Watch Fraidy Reiss' Tedx Talk on Forced Marriage in the US
Many of us think that forced marriage only happens in developing countries. However, 48 states allow minors to marry.
Yellow Brick Road Street Outreach
http://yellowbrickroadoutreach.blogspot.com/Volunteer Opportunities: Yes
History
Yellow Brick Road is a volunteer-based street outreach program established in 1984 in Portland, Oregon. Yellow Brick Road is a non-political, non-religious, non-judgmental organization that provides immediate eye-to-eye advocacy, first aid and hygiene supplies, community resources and referrals to Portland and Southwest Washington's diverse street dependent population. Yellow Brick Road is a volunteer experience that changes lives!
Mission
Provides immediate eye-to-eye advocacy, first-aid and hygiene supplies, community resources and referrals to Portland and Southwest Washington's diverse street dependent population
- Contact Information:
- 1635 Southwest Adler Street
- Portland, Oregon 97205
- United States
- Active In: United States
- Forms of Abolition:
- Awareness, Aftercare
- Forms of Slavery:
- Child Labor, Sex Trafficking
- Tel: +1 (0) 503 789-4123
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Socially outcast, the Dalits are a marginalized group often subjected to caste-based violence and labor exploitation. In the Karnataka state, groups of Dalit women and children are working together to change these conditions.