(Breaking Free) Breaking Free organization states that, “Human trafficking is the fastest growing black market crime on the planet second only to drug dealing and generating an estimated $32 billion dollars per year.” Their focus of their movement is to change society by ending all forms of prostitution and sex trafficking. Their social movement is collective behavior that is purposeful, organized, and institutionalized but not ritualized.
This social movement is motivated by a social aim, the problem of prostitution and sex trafficking. Breaking Free tries to achieve ending the problem through conflict and action directed at the law enforcement, criminal justice system, medical professionals, service provides, educators and students, faith communities, and the community at large. All the participants share the same identity (ending a certain problem). Breaking Free organization has certain ways we can give to Breaking Free. Giving a one-time donation, donate to Breaking Free on a monthly basis, etc. This is the 2nd stage of a social movement known as coalescence. The resources are mobilized around the problems that was outlined in the first stage (emergence). In the book, You May Ask Yourself by Dalton Conley he states, “[…]the tie that bands participants together in a social movement is a shared commitment to social change” (698).
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They both want to change society, something particular about society. Both organizations start as a collective action because the action takes place in groups. Then, they both act against the expected social norms of the case. Resulting in a social movement, where their behaver is collective, purposeful, organized, and institutionalized. In the book, You May Ask Yourself by Dalton Conley he states, “social movements are distinguished by the people whose behavior they seek to change and the extent of societal change they hope to achieve” (699). Both of the organizations fit into the category of a social movement because of their behavior that is seeking to change something about society. Also, both of the organizations have made it past the 2nd stage (coalescence) of the social movement. They both have received donations, set up meetings, etc. At the end, the main goal of both of these social movements is to change society’s way of thinking and educate society further on why their movement is