by Free the Slaves | Jul 22, 2021 | Advocacy, Kenya, Senegal, Thought Leadership
The Freedom from Slavery Forum is pioneering new ground this year as the anti-slavery movement’s premiere thought-leadership convening. For the past eight years, the Forum has been a collegial space for anti-slavery leaders from around the world to coalesce, create...
by Terry FitzPatrick | Nov 30, 2020 | Advocacy
The Freedom from Slavery Forum 2020 Advisory Committee would like to express thanks to everyone who participated in this year’s virtual convening, “Opportunities in an Age of Adaptation.” This year’s gathering in late October was a remarkable success. Across four days...
by Terry FitzPatrick | Oct 27, 2020 | Advocacy
Former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton recalled the formative days of the modern anti-slavery movement, and called for a “Decade of Determination” to end modern slavery as we observe the 20th anniversary of the U.N. Palermo Protocol and the...
by Terry FitzPatrick | Sep 3, 2020 | Advocacy, Thought Leadership
The 8th annual Freedom from Slavery Forum is happening in a unique and exceptional environment. Countries have taken measures to contain the COVID-19 global pandemic, but modern-day slavery including sexual slavery, forced labor and human trafficking has grown worse...
by Free the Slaves | Dec 30, 2019 | Advocacy, Become an Abolitionist, I Am the Change, Take Action
“Never be afraid to raise your voice for honesty and truth and compassion against injustice and lying and greed. If people all over the world…would do this, it would change the earth.” Author William Faulkner’s thoughts about the value of standing up and...
