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Holly's News From Washington - September 2012
On September 4, friends of IJM made at least 2,399 phone calls urging their Senators to pass the most important piece of human rights legislation of...
September 10
Holly’s News From Washington – August 2012
I have testified many times over my 30-year career as an international human rights activist. But I've never had so much fun in my life than when I...
August 12
Holly Burkhalter Testifies Before Senate Foreign Relations Committee!
Last Tuesday, IJM Vice President of Government Relations Holly Burkhalter testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee about effective...
July 18
Holly's News From Washington - July 2012
On the same day the U.S. State Department issued the annual Trafficking Persons (TIP) Report, Gary Haugen, founder and president of International...
July 09
Announcing Our New Campaign: Recipe For Change!
In South Asia, IJM staff partner with local officials to investigate slavery, free victims, and prosecute traffickers. But slavery doesn't just...
June 20
Holly's News From Washington - June 2012
Every time I pick up the newspaper, I read an article about how the U.S. Congress is deadlocked, partisan, broken. That may be the case on some...
June 12
Holly's News From Washington - A Recap Of Lobby Day!
In all my years as a human rights advocate, nothing has brought me greater joy than seeing an ordinary person travel at their own expense to...
May 07
#EndSlavery - Use Twitter To Help Pass The TVPRA!
For nearly a year and a half, advocates like you have been working hard to pass the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act (TVPRA)....
April 23
Holly's News From Washington - April 2012
I recently had the wonderful experience of sitting in my IJM office with a roomful of colleagues watching a telecast of an unprecedented...
April 11