Hold an ECPAT-USA fundraiser at your home.Decide on an amount of money to charge, provide dinner, brunch or snacks. Distribute ECPAT-USA information about the commercial sexual exploitation of children. At the event, encourage people to take other action steps listed here.
Sponsor a Panel Discussion.Invite a guest speaker to your church, club, school or other venue to talk about some aspect of the commercial sexual exploitation of children. In some cases, ECPAT-USA can provide a speaker or identify people in your area who might be willing to speak.
Patronize a Responsible Company.When you travel for business or pleasure or if you are organizing a conference, use a company that has demonstrated its commitment to protecting children by patronizing companies that signed the Code of Conduct for the Protection of Children from Sexual Exploitation in Travel and Tourism.
Write letters.Write letters to U.S. hotel companies asking them to sign the Code of Conduct. Find out who owns the airport in your city and ask the administrator to post signs in departure lounges informing all passengers that it is against the law to sexually exploit children everywhere.
Tag a Bag and be a visible voice. With the gradual recognition of the TassaTagyou can raise greater awareness of this major illegal trade around the world and demonstrate to the travel industry that the traveler is willing to support their efforts to ensure that the human rights and dignity of children are respected. The TassaTag also makes the perfect, meaningful gift and a sensitive way to introduce the subject to others who are not aware.
Start your own Anti-Trafficking Club. If you’re really committed to the cause but don’t know how to get the word out, we’ve created two tool kits designed to help you get started. The first is on child sex trafficking in America, the second is on Child Sex Tourism overseas. They can be used to compliment one another or on their own, based on your needs. If you’re a teacher, we also have standardized lesson plans to help you in teaching a class on the subject. Below are the links to the files.
Trafficking in America Activist Toolkit
Trafficking in America Lesson Plan
Child Sex Tourism Activist Toolkit
Child Sex Tourism Lesson Plan (Coming Soon)
Action in the Christian Community