Monthly Archives: August 2012


Petition Launch

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 […]


2012 DC Stop Modern Slavery Walk

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 […]


How Many Slaves Work for You?

By Melissa Arndorfer, The George Washington University I don’t own slaves and I’ve never purchased sex. I didn’t think that slavery touched my life…but I was wrong. I took Slavery Footprint’s online survey and was shocked to learn that I have 41 slaves working for me. FORTY-ONE! Through the survey […]


Slavery-free GW Film Shoot

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 […]