Holly J. Burkhalter serves as Vice President of Government Relations & Advocacy at International Justice Mission. Holly leads IJM’s grassroots advocacy program to mobilize people around the country and build support for U.S. policies that will abolish modern-day slavery and other forms of violence of the world’s poorest. She has been active in the international human rights field for 35 years, and is the author of Good God, Lousy World & Me, the Improbable Journey of a Human Rights Activist from Unbelief to Faith.
We need to check our cynicism about Congress at the door and engage with lawmakers if we hope to make a difference for the 30 million slaves in the world.
