The FTS Blog provides a platform for dialogue about how slavery affects communities around the world—and what can be done to eliminate it.
Modern slavery. It’s a global challenge that we all know needs to be solved. But the issue is so broad that it can be easy as individuals to think that we can’t do anything about it.
Anti-slavery veteran Matt Friedman from the Breaking the Links Campaign is working to change that. He’ll be in Washington, D.C. this week to help people of conscience learn what they can do to end slavery now.
Matt won’t be coming alone. His read more >
We see slavery and trafficking stories throughout the world each week. It’s great news that journalists and bloggers are exposing the problem of slavery, and examining solutions to it. Awareness creates momentum for change. Here are 10 top stories that caught our eye:
1. AOL. “Kevin Bales: Slavery in the Modern Age.”
http://on.aol.com/video/Kevin-Bales-on-Slavery-in-the-Modern-Age-516897243/
2. Associated Press. “Jada Pinkett Smith appears before Congress; speaks against human trafficking.”
3. Philadelphia Inquirer. “Ukrainian gets life sentence for trafficking workers in the US.”
4. NY Times. read more >
Join the movement against modern slavery! Free the Slaves is looking for motivated volunteers to assist in our Washington, DC headquarters. Volunteers will have the opportunity to contribute concretely to our mission and to learn about the ins-and-outs of managing a global nonprofit organization.
Tasks will be tailored to volunteers’ interests and qualifications—we have work suited for high school seniors and experienced grant officers, and everything in between. Staff will provide training and mentoring for anyone interested to learn read more >
Editor’s note: Alison Leuchtenburg, outreach intern at Free the Slaves was leader of Team Free the Slaves for the Stop Modern Slavery Walk this past Saturday. Below is her report from the event:
Congratulations to our partner DC Stop Modern Slavery for organizing a terrific Walk Against Modern Slavery on Saturday. The weather was perfect, and the turnout was fantastic with over 2000 registered walkers. A special thanks to all of you who read more >
Free the Slaves is looking for Volunteers in the DC metro area to be a part of making history. We have been working with our partners in India to conduct household surveys on debt-bondage. And now, we need volunteers to help sift through all this data.
So on Saturday, November 6 (which is, coincidentally the read more >
The count down is on! The Stop Modern Slavery Walk is happening THIS weekend! Will you walk with us?
We are aiming for 50 people to join Team Free the Slaves. We’ve got 11 so far. But we need more! Show your support for the anti-slavery movement—and for the anti-slavery work we do in seven countries. Slavery can end. Join us in the movement!
HANG OUT WITH US AT MAD HATTER IN DUPONT CIRCLE!
For those of you in the DC read more >
Washington, D.C.—At a hearing held by the House Foreign Affairs Committee yesterday, the State Department’s anti-trafficking Ambassador Luis CdeBaca recommended that slavery eradication efforts take a more victim centered approach. Survivors of modern day slavery should not be treated like criminals, he said.
The hearing, titled “Out of the Shadows: The Global Fight Against Human Trafficking,” took a broad based look at human trafficking around the world and what was being done to combat it.
MODERN SLAVERY IS ‘SUBTLE’
Slavery is read more >
Attention all Washington, DC freedom fighters!
The DC Stop Slavery Walk is having a happy hour get together for all partners tomorrow at Mad Hatter.
Time: 6:30pm
Place: Mad Hatter, 1319 Connecticut Avenue N.W. (Dupont Circle Metro), Washington, DC 20036
RSVP: via Facebook
Bring friends and family! We’ll be signing up people to walk for Team Free the Slaves!
The Stop Modern Slavery Walk at the National Mall in Washington, DC is right around the corner. And Free the Slaves is looking for people to join our team!
If you are on DC on Saturday, October 23, we want you to walk with us. To take part, go to http://walk.stopmodernslavery.org/, and register. Select “Join a team,” and pick “Free the Slaves”! Bring friends, neighbors, families, distant acquaintances, bitter enemies—all are welcome.
Joanna Castle Miller, on her blog Marginalized People read more >
Modern day slavery is the human rights issue of our time. It’s not just a foreign issue—slavery happens right here, in the U.S. Thousands are trafficked into the country every year, and countless more are trafficked within the U.S.
Take a stand against this egregious human rights violation. Join us in the DC Stop Modern Slavery Walk (SMS Walk), scheduled for October 23. Thousands will gather at the National Mall to raise awareness about slavery, and raise money for organizations working read more >
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