Fight against modern slavery
“I once was lost, but now am found
Was blind, but now I see.”
John Newton, 1779
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The Abolition Model
My journey to raise awareness of modern slavery started with a sponsored walk I began with my son when he was 3 ½ years old. As my daughter’s 4th birthday was rapidly approaching, it was time for her to start her own big walk. As it is a walk for her as well as aContinue reading “The Abolition Model”
Caring for people and planet
When we first formed our West Kent anti-slavery team, one of our new members asked me how do we know where we should commit our time and energy when there are so many pressing issues out there. At the time she was, and still is, very much involved in charitable work to combat climate changeContinue reading “Caring for people and planet”
Have we won the moral victory?
In my talk at the Wilberforce Oak, I said that – unlike William Wilberforce and his colleagues – we no longer need to persuade people that slavery is morally wrong. However, I have begun to wonder whether I was right. Do people consider modern slavery morally wrong? The preliminary research in the report “Consuming ModernContinue reading “Have we won the moral victory?”
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