by Terry FitzPatrick | Sep 20, 2010 | FTS Updates
Free the Slaves 2010 William Wilberforce Freedom Award winner is featured on Huffington Post! Roger Plant headed up a special branch of the UN’s International Labor Organization dedicated to combatting slavery. His first order of business was to count the number...
by Free the Slaves | Aug 21, 2010 | FTS Updates
Access Hollywood ran footage from the red carpet for the 2009 Freedom Awards! Free the Slaves holds this event every year in Los Angeles, honoring the work of anti-slavery activists around the world. The 2010 awards are just around the corner. This year, Jason Mraz is...
by Free the Slaves | Aug 19, 2010 | FTS Updates, India
The annual Freedom Awards are right around the corner (pencil in November 7!) This year’s Harriet Tubman winner goes to the Indian grassroots organization JEEVIKA. Slavery is outlawed in India, but millions are put into debt bondage—unaware of their rights....
by Free the Slaves | Aug 16, 2010 | FTS Updates
Grammy-winning singer Jason Mraz to perform live at Freedom Awards and Freedom Rocks Jason says Free the Slaves “kick-started my heart.” He came with us to see slavery in Africa and meet child slavery survivors. You can see him perform the inspiring song, “Freedom,”...
by Free the Slaves | Aug 10, 2010 | Uncategorized
Sina Vann walks into her worst nightmare every day. For more than two years she was tortured and raped as a sex slave in Phnom Penh. She now goes back to the brothels to help sex slaves escape, and to provide health advice for those unable to break free. Last year,...
