I wish 60 million trafficked Indian people got the Western attention one Indian elephant has

[The Straight Story]

3. Understood. This fall I will be interviewing someone about this (Trafficking) from NHTRC

National Human Trafficking Resource Center

They have a free DVD and resources you can get and pass out:

http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/orr/programs/anti-trafficking

They have posters/cards/etc you can order free. As I have noted elsewhere I used to do a radio show and that is picking back up this fall and have spoken with a media rep there (NHTRC) to set up an interview. Their 'Look beneath the surface' campaign is worth taking a look at.

I am also in touch with local radio personalities and am hoping to fire up some awareness of the issue that way (outside my own program) but that takes time (which I understand, there are a slew of things to be covered, election season, college football - which is huge here, etc). Part of media is knowing when to hit up what for maximum impact.

There is no 'wrong' time to bring up issues, so don't be discouraged when things you bring up don't get much in the way of views/replies. I am woefully ignorant on the issues in India, but not because I don't care but because I only have so many hours in a day to keep up on things. And western mainstream media is a joke on just about everything.

Thanks for the post and I will bookmark this and work it into my show (which should be in early October and be weekly from there on out till the end of the year).