Jan. 21, 2014

KnockOut Slavery Flyer

Event InfoGraphic (Provided by the International Justice Mission)

DAVIS, Calif. - The UC Davis men's basketball team, in addition to several campus ministries, hundreds of students and community members, aim to break a world record and raise money to fight human trafficking through the childhood game of "Knockout" starting at 6 p.m. this Friday, Jan. 24, at The Pavilion.

Knockout is a rapid-fire free-throwing basketball game, otherwise known as "Bump." The world record for the largest game of knockout is 571 people, and the goal is to break that record, with more than 600 students and community members participating in Davis. With each person bringing $10, organizers hope to donate more than $6,000 to the International Justice Mission (IJM), which investigates human trafficking. IJM conducts raids to free slaves, rehabilitates victims and corrects local justice systems to prevent recurrence of the problem.

There are more than 27 million slaves in the world, mostly women and children according to recently released studies and reports; visit www.catalystdavis.com/knockoutslavery for additional information about IJM and its cause.