Ethical Holiday Shopping Guide

Ethical Holiday Shopping Guide

Abolish slavery with responsible shopping

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Dear Shoppers

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This generosity is not just about giving, but it is about giving back to help others. This Ethical Holiday Shopping Guide is a prime opportunity to help others as you do your holiday shopping this year. The impact you could have on the lives of your friends and the lives of those affected by human trafficking through the purchase of the products in this magazine are priceless. Not only are you blessing someone with an incredible gift, but also you are ensuring freedom for human slaves.

It is such an honor to be able to contribute to the 3rd annual Ethical Holiday Shopping Guide. As the Editorin-Chief of Lifestyle + Charity Ladies and gentlemen, it is unI want to point out Magazine, I want to point out fortunate and heart wrenching how refreshing it is to see how how refreshing it is to that slavery, including Labor Shop To Stop Slavery and Eye see how Shop To Stop Trafficking and Sex Trafficking, See Media have created this Slavery and Eye See exists in our society. With milpublication to help end human Media have created lions of victims affected worldtrafficking. I am constantly apwide it is important that we this publication to help proving features of companies all understand the realities of and individuals that give back, end human trafficking. this crime. but the cause of human traffickHuman Trafficking, which is a $32 billion industry, is ing has always been close to my heart. It is actually defined as: “the recruitment, harboring, transportawhat prompted me to start Lifestyle + Charity Magation, provision, or obtaining of a person for labor or zine with my sister, Elena Baxter, to help introduce services, through the use of force, fraud or coercion This Ethical Holiday for the purpose of subjection to involuntary servitude, Shopping Guide is a peonage, debt bondage or slavery” (Trafficking Vicprime opportunity to tims Protection Act of 2000). According to the Inter-

help others as you do your holiday shopping this year. conscious culture to our society. As we say, the world seems to be made up of success, beauty, entertainment and joy, versus poverty, disaster, disease, and sorrow. Lifestyle + Charity Magazine is bridging the gap. We are generating a lifestyle in which people are encouraged to pursue their dreams and help others at the same time.

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According to the International Labour Organization, today, nearly 21 million people are victims of forced labor... national Labour Organization, today, nearly 21 million people are victims of forced labor. The most common

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types of forced labor are domestic house servants, farmworkers and factory workers.

these beautiful products. You can change a life with your purchase and encourage victims to realize there is productive existence outside of the misery they were exposed to in slavery.

Sex Trafficking, which spreads throughout the world and happens right in our own backyards, is defined as being coerced into the comA problem with those mercial sex trade by violence, by human drugs, false promises, debt affected bondage, and manipulation. trafficking is that Primarily, children and teens for some they know are taken into trafficking for nothing else, and in sexual slavery.

some cases victims fall back into slavery after being rescued.

A problem with those affected by human trafficking is that for some they know nothing else, and in some cases victims fall back into slavery after being rescued. More than anything, my heart breaks knowing victims of slavery lose their freedom to dream, a privilege that should be available to all

You can change a life with your purchase and encourage victims to realize there is productive existence outside of the misery they were exposed to in slavery. mankind. If not for anything else, I urge you to give someone his or her dream, and that begins with fighting for his or her freedom.

Here is where you can help: by purchasing products within this guide, you can stimulate the industry and opportunities for those rescued victims producing

By selecting a holiday gift from this guide, you are also provided with the opportunity to raise awareness among your family and friends. The more people realize slavery still exists, the sooner we can end it together.

Do not let this opportunity go to waste – shop and make a difference!

In closing, I wish you Happy Holidays and hope you take the time this holiday season to count your blessings and help others in need through making good decisions and giving back with your lifestyle choices.

Do not let this opportunity go to waste – shop and make a difference!

Live Inspired,

Rachael Baxter-Lechliter Co-Founder / Editor-in-Chief LIFESTYLE + CHARITY MAGAZINE www.LifestyleandCharity.com

More about Lifestyle + Charity Magazine: Lifestyle + Charity Magazine is a daily updated website and quarterly publication for men and women featuring philanthropic brands, discoveries, and inspiration. Together, they become the source for conscious culture.

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Gifts by

Category Around $25

ISanctuary • Necklaces, Earrings, and Bracelets Raven + Lily • Leather Bound/Wood Carved Journals Stop Traffick Fashion • Freedom & Abolitionist Tees Kabum Coffee • Ugandan Shade Grown Coffee Freedom Fashionistas • Fashion Scarves

$50 and under

Made By Survivors • Handmade Silver Jewelry Freedom Stones • Glass and Stone Bracelets Lotus Jayne • Lady’s Tunic Delicate • Spa Gift Sets Hein Brothers Coffee • Holiday Blend Coffee Gift Set

For Guys

Force For Compassion • Men’s Rescue Bracelet Nightlight International • “Not Buying” Dog Tag Chain Sisters Coffee • Monthly Coffee Club Better Way Imports • Messenger Bag Rahab’s Rope • Bidriware (a symbol of wealth in

India) Paper Weight

For Kids

Sole Hope • Hand sewn cloth shoes for babies & toddlers Little Sparrow • Felt Coin Purses Scarlet Threads • Tiger Hat Vi Bella Jewelry • Necklaces and Bracelets Handcrafting Justice • Dolls and Toys

