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FRIDAY: NYCUP @ Stony Brook By Jonathan Walton - Posted March 27, 2012 lol draft3

Get Ready for Worship @ Calvary with NYCUP & One Cry! By Jonathan Walton - Posted March 22, 2012 new-york-streets

If you are looking for a place to meet God, meet people, and get involved in what God is doing in the city, please come out to For Freedom: Praise and Worship with NYCUP and ONE CRY. NYCUP Spring Break 2012 will be gathering to pray against sex-trafficking and labor slavery in NYC. Learn [...]

How Many Hours Did Employees Have to Work for US to Get the iPAD3? By Jonathan Walton - Posted March 7, 2012 ipad3

Click here to sign the petition! Today, Apple unveils the new iPad. If it is like Apple’s past products, it will be a sleek, gorgeous gadget, hand-assembled by underpaid workers forced to put in illegal and dangerous amounts of overtime. Apple says it cares about workers and requires its factories to follow the [...]

Don’t Forget! Rachel Lloyd, this MONDAY @ Cooper Union By Jonathan Walton - Posted March 4, 2012 Rachel-Lloyd1

Rachel Lloyd tells the moving story of her escape from the commercial sex trade in Europe, detailed in her memoir, Girls Like Us: Fighting for a World Where Girls Are Not For Sale, at The Cooper Union’s Great Hall on Monday, March 5 at 6:30 PM. Jonathan Walton, NYCUP Director and poet will also perform “GEMS”. [...]

Trader Joes Finally Caves to Coalition of Immokalee Workers and Signs Fair Food Agreement! By Jonathan Walton - Posted February 25, 2012 slaveryinthesupplychain

On Thursday, the Coalition of Immokalee Workers announced it had signed a Fair Food Agreement with Trader Joe’s, a significant step forward its efforts to bring fairness and accountability to the food industry. “We are truly happy today to welcome Trader Joe’s aboard the Fair Food Program,” CIW’s Gerardo Reyes said in a joint statement [...]

Registration for Session 2 Closed! Session 3, 4, & 5 Still Open By Mike Notley - Posted February 16, 2012

Praise God for the 130 people who are coming to fight trafficking, feed the homeless, and grow in their leadership. We are still accepting application for Session 3, 4, and 5. Get them in soon to claim your spot!

Apple Opens Up to Investigations at FOXCONN! By Jonathan Walton - Posted February 13, 2012 ApplePhoto

Apple has heard the critics and is now ready to dig deeper into Foxconn’s working conditions. The iPhone maker announced today that it has asked the Fair Labor Association (FLA), an organization “dedicated to ending sweatshop conditions in factories worldwide,” to investigate Foxconn facilities in Shenzhen and Chengdu, China. The first inspections began this morning in the [...]

Prayer for the Lukewarm… By Jonathan Walton - Posted bible

Father, forgive us for singing songs with words that we really don’t believe, praying prayers that are empty and lack faith, and going to church only to be seen and have lunch with afterwards. Help us to desire a genuine encounter with the living God. Help us to desire your Kingdom and not our own. [...]