by Terry FitzPatrick | Dec 30, 2013 | FTS Updates
It’s been quite a year at Free the Slaves, especially for Executive Director Maurice Middleberg. He has spent much of 2013 on the road visiting our front line programs in Asia, Africa and the Caribbean. His meetings with slavery survivors and activists have led to an...
by Staff | Dec 19, 2013 | Take Action
Dear Friends of Free the Slaves, HOPE is one of the most important aspects of our mission at Free the Slaves. We bring HOPE to those in slavery. HOPE that they can regain control of their lives. HOPE that they can triumph over oppression. HOPE that their children will...
by Terry FitzPatrick | Dec 18, 2013 | FTS Updates
They’re being billed as an “anti-trafficking trio” who “share a passion for freedom.” And they’ll be on the Web live today during a Google Hangout organized by Forbes magazine. The conversation begins at 3 p.m. ET. The trio is FTS Executive Director Maurice...
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...