Just Saskia
Hope for the sold
May God Bless You…
A Franciscan (Christmas) Blessing for Justice and Peace May God bless you with discomfort… at easy answers, hard hearts, half-truths ,and superficial relationships. May God bless you so that you may live from deep within your heart where God’s Spirit dwells. May God bless you with anger… at injustice, oppression, and exploitation of people. May … Read more
a reminder that this is not normal
There are days when human trafficking is just so normal to me; conversations about prostitution, rape, violence, slavery and all the rest seem to roll right by. Men humiliating and de-humanising women that I know by name is just another day at work and its not a question of whether or not she has experienced … Read more
Marked By The Journey | embodied stories
My body is marked. With little spots and moles and freckles that I used to hate but have learned to embrace. By scars like the one under my eye from running into a tree branch while snowboarding or like the one on my leg from cleaning up glass from a missile that went off near … Read more
24 Things April Brings.
“April showers bring May flowers.” or so the saying goes. April is my birthday month. I turn 24. And it is the kick-off for another ridiculously busy time of life. Surviving busyness means making lists. I feel like I am only going survive as long as I don’t lose my lists. And as long as I have … Read more
Forgive Me, For My Faith Is Simple
There is a group of women who speak little English and spend their days selling their bodies for money. They send home everything they earn to their families who live in poverty. They put their children through school and bread on the table and their dream, like every mothers dream, is that their children and … Read more
On My Own, I Am Not Enough (Over at SheLoves Magazine…)
This one was hard one to write, it brought back a lot of sad memories, but it also reminds me that sometimes fighting human trafficking is as unremarkable as stretching our boundaries on what it means to give enough, some days it is as simple as reading a bedtime story to little girls who need … Read more
Stories are Dangerous
We are not the true north strong and free so long as we are so incompetent to provide justice and freedom to those who are exploited. And if this is what happens in Canada, you can imagine things are ten times worse for victims in countries with even less resource.
I was afraid to participate #FemFest Day 3
The final day of the Feminisms Fest synchroblog. This is “What I Learned.” To read the other incredible posts visit: Loveiswhatyoudo.com // FromTwoToOne.com // SeePrestonBlog.com When the Feminisms Fest conversation was launched over the internet on Tuesday, I was sitting in my parents kitchen in Canada and thought I would put down my two cents. … Read more
I was never going to be a feminist.
I was never going to be a feminist. Feminism was a bad word that stood for people you don’t want to be. It is easy to ignore feminism when you have no reason to embrace it. I grew up with four brothers, and was never, ever treated as less for being a woman. We split … Read more
Don’t ‘Give Your Life’ to Fight Slavery
A tweet I saw several months ago said: “Make your mark on this life by giving your life to set slaves free.” It brought up in me something I deeply fear. The idea of ‘being a hero’, or seeing yourself as a sacrifice to the cause, a concept which is so prevalent in the world … Read more
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