Ignite the Road to Justice
| Date | August 14, 2011 to September 4, 2011 |
|---|---|
| Location | Canada |
| Cause | Human trafficking |
| Website | www |
Ignite the Road to Justice (also called the Ignite the Road to Justice Mission Tour) was a 2011 tour that travelled to ten Canadian cities to raise awareness about human trafficking around the world. The tour began at Vancouver's Coastal Church on August 14.[1] The church was full and between 12 and 14 non-governmental organizations were represented.[2] Tara Teng, who was Miss Canada at the time, led the tour.[3] The tour came into being as a result of the Freedom Week campaign Teng had organized the spring prior.[4] Teng's team for the Ignite the Road to Justice tour included Kevin Boese, a recording artist; Tania Fiolleau, a former madam[1] who once had more than 500 prostitutes working under her;[5] Anna Demian;[6] and several human-trafficking informants,[7] such as Glendene Grant,[8] mother of human trafficking victim Jessie Foster.[9] This team drove from city to city.[2] In each city, the team partnered with local organizations in order to encourage participation.[7] The cities the team visited included Kamloops, Edmonton, Calgary, Regina, Winnipeg, Thunder Bay, Ottawa, and St. Catharines.[10] In Kamloops, the team met in Calvary Community Church and Riverside Park, where Teng spoke from the shell.[9] While in Thunder Bay, Teng spoke about human trafficking at Evangel Church.[11] The goal of the tour was to foster a grassroots movement that was unified across the country to fight human trafficking. Independent donations funded the tour.[4] The last event of the tour took place on September 4 in Toronto.[1] The Ignite the Road to Justice team argued that, in order to reduce human trafficking, the selling of sex should be decriminalized and the buying of sex should be criminalized. The team circulated a petition stating that "the demand for commercial sex with women and children is the root cause for prostitution and trafficking for sexual purposes."[12]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Miranda Gathercole (August 10, 2011). "Cause going across Canada". Langley Times. Retrieved March 28, 2013.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Shara Lee (November 7, 2011). "Q&A with abolitionist Tara Teng". CanadianChristianity.com. Retrieved May 20, 2013.
- ↑ Barbara Kay (August 3, 2011). "Barbara Kay: Prostitution is an affliction, not a profession". National Post. Retrieved March 28, 2013.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Emily Wierenga (August 26, 2011). "Miss Canada inspires others to rise up against human trafficking". ChristianWeek. Retrieved May 20, 2013.
- ↑ Erica Bulman (August 15, 2011). "Miss and former madam fight human trafficking". 24 Hours. Retrieved May 17, 2013.
- ↑ Heather Colpitts (August 9, 2011). "Beauty battles beastly trade: A Langley woman will lead a national tour". Langley Advance. Retrieved April 14, 2013.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Miss Canada 2011 Takes the Fight for Justice Across Canada". The Gospel Herald. August 4, 2011. Retrieved April 8, 2013.
- ↑ Glendene Grant (August 10, 2011). "Human traffickers took my daughter". Bridge River-Lillooet News. Retrieved April 6, 2013.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Michele Young (August 16, 2011). "Miss Canada stops by to talk about serious cause". The Kamloops Daily News. Retrieved April 8, 2013.
- ↑ Jenny Yuen (August 13, 2011). "Former prostitute calls for trafficking strategy". The London Free Press. Retrieved April 6, 2013.
- ↑ "Miss Canada has a cause". The Chronicle-Journal. August 22, 2011. Retrieved April 8, 2013.
- ↑ Stephanie M. Berger. "No End in Sight: Why the "End Demand" Movement is the Wrong Focus for Efforts to Eliminate Human Trafficking" (PDF). Harvard Journal of Law & Gender. 35: 547. Retrieved July 13, 2013.
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