Morgan Perry

20 Questions with Morgan Perry

1. Name: Morgan Perry

2. Age: 22

3.Hometown: Toano, Virginia

4. Where you are on the planet right now: New York City

5: Favourite Book: Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne

6. Favourite Movie: I could never pick one favourite, but City of God is brilliant.

7. Favourite Band: Sigur Ros or Coldplay

8. Favourite Food: Homemade lasagna with a Greek side salad, glass of red wine, and something dark chocolate for dessert.

9. What you wanted to be when you grew up: Always had two choices- either a National Geographic photographer or an actress/movie maker in Hollywood.

10. Your ‘day job’: An artist, activist and student.

11. Your dream: Honestly? To live freely in Christ and change a few things about the world.

12. What you do for fun: Surf, rock-climb, ride my horses, play music, make art, travel, thrift, go out to eat with friends and family.

13. What opened your eyes to the reality of human trafficking: I encountered sex slavery in Thailand on a missions trip when I was 18 before “human trafficking” was a well known injustice. Now, after researching and helping put together the book Sex + Money: A Global Search for Human Worth, I understand exactly what ‘trafficking’ means and can recognize it’s evil presence all over the world. Discovering how much takes place right here on American soil is what changed my life.

14: What you are doing to change it: My current goals are to continue public speaking at churches, schools, and other venues while distributing the book Sex + Money: A Global Search for Human Worth. I’m also researching what it would look like to start the first State by State Anti-Trafficking Online Directory to inform and unite the states of America to become the first slave free nation in the world. Finally, I’m hoping to turn Sex + Money: A Global Search for Human Worth into a short documentary to reach a larger audience.

15. Specific justice issue you’d like to address most: Pedophilia/child pornography, starvation and extreme poverty, America’s role in the Middle East conflicts, abortion… just to name a few.

16. Country you consider to have the greatest need: That I’ve been to? Probably Palestine, Myanmar and Haiti.

17. Literature/ media you recommend to help people get acquainted with the issues: For human trafficking watch: Call & Response, Human Trafficking, Trade, Taken- or- read A Crime So Monstrous by Benjamin Skinner.

18. Heros you look to for inspiration: Biblical heroes- I love how inadequate they were, yet God chose them. William Wilberforce, Martin Luther King Jr., and my family.

19. Organizations, groups you know of effectively addressing the injustice of human trafficking: Free the Slaves, Restore, Love 146, Not For Sale, The Blind Project… just to name a few.

20. How the modern-day slave trade will be abolished: I practice answering that question in many ways, because sometimes I’m talking to busy college students who want instant results- so I say “Give your time. Give your money. Give your talent.” Which means, give whatever is easiest to give, because these people need all the help they can get. I do believe that when many people help in many small ways, that adds up to a lot of help. But the longer I look at slavery, and the roots that have caused it, the more I believe the true abolition of slavery takes place inside each person. Every person on the planet needs to ask themselves what is the value of life for another human being? Modern-day slavery will be abolished when each person takes responsibility to stare slavery in the face and allow themselves to be disgusted and moved. Only an army of passionate, convicted seekers of justice can shift a culture and free 27 million people. I believe “it’s by the Church, we’re waiting.”