by Maurice Middleberg | Jan 25, 2017 | Advocacy, Thought Leadership
I believe today holds the promise of being a transformational moment in the history of the modern anti-slavery movement. This moment occurred in a large, nondescript room in an annex to the U.S. State Department located on G Street in Washington, far removed from the...
by Terry FitzPatrick | Oct 14, 2015 | Advocacy
A new leader is taking charge at the State Department’s Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking (J/TIP). Susan Coppedge was nominated to the post earlier this year by President Obama and was confirmed by the Senate last week.With the rank of ambassador-at-large she...
by Terry FitzPatrick | Jul 26, 2013 | Congo, FTS Updates, Ghana, Haiti, India, Nepal, Take Action
It isn’t often that all five FTS country directors are in the same place at the same time. But it happened last week in Washington, as our overseas staff briefed the U.S. State Department’s “J/TIP” anti-trafficking team. The presentation was called...