Dear [recipient's name],

As a loyal customer who has appreciated and purchased the products you represent, I ask that you join me in the fight to eradicate slavery and human trafficking. Like me, you may not have known that there are 27 million slaves in the world today, most of whom work in agriculture and mining. As a Public Relations representative, I'm sure that you do not want any of your clients being associated with illegal or immoral work ethics. However, without the ability to know where their raw materials originate, your clients cannot be sure that they're not inadvertently selling products produced, at least in part, by slaves. I realize you may not be the appropriate contact, but ask that you please help me in the fight against slavery and direct me to the proper person. I know this criminal practice is not intentional as sure as I know that we all share a responsibility to end it. I know that most companies have codes of conduct that guide their labor usage for direct suppliers. I'm not talking about procuring your products from sweatshops or factories without child labor laws. What I am concerned about is the labor that is used to produce the materials that result in your products. The earlier links in the chain are generally where the horrors of slavery lie. I know that responsibly eradicating slavery from a supply chain as diverse as yours is neither quick nor simple, and I promise to support your brand through the mistakes, discoveries, and growing pains intrinsic to really addressing this problem. All I ask is that you begin. I love your company, and I purchase your products, but if one of your competitors chooses to take on this fight against slavery and you sit it out—well then, I'll buy from them instead. As much as I enjoy your products, if I have to choose between you and freedom, freedom will win every time. As I choose between brands, I would like to know the answers to the questions in the following survey. If you do not answer these questions directly, I will assume that your product chains are not aligned with Slave-Free practices and letters will continue to come from your consumers.

Please fill out [link to questionnaire] to let your consumers know what specific, tangible things your company is doing to help end slavery around the world.

Until we are all free,

[your name]

Slavery: (n) When one person completely controls another person, uses violence to maintain that control, exploits them economically, and pays them effectively nothing. A slave cannot walk away.

Trafficking: (n) The process of moving someone into slavery.

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