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A full marathon of 26.2 miles just wasn’t long enough for Justin Bowers. So he went the extra distance: running 27 miles for the 27 million people trapped in slavery today.
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Katie Butkus thought that she was just doing a school assignment. Little did she know that her paper on modern-day slavery would be a catalyst to action. Full of zeal, Katie set off to find ways to raise awareness and make an impact.
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There are probably as many ways to fight slavery as there are slaves on the planet. That's a lot. But T.V. news man | film maker | film festival
director David Holbrooke found a particularly compelling way to be an abolitionist.
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High School student Chelsey Outcalt says learning about slavery changed her life and inspired her to action. It all started when she read, Be the Change by Zach Hunter. Zach has inspired thousands of teenagers around the world.
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 | Gwendolyn Oliver can proudly say "I am the Change." When FTS was just getting started, she took time off from acting to write our business plan and to guide our efforts to share the story of slavery with the world. More>> |
Mini-heroes, maximum effect! Led by an inspired teacher, a group of Kentucky 8th graders rescued and helped rehabilitate dozens of child slaves. It all started on a snow day when teacher Leslie Hughes watched the Oprah Winfrey show and heard about child slaves forced to do dangerous work on fishing boats in Ghana. More>> | 
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 | Hannah Frank is a little crazy – in a wonderful way. On the first day of her summer vacation 16-year-old Hannah Frank asked herself a question, ‘What can I do this summer to end slavery?’ Clearly Hannah knows how to dream big, though she acts as though it’s a no-brainer: “Of course one person can change the world, seriously!” More>> |
Judith Meeker sews hope in the lives of enslaved children when she turns children's drawings into quilts. In the process, she has educated thousands about slavery and made some former child slaves in India very happy. More>> |  |
 | By day Wolfi Frank works in hi-tech. By night he uses those same hi-tech skills to help free slaves around the world. Wolfi created a database to capture all the video footage in the FTS video library. This makes it easier for us to get specific tape to the media, researchers and scholars so that they can spread the word about slavery even faster. More>> |
Tim Sexton is a college student who just doesn't settle for surface knowledge. He tries a subject like slavery on for size, wears it, he even walks it - all the way across France! More>> |  |
 | 21 students in Montreal were on a mission. One of them raised money on Facebook, one got sponsored by a recycling company, another couldn’t help but compare the cost of an iPhone to the cost of freedom. More>> |
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