News
Holly Burkhalter In The Hill: A Modest Proposal - Bill Fine-Tunes Nation's Anti-Trafficking Tools
January 2013
The movie “Lincoln” is the riveting drama of the president’s securing the crucial votes needed from the opposition party to pass the...
January 17
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
News From Washington: Journey To Freedom
December 2012
December 11
End Trafficking In Government Contracting Act: Congress Heard Your Voice
International declarations and protocols have long outlawed slavery and united governments in the fight against human trafficking. But there are...
November 29
News From Washington: The Hard Work Begins
November 2012
On November 7, members of my team at IJM straggled in throughout the day after going to the polls in DC, Maryland and Virginia to...
November 15
Human Trafficking
End Trafficking in Government Contracting Act
The End Trafficking in Government Contracting Act requires U.S. government contractors to implement trafficking prevention programs.
October 12
News From Washington: The President Heard You
On Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2012, the President of the United States gave a speech in New York that squarely addressed the issue of modern day slavery and...
September 24
Holly's News From Washington - September 2012
On September 4, friends of IJM made at least 2,399 phone calls urging their Senators to pass the most important piece of human rights legislation of...
September 10
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