About the Handbook.

The Not For Sale Student Abolitionist Handbook was created by students for students.
It will serve as a blueprint to guide you through the dicult stages of getting the
movement started at your school. This handbook will provide suggestions on ways to
bring the campaign to your campus and raise awareness in your community. We hope
that each school takes a unique approach in addressing the issue of modern-day slavery.
As creative and optimistic activists, you can fuel and energize this movement.
Together we can end slavery in our lifetime.
About the Issue.
Reemergence of the slave trade.
Today, slavery is outlawed in every country because courageous abolitionists like Harriet
Tubman and Fredrick Douglass risked their lives to save innocent people, often whom they
had never met and would never know. Contrary to these abolitionists hopes, ending the
institution of slavery did not stop slavery. Instead it turned slavery invisible, allowing for
the worlds majority to ignore and forget it. Today, there are an estimated 27 million people
enslaved in the world, more than any other time in history. Yet, it is illegal in every country.
How is this possible?
The exponential increase of the global slave trade, or what is today called human tracking,
is in large part a by-product of the global economy. This new economy, which has broken
down borders and liberated national economies, has drastically changed the wealth distri-
bution among nations and people. The worlds poor, who live on less than a dollar a day,
have little to no options. With such a huge population to choose from, it is quite easy for
human trackers to coerce mothers into selling their children or trick a teen into believing
she can nd work in a more prosperous nation. All that is needed is a little hope and belief
that this new global economy can work in ones favor. At the same time, trackers have little
to fear because tracking, as a black-market business, is hard to track and even harder to
prosecute. There is no all-encompassing international jurisdiction for human rights lawyers;
thus, building a case often relies on the victims themselves, who are often too afraid to testify
against their trackers.
Today human tracking is the third largest illegal tracking business. This underground
industry disperses its cargo to every region of the world. In the United States alone, it is
estimated that there are some 200,000 slaves, with 17,000 more being tracked in annually.
These slaves are primarily located in the brothels of big cities, the farming elds of rural
counties, and in the kitchens of quiet suburbs.
While these numbers might be disheartening, hope is not lost because today a movement
has started. This movement says that people are not commodities. This movement is working
to decrease the prot of tracking and promote the value of individuals. This movement
believes no one should be for sale. Together we can nally put an end to the dehumanizing
trade Harriet Tubman and Fredrick Douglass battled 150 years ago.
Together we can succeed in our global ght against human tracking!

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Whats Inside.


1. About the Handbook
2. About the Issue
3. Not For Sale Campaign | Take Action
46. Take Action | Host a Not For Sale Week
7. Media and Publicity | Attend Global Advocacy Days
8. Tell Us How it Went | Want More Way to Get Involved?
Not For Sale Campaign.
Who We Are.
Not For Sale is a Campaign of students, artists, entrepreneurs, people of faith, athletes, law
enforcement ocers, politicians, social workers, skilled professionals, and all justice seekers
united to ght the global slave trade and end human tracking.
The Campaign aims to recruit, educate, and mobilize an international grassroots social
movement that eectively combats human tracking and slavery through Smart Activism.
It deploys innovative solutions for every individual to re-abolish slavery in their own
backyards and across the globe.
Not For Sale believes that everyone has a skill to contribute than can free an individual living
in bondage, and together we can stop human tracking and end slavery in our lifetime.
How it got started.
The words of Not For Sale co-founder Dr. David Batstone explain it best: I read in a local
paper that one of my favorite Indian restaurants in the Bay Area had been tracking women
from India to wash dishes, cook meals, and perform other tasks. The story came out when a
young woman, Chianti Pratipatta, died of a gas leak in an unventilated apartment owned by
the proprietor of the restaurant, who forced Chianti and others into slavery under threat of
reporting their illegal presence to the authorities.
This was happening in my country, at a restaurant I frequented. My shock turned into a
consuming passion that took me around the world to learn more about how slavery
ourishes in the shadows.
