Policy & Advocacy
A Year In Review: Our Milestones In The Fight Against Slavery
What’s been most encouraging to our IJM Justice Campaigns team here in D.C. is our advocates’ persistence in making this fight against human...
December 19
Post Op-Ed: Fair Food Program Helps End The Use Of Slavery In The Tomato Fields
Check out yesterday's op-ed in the Washington Post written by Holly Burkhalter, IJM vice president of government relations. Holly writes about the...
September 03
When Supermarkets Opt Out Of Fair Food: The Problem With Going It Alone
Earlier this month, I sent a letter to the CEOs of Ahold, Kroger, and Publix, asking them to join the Fair Food Program (FFP). Under the leadership...
August 20
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
Why We Need Anti-Slavery Champions In Congress
Several years ago, IJM worked with the Cambodian Anti-Human Trafficking and Juvenile Protection police to protect and defend 17 girls who reported...
April 09
An Update On Our Letter To The President!
While tight federal budgets make the likelihood of major new funding for anti-trafficking programs unlikely, the President has unrivaled convening...
February 25
News From Washington - September 2011
Every September, Congress returns to Washington after a month-long recess, spent with constituents at town halls and in-district meetings hearing...
September 12
News From Washington - March 2011
Nearly 21,000 individuals from around the country signed a letter asking the President to make fighting trafficking a priority this year.
March 29