January has been declared “National Slavery and Human Trafficking Awareness Month.” There was a call to highlight local organziations/ministries that are fighting this problem.
Today I will highlight Streetlight Phoenix, an organization here in Phoenix.
Streetlight is an organization here in Phoenix who is rescuing child prostitutes and rehabilitating them physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually. They are set to open up a campus around a safehouse in the city in 2010, which will immediately double the number of safehouse beds in all of the U.S. If you read this blog and are in Arizona, would you consider checking Streetlight out, and perhaps donating to it? They also have some volunteer opportunities as well if you want to look into that.
The president of Streetlight is a pastor here in the Valley. The goal is to partner with churches around the city to join in with the fight. I like the idea of different churches putting aside their differences, denominations, worship style, etc. to help the least of these. Can you imagine what that would look like?
Let me know what’s going in with regards to this issue in your town or city. I’d love to know about it. Perhaps you would consider writing a blog post this month to highlight an organization even. That’d be great, too!
Feel free to link to your post (only one link or spam filter will catch it) and share it.
I so agree with your comments and have just this month researched the Phoenix situation and presented it to our tiny church in Chandler AZ for a donation. Thank God they agreed and I hope they will continue. We are non-denominational. My husband and I have an Assembly of God background. The Holy Spirit has laid this heavily on our hearts especially after seeing Jentzen Franklin and Rod Parsley’s reports. They are pastors airing on TBN. We moved here from Toledo Ohio where human trafficking is a huge problem also.
That’s awesome, Janet! Thanks for doing what you can to raise some awareness about what’s happening right here around Phoenix.