I also learned about the solutions. I met heroes, modern-day abolitionists ghting tracking
and slavery on the front lines. And I knew I had to do something. The Not for Sale Campaign
combines technology, intellectual capital, abolitionist groups, and a growing network of
individuals like yourself joined together to end slavery in our lifetime.
Take Action.
Join the Student Abolitionist Movement.
Create A Club. Not For Sale clubs serve as the student run branches of the campaign and
work to build awareness and fundraising through engagement events. The objective of a Not
For Sale club is to organize students with an interest in social justice to serve as facilitators for
the movement. Clubs are encouraged to focus on awareness/engagement events including
hosting a Not For Sale Week and attending Global Advocacy Days.
Find an Advisor. Be sure to follow your schools individual policies about starting a club and
nd a faculty advisor to serve as your representative.
Elect an Executive Board. Individuals in these positions will make the organization of the club
run smoothly.
Information Sessions. Be sure to start your club o by holding information sessions on the
issue of human tracking so that every member will be on the same page.
Connect with State Operations. Not For Sale State and Regional Directors will support you
in events and ideas. They are a good resource for collaboration within your community
connecting you to service providers, businesses, faith groups, and law enforcement. You
can nd your Regional Directors here http://www.notforsalecampaign.org/about/regional-
directors/.
Register Your Club. Become a NFS aliate by registering your club online. As an aliate
you will receive up-to-date information and resources to further your eorts on campus and
streamline communication between universities and the Campaign.
http://www.notforsalecampaign.org/action/college-student/.
Host A Not For Sale Freedom Week.
One of the most eective tools for generating awareness within your schools community is to
host a Not For Sale Freedom Week. The week contains multiple events that provide a chance
for both students and members of the outside community to become collectively engaged in
action and education regarding modern day slavery.
The following are ideas that could be hosted as a singular event, or can be incorporated into a
weeklong awareness event.
Recruit
Educate
Mobilize
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Ideas for Action...
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Stop Paying for Slavery Tour.
The Stop Paying for Slavery (SPS) Tour is a national event that tours the country and is in
high demand at universities. The Tours message uncovers and illuminates each individuals
invisible connections to the modern-day slave trade, revealing the true face value and
purchasing power of our dollars. Our everyday actions have monumental repercussions for
those in captivity. Each one of us has a purchasing power that can perpetuate or end the
modern-day slave trade.
How. To bring the tour to your university email tour@notforsaleacampaign.org.
For more information on the tour visit http://www.notforsalecampaign.org/events/stop-paying-
for-slavery/.
The Not For Sale Documentary.
The NFSC 2010 Documentary reveals how a book evolved into an international movement.
You will see the work of abolitionists across the globe, and learn what action must be taken
in your own backyard. No matter what your passion or skill set is, you have something to
contribute in the ght to end slavery. Gather your community, host a screening, and bring the
movement to your campus!
Get the Documentary. Choose one of the following options:
1. Order The Documentary: Order online and receive the DVD in the mail.
2. Order the Complete Toolkit: Includes the Documentary as well as posters and iers to help
you publicize for the event.
3. Book a Screening: Bring a NFS Sta representative to speak at your screening.
Pick a Venue. Be sure your schools social/activities oce approves the screening. They may
also be a resource for funding.
Spread the Word.
A. Inform your Regional Director.
B. Tell Not For Sale.
C. Invite faith communities, companies, organizations, your friends, family,
teachers, coworkers, anyone!
D. Publicize (see publicity section for further ideas).
Free2Play
Hosting a Free2Play event is a great way to show your
campus community that slavery is something everyone
can act upon. Built upon the idea that all children should
be free to play, the Free2Play platform encourages
athletes of all ages and abilities to raise money to accom-
plish a set goal. The unity of student athletes empowers
not only the rest of the campus community, but also the
larger community as a whole. Visit www.teamfree2play.org
to learn more about the Free2Play platform.
