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Indiana lawmakers are preparing for Super Bowl XLVI by forwarding legislation to Governor Mitch Daniels to toughen laws associated with sex trafficking in and effort to combat increases in this activity during large sporting events.
Religious leaders and groups have been meeting for several months to work on combating this problem before the game is played next weekend.
Nuns are actively involved in this advocacy effort. Marge Wissman is a nun who belongs to a group that buys stocks in motels and hotels so that it can demand action as stockholders.
"We are always on the lookout for justice issues, and we make sure our companies are doing just practice,” she said (rtv6, 2012).
I find the approach used by the group that Wissman is a member of to be a positive way to make businesses accountable for the type of activity that they support within a community. Being a stockholder allows a sphere of influence that helps to dictate policies and practices.
As the global effort continues to abolish human trafficking this set of actions is just one of the ways that the problem can be addressed.
You can read the full article on rtv6 ABC.
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