by Maurice Middleberg | Apr 15, 2014 | FTS Model for Freedom, FTS Updates, Research, Monitoring & Evaluation, Take Action
We’ve just completed our 2013 year-end review, and the results are both impressive and inspiring. In partnership with local organizations around the globe, we helped free more people from slavery last year than ever before. Here are the numbers from our...
by Maurice Middleberg | Apr 11, 2014 | FTS Updates
Education and slavery are interconnected. There are 57 million children worldwide who should be in school, but aren’t. About 5.5 million of them are slaves. This is why Free the Slaves has been asked to join a global partnership of leading organizations that is...
by Maurice Middleberg | Apr 9, 2014 | Take Action
The Jewish people have a special connection to the curse of slavery and to its eradication. At the heart of our history is the Exodus. “ Avadim hayinu – We were slaves,” the Torah teaches. At Pesach, we rightly relax and celebrate the freedom we enjoy. But the fight...
by Maurice Middleberg | Apr 2, 2014 | FTS Updates, Take Action
April is an important month for many faith communities, with Passover and Easter coming soon. So I’d like to encourage you to join us at Free the Slaves in reflecting on the important connection between faith and freedom. If you belong to a church, synagogue,...
by Maurice Middleberg | Mar 5, 2014 | Take Action
The global celebration of International Women’s Day on Saturday, March 8th serves as both a reminder of how far we’ve come and how far we still have to go. Today, women are at the forefront of the global abolition movement. But unfortunately, women and...
