by Terry FitzPatrick | May 3, 2013 | FTS Updates, Take Action
Great news from Hollywood this week: We’ve learned that the mtvU Against Our Will Campaign has been nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award! The campaign has been honored in the “New Approaches” category, in recognition of its innovative techniques to build awareness about...
by Terry FitzPatrick | Sep 19, 2012 | Uncategorized
With the Emancipation Proclamation’s 150th anniversary approaching this weekend, MTV’s campus channel, mtvU, has launched a new poetry series. The poems were written by sex slavery survivors in the U.S., and excepts are read by musicians Alicia Keys and...
by Free the Slaves | Dec 20, 2011 | FTS Updates
As the Web Communications Intern for Free the Slaves, I was lucky enough to be featured on MTV.ACT’s “A Day in My Life” series. Of course, it’s not every day that you get to see Jason Mraz sing Freedom Calling in person, but that’s...
by Terry FitzPatrick | Sep 22, 2011 | Take Action
You know that fighting slavery is catching on with students when it’s getting attention from MTV! The network’s college channel, mtvU, has launched a new campaign this semester to tap into the growing student movement to end slavery. The goal: make it easy for young...
by Free the Slaves | Sep 21, 2010 | Slavery in the News
… And it launched! We’re a bit late with this, but the third installment of the MTV EXIT campaign’s modern day slavery awareness-raising music videos is live. Following in the footsteps of Radiohead and The Killers, British rock band Muse...