Anti-Human Trafficking Archives - Desert Southwest Conference

Welcome Center Donation List from IRC

Feb 3, 2022

By Billie K. Fidlin, Director of Justice and Outreach Below find the current list of needs for the Welcome Center. Please consider and do what you can. The Welcome Center continues to serve up to 300 people per day with up to 170 staying overnight on their way to...

Stop Violence Against Women Grant

Sep 15, 2020

Greetings Arizona DSC Churches! Please review the following grant announcement. If you have questions or need assistance please contact DSC Director of Outreach & Justice, Billie K. Fidlin @ . Applications for the Arizona STOP Violence against...

Human Trafficking Awareness

Jan 4, 2017

January is National Human Trafficking Awareness month. Pastors and laity, let’s intercept the traffickers and reverse the momentum. Resources and action items are available for your church for the whole month. Step 1: Download and distribute the bulletin insert…

Help and Hope for Young Women

Mar 9, 2016

By Rev. Valerie Fairchild I attended a presentation by the Phoenix Dream Center on sex trafficking (phxdreamcenter.org). No, this isn’t a pretty subject. And the problem is huge in Phoenix — and growing. Phoenix is one of the top human trafficking jurisdictions...

Phoenix churches unite and commit to Stop Human Trafficking Now

Jan 20, 2015

On Saturday, January 10, 2015 the Desert Southwest Conference Board of Church & Society Human Trafficking Subgroup and United Methodist Women organized a rally of religious leaders and supporters from the Phoenix area to raise awareness about the human trafficking...