2010 Raleigh Walk to Stop Child Trafficking Now

Nearly 150 years ago, the United States abolished slavery. Most North Carolinians would find it hard to believe that slavery still exists, and may occur in their own communities.

Today's version of slavery, human trafficking, deprives people of their freedom and violates our nation's promise that every person in the United States is guaranteed basic human rights.

SCTNow has launched its 2010 Nationwide Walk Campaign in an effort to end child slavery. Communities from around the United States are walking together the weekend of October 3, 2010 to Stop Child Trafficking Now!

Soroptimist International of Raleigh is organizing and fielding a team of walkers for the 2010 Stop Child Trafficking Now (SCTNow) Raleigh Walk.

Take Action

Walk with us on October 3^rd and take action to end child slavery.

Event Details

How to Register

To register online, please go to our Soroptimist SCTNow Team page and click the "Join This Team" button. It’s free to walk, but your donation will help meet the local goal of $25,000. And you can invite your friends to walk with us, or donate, as well.

After submitting your completed registration online, please be sure to print the resulting signature form and bring it with you to the walk.

You may also register via phone: (212) 333-SCTN.

If you cannot walk with us, but would like to support our effort, please make a donation online, or send a check made payable to SCTNow to: SCTNow, 414 West 51st Street, Lower Level, New York, NY 10019. Please remember to write "Soroptimist International of Raleigh, NC" in the memo line.

Child Trafficking is REAL

We have a GLOBAL PROBLEM. YOU CAN BE A PART OF THE SOLUTION by actively engaging in our efforts to bring community awareness to the global crisis of CHILD TRAFFICKING.

Know the Facts: Child Trafficking Statistics

• 300,000 children in the U.S. are at risk every year for commercial sexual exploitation. (Source: U.S. Department of Justice)

• 600,000–800,000 people are bought and sold across international borders each year; 50% are children, most are female. The majority of these victims are forced into the commercial sex trade. (Source: U.S. Department of State, 2004, Trafficking in Persons Report, Washington, D.C.)

• An estimated 14,500 to 17,500 foreign nationals are trafficked into the United States each year. The number of U.S. citizens trafficked within the country is even higher, with an estimated 200,000 American children at risk for trafficking into the sex industry. (Source: U.S Department of Justice Report to Congress from Attorney General John Ashcroft on U.S. Government Efforts to Combat Trafficking in Persons)

• An estimated 2.5 million children, the majority of them girls, are sexually exploited in the multibillion dollar commercial sex industry (Source: UNICEF)

• Investigators and researchers estimate the average predator in the U.S. can make more than $200,000 a year off one young girl. (Source: NBC Report by Teri Williams)

Soroptimist wants to STOP Human Trafficking

Soroptimist International of Raleigh, NC along with Soroptimist International and Soroptimist International of the Americas is dedicated to improving the lives of women and girls in our local communities and around the world. A key initiative for us is the fight to end violence against girls and women in all forms. We are proud to partner with Stop Child Trafficking Now to raise awareness and funds for this cause.

We hope you will join us on Oct. 3, 2010 to help Stop Child Trafficking Now!