Anne Keehn is the 2010 Zimmerman Fellow at Free the Slaves. Her experience in media and journalism includes a position as Managing Editor at Shepard Fairey's Swindle magazine, Community Manager at Mahalo, and intern extraordinaire at Haaretz.com. Before coming to Free the Slaves, Anne worked with the LA-based Coaltion to Abolish Slavery & Trafficking. She is the founder and editor of the FTS Blog. anne.keehn@freetheslaves.net
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Shamere McKenzie is an American survivor of modern day slavery. Hear her speak at Loyola University New Orleans tomorrow, October 4. Shamere McKenzie is an American survivor of modern-day slavery. She gave a stirring speech at the 2010 Freedom Awards, in support of her friend and mentor Tina Frundt (a survivor of child sex trafficking, who won the Fredrick Douglass award for her tireless activism against slavery). If you’re in the New Orleans... Read More
Members of The New Hollywood group. Photo by Lisa Villasenor Mark your calendars! On Sunday, October 23, The New Hollywood Women’s Goal Group (TNH) will be hosting an event to raise money for Free the Slaves. They are asking for a $27 donation in honor of the 27 million people enslaved in the world today. TNH is a group of entertainment industry professionals—all women—who come together to do good, by providing a “safe environment”... Read More
Free the Slaves board member Jane Covey is featured in an interview on the Huffington Post! The interview was conducted by Jennifer Hamady, a New York city-based creativity coach. Hamady’s specialty is creativity and art—and she brings this perspective to her conversation with Covey. Here are some highlights: When asked how she became involved with Free the Slaves, Covey says: “A friend invited me to think about it. He’d been consulting... Read More
Free the Slaves’ college chapter coordinator Laura Murphy has been doing an awesome job recruiting and maintaining the FTS presence in schools. (If you haven’t already, check out our new “students” page on our website to find out how you can make your own student chapter). When she’s not managing FTS’ student chapters, Laura is a professor at Loyola University in New Orleans. And, she has told us, her favorite class... Read More
