by Maurice Middleberg | Feb 12, 2014 | Take Action
I’m pretty sure that Abraham Lincoln would want you to throw a party this month. Honest. Not to commemorate his birthday, February 12th, but to help finish the job he is most famous for starting: freeing the slaves. That’s why I’m writing today. I...
by Maurice Middleberg | Jan 14, 2014 | FTS Updates, Take Action
Last Saturday, I was standing on hallowed ground. As I rose to speak to hundreds of people gathered for a benefit concert at Plymouth Church in Brooklyn, I had to take a deep breath. That’s because on that very spot, 150 years ago, anti-slavery activists were...
by Maurice Middleberg | Dec 3, 2013 | Take Action
There is a common myth about the nature of anti-slavery work: that it’s terribly depressing. Actually, fighting slavery is the most joyful experience that you can imagine. Nothing compares to the joy I’ve seen on the faces of families freed from generations of debt...
by Maurice Middleberg | Nov 14, 2013 | Brazil, Congo, FTS Updates, Ghana, Haiti, India, Nepal, Take Action
I’d like to introduce you to five of the most passionate people I know. They are the Free the Slaves country directors – our key front line activists. They supervise our organization’s fieldwork in the world’s worst slavery hotspots. Why do these courageous staffers...
by Maurice Middleberg | Oct 31, 2013 | India
Editor’s Note: This is the third of three dispatches we will feature this week written by Free the Slaves Executive Director Maurice Middleberg during his recent trip to India. DATELINE: Punarnawa Ashram, Purnea District, Bihar State, India The girls are so...
