex slavery and the causes and responses to the spread of the evil trade in humans. It is concerned with a variety of issues to do with the slavery of people and the trafficking of people for labor exploitation and to find ways to strengthen the work already going on.
Top of agenda and concerns to be tackled by the conference participants is the suffering and healing of victims and the causes of human trafficking. They will also join and speak at a briefing of congress people and staff in the congressional building.
They are both invited and sponsored by the Columban Center for Advocacy and Outreach,a project of the Columban Fathers headed and led by Scott Wright ,a long serving Columban lay Missionary who served 8 years in Central America. The center is located in our Washington, D.C. mission center, the CCAO – the Justice, Peace, and Integrity of Creation (JPIC) ministry – is dedicated to advocacy, solidarity and education regarding of human and environmental justice issues like migration, climate change and international trade agreements.
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