International Justice Mission – Texas A&M Chapter

International Leadership Challenge Project

Jennifer Bowden and Paige Ibanez

What is International Justice Mission?

• International Justice Mission is a human rights agency that secures justice for victims of slavery, sexual exploitation and other forms of violent oppression. IJM lawyers, investigators and aftercare professionals work with local officials to ensure immediate victim rescue and aftercare, to prosecute perpetrators and to promote functioning public justice systems. – http://www.ijm.org

Trafficking Victims Red indicates countries of origin

Blue indicates destinations for victims of trafficking

What does Texas A&M IJM Do?

• Student Activities Recognition

• Lift up our voices in prayer

• Raise Awareness

• Raise Support

Prayer

• Christian Foundation

• Meetings

• Global Prayer Gathering

Awareness

• Community– Churches– Benefit Concert

• Campus– MSCC Open House– Documentary– Co-programming Awareness

Support

• Community Donations

• T-Shirts

• Partnership with Josh Taylor – local artist

• Loose Change to Loosen Chains

Global Prayer Gathering

• March 27, 2009

• Awareness and Prayer focused

• Speaker

• Prayer

Loose Change to Loosen Chains

• Fundraiser

• Community involvement

• Amount of money raised

Benefit Concert

• April 24, 2009

• Awareness and support focused

• Featured artists

Project Evaluation

• Challenges– Website– Economy

• Successes– Very sustainable– Successful Fundraising– Recognition

Why do we do it?• $500 pays for care packages for 40 children rescued from sex

trafficking in Southeast Asia. • $1,000 enables IJM to acquire the necessary legal documentation

to assert the property rights of 5 widows and orphans in Africa.• $1,250 covers the first 30 days of aftercare for a victim of abuse so

they can begin their journey of healing and restoration.• $2,500 enables IJM to conduct professional investigations in Latin

America in order to help arrest 10 sexual predators who are abusing children.

• $9,000 enables IJM to conduct a baseline study in a district in South Asia to determine the extent of forced labor slavery.