{"id":88,"date":"2012-01-11T14:59:09","date_gmt":"2012-01-11T14:59:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mymajors.com\/blog\/?p=613"},"modified":"2012-01-11T14:59:09","modified_gmt":"2012-01-11T14:59:09","slug":"the-power-of-we","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mymajors.com\/blog\/transition\/2012\/01\/11\/the-power-of-we\/","title":{"rendered":"The Power of We"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sometimes things just hit you. Like, I can\u2019t believe that I\u2019ve got my first college auditions in nine days. My monologues and songs are ready to go. I\u2019m hopping around with sunshine-swagger because I\u2019m so excited, but I\u2019m also so anxious that I\u2019ve chewed about ten packs of gum this year, and considering that the year\u2019s just started, that\u2019s a lot. Speaking of which, I\u2019ve got a trip to make to the dentist. I really don\u2019t understand how I\u2019ve got these cavities. I don\u2019t eat candy. I bake cakes but I don\u2019t eat them \u2013 it\u2019s more of a vacuuming process. Anyway. (I was just joking. I give those baked things away.)<\/p>\n

I\u2019m also one step closer to becoming a vegan! This year, as part of my gradual transformation into plant eating dinosaur, I\u2019m also forgoing chicken. That means that all actual animals are out of my system, minus fish. (Like I said, it\u2019s a gradual process).<\/p>\n

AND HURRAH for our GlobeChangers club\u2019s progress in the battle against human trafficking \u2013 modern day slavery. Thanks to President Obama, January is now National Human Trafficking Awareness month. A lot of people don\u2019t know that there are as many as 27 million slaves in the world today \u2013 forced into sex slavery, unpaid or seriously underpaid work, and inhuman living conditions. These slaves are men, women, and children \u2013 people like you and me!<\/p>\n

I was really freaked out when I first learned about this in the ninth grade. I was seriously bullied in middle school, and abused in a Day Care (now shut down, yay!) when I was much younger, so I knew that people could hurt one another, but I didn\u2019t realize the extent of the cruelty. At least I was able to go to school and had three good meals a day. At least I was able to go home to my family every night and sleep in a comfortable bed. I wasn\u2019t being forced to wake up at dawn to fulfill my shoe-making quota for the morning before I could eat anything, to live with strangers and forget any dream I\u2019d ever had of an education.<\/p>\n

I thought that Abraham Lincoln Abolished slavery in 1860. (I also thought that Chris Columbus discovered America, but let\u2019s not go down the \u2018Lies My Teacher Told Me\u2019 route). I\u2019ve realized that it\u2019s the job of our generation to Re-Abolish slavery. It is very real.<\/p>\n

Something you can do? Post the blue heart on your Facebook, blog, or twitter, to show your support in the Anti-Slavery movement =) It is meant to represent the sadness of the victims and the coldness of the offenders. \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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If you feel so inclined *puts magic Harry Potter Imperius spell on you* (I realize the irony, trust me), hop over to our GlobeChangers Blog, globechangers.blogspot.com<\/a> to learn all that you can about Human Trafficking, or unodc.org\/blueheart<\/a>. You could even check out fdff.org<\/a>! All great resources ^^<\/p>\n

Any questions? Contact me on Twitter, @ArianaTaveras<\/p>\n

Get educated, Get moving. With the Power of One and The Power of We, we can and will make a difference.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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