by Terry FitzPatrick | Sep 24, 2015 | Advocacy, Slavery in the News
Pope Francis drew thunderous bipartisan applause this morning as he spoke to a deeply divided Congress about the need for unity to promote “the transcendent dignity of the human being.”“Cooperation is a powerful resource in the battle to eliminate new global forms of...
by Terry FitzPatrick | Jan 11, 2013 | Take Action
Here are three things you can do today to help fight modern-day slavery. 1. Get Smart. Read-up on the very latest developments in the global movement to end modern day slavery. FTS Co-founder Kevin Bales helps present a situation report on slavery’s global...
by Terry FitzPatrick | Dec 28, 2012 | Take Action
Abraham Lincoln is famous for getting to the point. His Gettysburg Address was just 274 words long. Next Tuesday marks the 150th anniversary of a somewhat longer, but equally famous Lincoln message: the Emancipation Proclamation. It took effect on January 1, 1863....
by Free the Slaves | Feb 9, 2012 | Take Action
Saturday, February 12th is Abraham Lincoln’s birthday. You were probably taught in school that he’s the president who ended slavery. Sorry to tell you that your teacher was misinformed. Lincoln helped make slavery illegal. But that hasn’t prevented slavery from still...
