In partnership with local organizations working against modern-day slavery and human trafficking, The Rescue & Restore Victims of Human Trafficking Coalition will co-sponsor the second annual Sacramento March Against Slavery, hosted by Chab Dai USA, from 8 a.m. - 1 p.m. on Aug. 28 in Cesar Chavez Park. The fundraising walk is held to spread awareness about human trafficking and modern-day slavery in the Sacramento region and around the world. Chab Dai, meaning “joining hands” in Khmer, is a coalition of Christian organizations working to end human trafficking both locally and overseas. The organization started in Cambodia in 2005 and was brought to the United States in 2008. It works t

The official launch of the grassroots organization the WE Movement - which connects people in need with those who can help them - was announced Tuesday morning at The Citizen Hotel in Sacramento.   The WE Movement was formed in March as a community-based outreach effort. Its goal is to help people with any type of need establish contact with those who can provide it.    Nonpolitical and nonpartisan, the motto is: “Offer What You Can. We Will Do the Rest.”    “The core of the WE movement is to help coordinate benefits in the areas of health care, financial services, housing, legal guidance, youth programs and education in a way that takes individual contributions and matches them with

What organizers claim will be the largest fashion show since Coco Chanel is set to hit the Sacramento Memorial Auditorium at 6 p.m. Aug. 7 for the inaugural Designing Dreams fashion show. Designer Tiana Vega and Northern California fashion public relations firm Couture Connections will join forces to co-produce their first fashion show benefiting the Sweet Dreams Foundation. The Sweet Dreams Foundation is a nonprofit organization based in Sacramento dedicated to improving the quality of life for children with life-threatening diseases through the design of their dream bedroom. CEO and interior designer Jennifer Richards founded the Sweet Dreams Foundation in April 2006. “The concept of

 Mayor Kevin Johnson said he is disappointed that finding housing for Sacramento’s homeless has not progressed as much as he anticipated, when speaking on the issues of SafeGround in a press conference Tuesday. “I am disappointed that we are not further along,” Johnson said. “This is not about finger pointing, this is about all of us collectively together figuring out a way that we get to were we need to be.” It has been a year since Johnson camped out with Sacramento’s homeless community and launched a plan to find 2,400 housing units for homeless people during the next three years. “From October 2009 to May 2010, 833 households have received housing assistance through Sacramento’s Hom

Sacramento’s homeless are still searching for safe ground after the tent city was taken down in April 2009. On Tuesday, homeless camper and SafeGround movement leader John Kraintz, Sacramento civil rights lawyer Mark Merin, State Senate President Pro-Tem Darrell Steinberg and activists from nonprofit organizations around Sacarmento marched from Friendship Park to Cesar Chavez Park in celebration of the SafeGround Movement. They were joined by homeless men and women as they marched, sang, danced and spoke on behalf of the homeless. Using a microphone, which echoed through speakers around the stage, musicians and speakers were heard loud and clear by the crowd of more than 100. “People c