by Evelyn Chumbow | Dec 27, 2018 | Advocacy, I Am the Change, It Starts With Freedom, Take Action
I dream of a world without slavery. I hope to see that world one day. I am writing to tell you my story because I hope it will prompt you to take action. There are so many people victimized by human trafficking just like I was. For me, it started with a dream about...
by Free the Slaves | Dec 26, 2018 | Become an Abolitionist, I Am the Change, It Starts With Freedom, Take Action
International development work can be tricky. Imagine building a school for 100 village children in Africa, but on opening day 20 desks are empty because those kids are enslaved at a mine. Disappointing, and tragic. That’s why we say that everything begins with...
by Terry FitzPatrick | Dec 21, 2018 | Advocacy
It was down to the wire in the final days of the current Congress, but near-unanimous bipartisan action has renewed an important package of legislation that shapes the U.S. government’s efforts to eradicate modern slavery. The four bills (S. 1311, S. 1312, S.1862 and...
by Maurice Middleberg | Dec 20, 2018 | Become an Abolitionist, Community Liberation Initiative, FTS Model for Freedom, I Am the Change, It Starts With Freedom, Take Action
Traffickers target people in financial trouble. When a medical crisis or other emergency strikes — like a fire, flood, drought, cyclone or earthquake — traffickers offer quick loans to desperate people who promise to “work it off.” When the borrower arrives at the job...
by Maurice Middleberg | Dec 19, 2018 | Become an Abolitionist, Community Liberation Initiative, FTS Model for Freedom, I Am the Change, It Starts With Freedom, Take Action
Traffickers steal more than a person’s labor and wages, they attack a victim’s basic humanity. They spit on the enslaved. They beat them. They’re assaulted sexually. The slaveholder’s goal: force people to give up hope. Our message to those is slavery is simple:...