Chocolate, Easter bunnies and child slavery

I went to lunch with a friend last week and we stopped in at a local gourmet chocolate shop. The place was mobbed with people stocking up on the upcoming Easter holiday but all I wanted to do was ask the owners if they knew where their cocoa came from. Chances were quite good that [...]

Some thoughts on modern slavery – refuse to do nothing but don’t be overwhelmed trying to do everything

As I write, I’m sitting in a cafe in a small village that, in our area, was one of the last legs on the Underground Railroad. So it’s fitting that I’m writing about slavery and reflecting on the book “Refuse To Do Nothing”, by  Shayne Moore and Kimberly McOwen Yim. Modern day slavery. Human trafficking. [...]