For Teens and Young Adults NationWares • Shoes and Flats Kingdom Ventures • Recycled Rice Bag Totes GREENOLA • Gloves and Hats Saving Grace • Necklaces and Earrings Destiny Reflections • Yoga Gear

To Decorate Your Home for the Holidays Dsenyo • Table Linens GoodWeave • Handwoven Rugs Certified Child

Labor Free

Yobel Market • White Candlestick Holders from Baskets of Africa • Serving Bowls Ethos Home Pantry • Accent Pillows

For Crafters, Designers and Adventurers Light Gives Heat • DIY Recycled Beading Kit Ethical Fashion Academy • Eco-Fashion Adventure

in Costa Rica

For Gals

International Princess Project • Punjammies Beza Threads • Scarves Kingdom Ventures • Handbags using recycled materials Baskets For Education • Woven Tote Mata Traders • Tops, Tunics, Dresses, or Pants Fashion 4 Compassion • A Bag of Hope Supply

Necessities to Rescued Survivors

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Bring Life

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A Holiday Gift

That Helps Survivors, Families and Community

By Suzanne Turcotte, Content Specialist, Shop To Stop Slavery Every gift you purchase this holiday season has its own story. Some may be handcrafted by artisans, while others may be mass produced in a sweatshop.

Many of the gifts purchased for the holidays will be made by those who have never received a gift, who are paid little for their work and may even be forced to make things the average consumer buys. The Ethical Holiday Shopping Guide gives you an array of alternative choices that have been ethically sourced for your gift giving.

Putting Your Money Where It Helps You can feel good when you purchase an item that through the Ethical Holiday Shopping Guide, because you are directing your money to socially conscious choices. Many of the retailers and non-governmental organizations featured in the guide sell products that have been produced by survivors of human trafficking or by women who were at risk for becoming victims of human trafficking.

You can feel good when you purchase a gift from one of these organizations because you are contributing to the fair wages and dignified employment of survivors. The survivor’s job allows her the means to provide medical care, housing, schooling and the daily needs of herself and family. This is economic empowerment at its finest.

ing and employment. Not everyone can travel the world over and rescue victims of human trafficking.

After rescue, aftercare of survivors includes safe housing, counseling, education, and vocational training.

These are elements needed to ensure survivors are protected from further exploitation and abuses.

Those who work to rescue and care for modern day slaves know that it is not enough to simply free them, survivors need the tools to become self-sufficient.

Programs that provide vocational training and employment offer opportunities for survivors to dream and accomplish big goals. You can purchase jewelry, handbags, baskets, clothing, toys and more that are the creative expression of survivors working towards a goal of being free from the trauma of slavery, free from the poverty that made them vulnerable, and free from the limitations that have so long held them back.

Every scarf provides enough funds to rescue a child from sex slavery for one night. One night may not seem like much, but it’s a start. Help us make that start today. BezaThreads.org

You become part of the solution to end human trafficking when you purchase survivor made products.

The Ethical Holiday Shopping Guide lets you shop without reserve. You can confidently select gifts for everyone on your list feeling at ease that you not contributing to human traffickers and you are actually helping those who have survived!

Happy Holidays!

A Gift Choice Can Change the Future Through your purchase at stores in the Ethical Holiday Shopping Guide you are a part of survivor rehabilitation and reintegration through vocational train18

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Empower Artisans

Empowerment: Our Role in the Cycle of Supply and Demand

By Darcie Nolan, Lead Collaborator, Eye See Media

dren and grandchildren of artisans. It also tells other companies that we are willing to spend our money on products that make a difBuying from ethical, fair ference in the lives of those working to produce them and trade and direct trade that we support the co-op companies helps these model of business that leads to employee ownership and small businesses grow, entrepreneurship.

Every item purchased this holiday season has the power to impact communities in a positive way.

At the very beginning of the supply chain, at the beginning where cotton is picked and threads are sewn, are people that either find themselves in a job that provides for their families, empowers their community and treats them with dignity or one that takes advantage of their poverty, requires demeaning hours and work from them, and contributes to a cycle of enslavement and powerlessness.

allows them to employ more people in the often impoverished nations where they work, and sets a course for a successful future for the children and grandchildren of artisans.

As we purchase products, we indicate our level of understanding and concern for the men, women and children that are crafting and supplying our holiday gifts. A decision to intentionally purchase gifts that support fair and livable wages and that include a plan to develop education and healthcare for workers and their families is a decision to be part of a better and more sustainable future.

We have an important role in the economic cycle of supply and demand. Buying from ethical, fair trade and direct trade companies helps these small businesses grow, allows them to employ more people in the often impoverished nations where they work, and sets a course for a successful future for the chil24

Imagine this: Going from working under brutal conditions in a cotton field, unable to provide an education or food for your family, to a steady position at a business you take ownership in; one that is part of a larger, encouraging community creating stunning products.

Or imagine, going from 16 hour days in a factory of dangerous chemicals without even $2 a day in pay to having a position as a skilled artisan, creating beautiful designs and working alongside others with hopes and dreams, each of you able to give back to the needs of the community.

These transitions are reality and we have a way to be part as we purchase with an understanding of our role and the purpose of economic empowerment.

The stories behind every product in this guide are stories of lives changed, freedom and hope. Thank you for continuing the story and being a part of a happy ending.

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Handbags • Accessories • Home Decor • Gifts

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Live Simply, B uy Eth ical ly, Give Generously!

Giving a hand UP to African women & artisans working their way out of poverty

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