Chapter News – The Free Project

TFP at GW visits the National Hotline

TheFreeProject — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 16:00:48 +0000

Our leadership team visited Polaris Project and the National Human Trafficking Resource Center today where we met with Jennifer Kimball, NHTRC Operations Coordinator and Brian Tan. Jennifer gave us a tour of the Hotline’s call center, where we learned more about states that are under-engaged in reporting human trafficking. We also had a great discussion about how The FREE Project and the Hotline can work together to increase awareness among college students. We already have awesome wallet cards, but there’s so much more we can do. We can’t wait to get started!

Winter Clothing Drive is a HUGE Success

TheFreeProject — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 15:58:01 +0000

TFP at GW collected, sorted and donated over $18,000 worth of clothing from GW students to Courtney’s House. Tina Frundt, survivor of child sex trafficking, and Tami Fenno, Director of Operations, were thrilled with the generous support. CH rescues survivors off the streets and in the cold winter months the children arrive with no long pants, coats, hats or gloves to stay warm. Donations included over 90 pairs of jeans, 49 sweaters and 27 coats! Way to go, GW!!

GW Chapter Winter Clothind Drive

Petition Launch

TheFreeProject — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 16:02:27 +0000

We’ve launched our petition on Change.org to make The George Washington University slavery-free! Join us in asking President Knapp to make GW a slavery-free campus by the 2014 academic year. Together we can lead the way for other universities to eradicate slavery from their communities, because “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” ~ Martin Luther King, Jr. Sign here: Make GW a Slavery-Free Campus

2012 DC Stop Modern Slavery Walk

TheFreeProject — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 16:04:00 +0000

Our chapter has signed up to be a part of The FREE Project team for the annual Stop Modern Slavery Walk in Washington, DC! We’re excited to raise money for great anti-slavery organizations like Courtney’s House, Challenging Heights, Free the Slaves, Polaris Project, and more. We’re really excited to join together with other passionate abolitionists to raise money and awareness for this amazing cause. All GW students, faculty, and staff are welcome to join us!

Slavery-free GW Film Shoot

TheFreeProject — Mon, 06 Aug 2012 16:05:24 +0000

This past week, we filmed a video calling on our university’s president to make the pledge to make GW a “slavery free campus” as part of our Slavery-Free GW Campaign. We had an amazing time shooting (despite a sprinkling of rain) and it was wonderful to see so many students come out in support of the cause. We’re so excited to see how the video comes together! Check out our petition to President Knapp.

Summer Awareness Campaign

TheFreeProject — Sun, 15 Jul 2012 16:06:32 +0000

You’d think campus would be empty during the summer, but we were surprised to see how many peeps were in town working internships and taking classes. We decided to take advantage of the opportunity to hit up our classmates while they were less distracted than during the regular school year, and chat with them about modern slavery. Turned out this was a great idea! We got a chance to have in-depth and candid conversations with our friends while letting them know this is a big issue — not just overseas, but right here on our very own campus. And that inspired us to create our new campaign, Make GW a Slavery-Free Campus. Wait til you see what’s coming next!