by Maurice Middleberg | Aug 25, 2015 | Advocacy, Congo, Slavery-Free Commerce, Take Action
Your right to know if corporations are enslaving people to make products you buy is under threat. A court ruling last week might allow companies to conceal the suffering and slavery that we see every day in our front-line field programs.Here’s what has happened: A...
by Maurice Middleberg | Jun 11, 2015 | I Am the Change, Take Action
Fathers everywhere want to protect and provide for their families. But many fathers cannot – because of slavery. You can help change that by supporting the community-oriented programs of Free the Slaves. We help reunify families torn apart by trafficking. We help...
by Maurice Middleberg | Apr 30, 2015 | Become an Abolitionist, Take Action
Mothers play a crucial role in overcoming the brutal grip of slavery. It’s typically the mothers of a village who begin the process of mobilizing their community to break free. And it’s often mothers who organize village watchdog groups to ensure their neighbors stay...
by Maurice Middleberg | Apr 21, 2015 | FTS Model for Freedom, FTS Updates, Research, Monitoring & Evaluation
The first part of our mission statement is crystal clear: liberate slaves. And with your continuing support, Free the Slaves is achieving that goal. Together, we have just crossed a historic milestone: freeing more than 10,000 people from slavery worldwide since Free...
by Maurice Middleberg | Jan 13, 2015 | Artists Against Slavery, Become an Abolitionist, Take Action
Last Friday evening, I had the privilege of attending the opening of a new art exhibit in Washington, Bought and Sold, by a longtime friend of Free the Slaves who has photographed our work around the world, Kay Chernush. Beneath the statistics about slavery and...