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Let’s wrap up the year with hope
Spread peace and empower lives this Christmas by helping us raise the final $70,000 of our 2024 fundraising appeal target of $350,000. Your generosity has helped ACRATH continue to offer important programs and awareness raising campaigns to support victim/survivors of human trafficking. Raising $350,000 means crucial projects, including Educating for Change and the Companionship Program,…
Read MoreACRATH National Committee Farewells Christine
At its final 2024 meeting the National Committee farewelled Christine Carolan at a dinner before she leaves ACRATH in December. Christine’s contribution as the National Executive Officer of ACRATH for the past 10 years was acknowledged and President Sr Clare Condon sgs, said Christine’s “outstanding social justice commitment” governs all her activities. Clare acknowledged that in her youth,…
Read MoreCarmel finds the perfect ‘fit’ with ACRATH
Carmel Shaw’s recent appointment as ACRATH’s new Community Development Coordinator is a culmination of decades of working for a fairer world and the dignity of all people. Carmel sees ACRATH as a ‘perfect fit’. While the position with ACRATH might be new to her, Carmel has a long history in working to prevent modern slavery.…
Read MoreOn the road to ending slavery
ACRATH runners and supporters raised over $10,000 on 22 July at the annual Run Melbourne charity event. Spirits soared as members of the Friends of ACRATH gathered in full force, determined to raise money for ACRATH’s critical initiatives, including education, awareness campaigns, advocacy, and victim-survivor support programs – all dedicated to the mission of eradicating…
Read MoreACRATH ARE HIRING!
ACRATH is a dynamic social justice organisation with a passionate staff and volunteer base. There is a new Community Development position vacant and you might be the perfect person to join the ACRATH team. See the full position descriptions and how to apply here
Read MoreRevealing Q&A with Mercy Links ‘New Yorker’ Isabel Salter
Isabel (Izzy) Salter is an ACRATH SA Member. She’s an amazing young woman currently in New York undertaking a 10-month internship with Mercy Global Action (MGA), the justice arm and United Nations office of Mercy International Association (MIA). MIA is the international body which represents the Sisters of Mercy, their Associates, and their partners in…
Read MoreJulia leaves her mark
Julia Trimboli discovered the injustices of human trafficking a long time ago. She was working at Catholic Health Australia and heard about a group of ACRATH people visiting Parliament House in Canberra advocating for policy change for people who had been trafficked into Australia. Ever since finding out that people around the globe, including Australia,…
Read MoreACRATH goes to uni
ACRATH has embarked on an education program across Australian universities to equip students and staff with the skills to identify human trafficking and ways to respond to reports or concerns. Educating for Change has already begun in collaboration with the University of South Australia and Flinders University and aims to reach 21 universities. It’s an…
Read MoreTony’s chocolate a fave all round!
Some of ACRATH’s favourite chocolate makers have topped the charts again in this year’s Be Slavery Free 5th Chocolate Scorecard. The scorecard, which includes 63 companies, has given Tony’s Chocolonely a very high rating and many of the people who participated in ACRATH’s Easter chocolate Indulge Responsibly campaign, echoed that score. The Be Slavery Free…
Read MoreCall to action April 2024
ACRATH supports the work of many like-minded organisations both in Australia and globally. Many produce resources that can be used in a variety of settings and some have campaigns underway.
Read MoreTake Our Calendar Survey: Your Input Needed!
ACRATH’s calendar has been published for many years and is popular with our supporters. To help us provide more of what you want in the calendar, we invite you to be part of a survey we are doing. It will only take you a few minutes. Please join in our evaluation.
Read MoreReflecting on ACRATH’s past and being part of its future.
I first became aware of ACRATH about 17 years ago when I was working as a teacher and social justice coordinator in a congregational school in Sydney. Modern slavery was an abstract idea, something belonging to a distant time or place. Alongside my students, I learned how we are often unwittingly supporting the systems and…
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