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| Inside EGC, Sept-Oct 2011, Vol. 18, No. 4 |
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Her name is Sarah Durfey, and she is an abolitionist. Sarah’s Quaker ancestors were also abolitionists, part of the Underground Railroad that fought to free slaves in the United States many generations ago. But Sarah knows that abolitionists are not a thing of the past—and neither is the trade of buying and selling humans. Today, there are an estimated 30 million people being bought and sold in the world—even right here in Boston. Although data is lacking, experts estimate that hundreds of men, women, and children are exploited for sex and forced labor in the Boston area. more » |
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The Abolitionist Network believes that addressing the issue of human trafficking is better approached with pointed questions than with temporary solutions. Sarah Durfey, director, asks, “How do you use systems thinking tools to understand trafficking and not just clean up the mess that it’s making (and will keep making)?” The Abolitionist Network tries to answer this question through learning teams and research, trainings and workshops, and networking across the abolitionist community in order to understand the systems of slavery and its complications. Read on to learn more about the program’s activities. more » |
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Sarah excels at empowering all kinds of abolitionists, and her friends are no exception. One day over coffee, a friend expressed her frustration with all that she was learning alongside Sarah about human trafficking. “I want to be involved, but I don’t know what to do!” So Sarah told her a story. more » |
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Emmanuel Gospel Center (EGC) formally began its consulting services under the name Applied Evaluation Systems (AES) in 2004 out of a vision to develop a holistic and sustainable way to equip organizations to function at their best. Our consulting services bring the social and technical systems relevant to an organization’s work into harmony with one another by working within the intersection of Systems Thinking, Organizational Identity, and Performance Measurement. Some of the practical results are logic models and outcomes measurements that are customized to the social and technical needs of each organization. more » |
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In recent months, we said goodbye to a couple of Starlight staff; welcomed new staff and a board member, as well as staff returning from sabbaticals; also updates about new roles for EGC staff, and a new baby in the EGC family! more » |
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