Sports Team, Individual Player, and Fan
Involvement Options:
Make a Pledge. S.F State Womens Soccer pledged $15 for every goal scored
in the season. A community sponsor may pledge $3 for every 3-point shot made by your
basketball team. While a fan pledges $5 every time your baseball pitcher strikes a batter
out. You can make pledges online at www.teamfree2play.org.
When?
1. Exhibition Game: Get creative and bring sports together, have your baseball team play the
basketball team in a game of soccer. All ticket sales or pledges from that game benet
Not For Sale.
2. Dedicated Game or Season: All, or a percentage, of ticket sales and/or pledges either one
game, or an entire season benet Not For Sale.
3. School Wide Eort: Make your entire school Free2Play. Every sports team commits either
a percentage or the entirety of their ticket sales to NFS. At the end of the year, the team or
individual fan that raised the most money wins a prize like the presidents reserved
parking spot!
Additional Ideas
There are many other event ideas you can add to your awareness week. Here we provide
some more ideas, but we also encourage you to come up with your own event ideas.
A.Host a speaker at your school (survivor, community worker, state director, local activist.
B.Advocate to get fair trade chocolate, coee and other products at your school
www. Free2work.org.
C. OpenaFreedomStoreoutposthttp://notforsale895.corecommerce.com/cart.html.
Spread
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Media and Publicity.
The best way to get the word out on campus regarding your Not For Sale club and events is to
publicize as heavily as you can. The following are some ideas for how to publicize events, but
dont be limited by these guidelines. Create your own ideas and share them with Not for Sale!
Checklist
Make posters and iers to hang up and hand out.
Run ads on school TV, radio, and newsprint.
Make coasters and coee sleeves to distribute around campus.
Create standing centerpieces to place on tables in public eating areas.
Wear orange! It is the ocial color of the Not for Sale Campaign.
Make buttons or orange yarn bracelets and hand them out for free .
Host a public demonstration or statement that catches students attention.
If you are hosting a Free2Play event, NFS will provide you with pledge cards, postcards,
t-shirts or jerseys.
For additional publicizing tools and resources, visit www.notforsalecampaign.org/college-
student to receive more information.
Attend Global Advocacy Days.
Global Advocacy Days is an annual event that brings student activists together with
lawmakers to reform laws that aect human tracking. The event is designed specically
for students to have a stimulating and educating experience as active advocates in the anti-
slavery movement. Each year students travel to Washington D.C. to meet with senators and
representatives to advocate for certain policies and bills that will help end human tracking.
The event is a great experience for students to not only learn how policy is made, but also
to become equipped with valuable tools and resources for students to bring advocacy ideas
back to their campus. Visit: www.endglobalslavery.org.
Have you attended a Global Advocacy Days event in the past? Click here for the follow up
www.notforsalecampaign.org/college-student.
Tell Us How it Went.
Email the Director of The Student Movement, Christina Hebets, tini@notforsalecampaign.org
and tell us what you are doing on your campus!
Want More Ways to Get Involved?
Are you passionate about an International Project?
Become an Ambassador: The Ambassador program is designed for individuals to take on the
challenge of supporting one of our International Projects by getting your family and friends
to donate to the project of your choice. http://www.notforsalecampaign.org/international-
projects/ambassadors/.
Want to meet the frontline abolitionists?
Immersion Trip: Experience the power of advocacy rst hand and visit Not For Sale in
Thailand, Uganda, Nepal, Peru and Cambodia http://www.notforsalecampaign.org/interna-
tional-educational-journeys/.
Need to fundraise for the trip?
Host a Chocolate Campaign: Sell fair trade chocolate through Not For Sale and a portion
of what you raise will go to your organization of choice, a portion will cover the cost of the
chocolate, and the nal portion of the funds will go towards the construction of a school in
Uganda to provide education, a unique music program, and hope to rescued child slaves
http://www.notforsalecampaign.org/chocolate-campaign/.
Want to become a certied Abolitionist?
Attend an Academy: This two week training at the NFS Abolitionist Academy will equip
you with the skills and knowledge to indentify human tracking in your backyard and
beyond. Visit: www.nfsacademy.org to apply.
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Ideas for Action...
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