by Staff | Dec 13, 2017 | Congo, FTS Model for Freedom
“My story is hard to tell,” says Benita Furaha, a trainer at a dressmaking training center in Rubaya, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Benita’s parents died when she was 13. Her older brother threatened to starve her or to send her out of the house if she couldn’t...
by Free the Slaves | Dec 13, 2017 | Artists Against Slavery, Become an Abolitionist, Faith in Action, I Am the Change, Take Action
In his music, friendships and faith, Derek Mount thinks often about connections and impact. He imagines his music carries with it a “little trail of peace.” He sees the freedom in his life, the chance do what he loves. Then he looks outside himself, at the 40 million...
by Free the Slaves | Dec 5, 2017 | Artists Against Slavery, Become an Abolitionist, FTS Model for Freedom, I Am the Change, Take Action
Over a 30-year career, Lisa Kristine has documented native cultures and causes in more than 100 countries. She is an internationally acclaimed humanitarian photographer. Today she is a global voice of anti-slavery activism. Yet it wasn’t always so. Seeing Slavery at...
by Free the Slaves | Nov 28, 2017 | FTS Model for Freedom, Senegal
He traveled 500 miles to see slavery for himself, unaware that he would find a member of his own family trapped in a street begging gang in Senegal. Without hesitation, he rescued the boy, 12 and brought him home. Mamady Diamanka serves as president of his village’s...
by Free the Slaves | Nov 14, 2017 | Advocacy, FTS Model for Freedom, I Am the Change, Thought Leadership
Austin Choi-Fitzpatrick asks big questions. Who are we? What do we want to make of life? Who counts as human? And in the historical reckoning of slavery—how do we want to be judged? In his staunch support of Free the Slaves, Choi-Fitzpatrick thinks deeply about that....