by Free the Slaves | Feb 18, 2016 | FTS Model for Freedom, Students Ending Slavery, Thought Leadership
When asked what he does for a living, Maurice Middleberg answers with a smile: “I free slaves.” Last week, he told students just how he does it, as a guest lecturer at the University of Denver’s Josef Korbel School of International Studies’ Human Trafficking...
by Maurice Middleberg | Dec 22, 2015 | Advocacy, FTS Model for Freedom, Research, Monitoring & Evaluation, Thought Leadership
Free the Slaves is wrapping up our 15th year of fighting for freedom. It’s a good time to not only reflect on our most important accomplishment, freeing 10,000 people from slavery. It’s also important to distill the lessons we’ve learned from years...
by Maurice Middleberg | Dec 16, 2015 | FTS Updates, Take Action
Our 15th anniversary year comes to a close in just a few days. It’s been a remarkably successful year.Our front-line anti-slavery programs have crossed two important benchmarks: freeing more than 10,000 people from slavery and educating more than 100,000 to prevent...
by Terry FitzPatrick | Dec 10, 2015 | Advocacy, I Am the Change, Take Action
Today marks the anniversary of United Nations adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. It was a momentous achievement in 1948 to craft a charter of rights that should apply to every person on the planet. The declaration is widely accepted as the...
by Free the Slaves | Jul 31, 2015 | Advocacy, Become an Abolitionist, I Am the Change, Take Action
Free the Slaves Executive Director Maurice Middleberg remembers there was skepticism that polio might one day be fully eradicated in developing countries. But 30 years ago, Rotary International began a global child vaccination campaign that is now close to achieving...
