Los Angeles | September 15, 2008

The 2009 Awards Home

The 2008 Awards Home

The 2008 Tubman Reintegration Winner

The 2008 Tubman Community Winners

The 2008 Wilberforce Winner

The 2008 Douglass Winner

The 2008 Zimmerman Fellows

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The FREEDOM AWARDS
2008 WINNERS

Harriet Tubman Reintegration Award WINNER: Friends of Orphans Ricky Richard calls himself a child born of trouble. He has survived his share. Ricky and his brother were abducted and forced into slavery as child soldiers in Uganda. More>>	William Wilberforce Award WINNER: Amihan Abueva Amihan Abueva’s laugh can draw return laughter from just about anyone – even children who have survived sex trafficking and government ministers she is convincing to take action. More>>
Harriet Tubman Community Award WINNERS: CPT and Reporter Brasil Together they played a major role in freeing thousands of people from slavery and have harnessed the power of the marketplace to make slaveholding unprofitable. More>>	Frederick Douglass Award WINNER: James Kofi Annan At age six, James Kofi Annan was sold into slavery. He worked in Ghana’s fishing villages 17 hours a day. Food and shelter were scant. Abuse was constant. More>>

Anne Templeton Zimmerman FELLOWS:
Aashika Damodar and Jessica Leslie
They’re smart. They’re compassionate. They’re determined. These young scholar activists have traveled abroad to research slavery. Both have waged successful anti-slavery campaigns in their communities. And it is just the beginning…. More>>

Why?

Jolene Smith, Chief Executive Officer, Free the Slaves

Free the Slaves created the Freedom Awards to celebrate today’s anti-slavery heroes and to catalyze additional innovation and resources to end slavery once and for all. The Awards program will define what successful, anti-slavery work looks like and build a vision of freedom for change-makers to adopt. More>>

The Freedom Awards are underwritten by the John Templeton Foundation.
"The Freedom Awards combine the best of two world-changing forces that are central to Sir John Templeton’s positive vision for the future: the power of noble purpose to inspire lives of great significance, and the central importance of enhancing and expanding individual freedom. In addition, the awards honor the memory of Sir John’s daughter Anne Templeton Zimmerman, who herself was a dedicated and courageous advocate for ending slavery and promoting religious freedom.”

-Kimon Sargeant, Ph.D., VP of Human Sciences, John Templeton Foundation

Freedom Awards:

>>Wilberforce Leadership Award

>>Douglass Survivor Award

>>Tubman Community Award

>>Zimmerman Fellowship Award

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