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Dear Friends,
I recently completed my first 100 days as executive director of Free the Slaves.
During my first weeks on the job, I spent most of my time reaching out to stakeholders: staff, board members, donors, peer organizations, policy makers and other FTS friends.
These conversations have helped me develop a portrait of Free the Slaves that I want to share with you. I hope to engage you in an ongoing conversation about how to help FTS flourish.
Think of Free the Slaves as a triangle, the...
In Cambodia, Salay is 13 years old. He works hard in the brick factory to help his family repay a debt to the brick factory owner. He is also an outstanding student.Photo: ©2011 Vichheka Sok/World Vision
I have 26 slaves working for me. At least that’s what a website is telling me. The website, slaveryfootprint.org doesn’t tell me who picked the cotton of the sweater I wore today; who mined the minerals to make my cellphone; or who picked the grapes that I ate for lunch. I certainly don’t know...
Our project in Romania has been growing, and that growth means we are able to successfully transform more lives.
Our Calacea farm project is 17 miles outside of our center in the city of Timisoara. At the farm, survivors of human trafficking learn to farm sustainably as job skill development, and as an important step towards personal healing.
Right now the farm is in full swing, and our staff are working alongside survivors to grow crops, tend animals and prepare the farm house for 14 new...
Jesus used parable for the same reason Rich Stearns uses brilliant metaphor in his newest book Unfinished: Believing Is Only The Beginning. His words paint a three-dimensional picture that entices us to reach out and tangibly take hold of the Kingdom of God. We were created and equipped to join the multi-millennial revolution to “topple prevailing regimes that have oppressed the human race since the fall.” If we don’t take part, if we don’t join, there is much to lose — a world of...
Thursday, June 6, 6:30 pm
2 W. 64th Street, New York City
The New York Society for Ethical Culture presents a Panel Discussion on the Global & Local Atrocity of Sex Trafficking. This event is open to the public. Panel Members to include:
Stuart Perin, Author
Mara Schneider, FBI Agent, Violent Crimes Against Children Squed
Gloria Browne-Marshall, Professor, John Jay College
Dipti Mehta, Performer/Writer
Max Walker, ECPAT-USA, Associate Director
Moderated by Dr. Joe Chuman, Ethical...
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