My apologies for contributing to your liberal guilt. I would like to clear things up a bit, though, so that you can carry on with your day more or less unencumbered. The “Buy Brownies, Not People” campaign is intended first and foremost to raise awareness on campus (and clearly it piqued your interest). It is hard to imagine the number of times I have had to explain that yes, human trafficking exists and yes, it exists everywhere, DC being no exception. While a literal interpretation of the slogan suggests that people who don’t spend their dollar on brownies might potentially spend it on another human being, we did not anticipate that many people would feel personally responsible. Rather, we hoped that people would realize that there are situations where human beings are literally treated as commodities, bought and sold with the same currency you use to buy a brownie. If we can get twenty, ten, even two people to become aware of human trafficking as a legitimate problem, then we feel we have done some good. While this is obviously only a very preliminary step in achieving our goals, it is a crucial one none the less. Besides, it means there are ridiculously fudgy brownies for sale in the Leavey Center. Maybe you can drown your guilt in chocolate?