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\n\n\n\n#MyFreedomDay 2019: Students teach the world about modern slavery – CNN<\/title><br \/>\n<meta data-react-helmet=\"true\" content=\"#MyFreedomDay 2019: Students teach the world about modern slavery\" property=\"og:title\"><br \/>\n<meta data-react-helmet=\"true\" property=\"og:description\" name=\"description\" content=\"All the latest on #MyFreedomDay 2019, when students around the world raise awareness of modern slavery.\"><br \/>\n<meta data-react-helmet=\"true\" property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/world\/live-news\/myfreedomday-2019\/index.html\"><br \/>\n<meta data-react-helmet=\"true\" property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\"><br \/>\n<meta data-react-helmet=\"true\" property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-03-14T01:29:55Z\"><br \/>\n<meta data-react-helmet=\"true\" property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2019-03-14T10:09:01Z\"><br \/>\n<meta data-react-helmet=\"true\" property=\"og:image\" 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id=\"posts\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"fb48cfc5\">\n<article class=\"_7128d2fd \" id=\"h_73cba2ab803d5b75bc76f5349009139c\" readability=\"5\">\n<header><span class=\"styles_timeDelta__22E2k styles_timeAlert__h8CGX _0ad5cb1b\">less than 1 min ago<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"_6f5eaf13\">Modern slavery: learning how to spot it and stop it<\/h2>\n<p class=\"_85c3f90a\">By CNN’s Nell Lewis<\/p>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"_2ceb6673\" readability=\"15\">\n<p>Today CNN’s Isa Soares visited\u00a0students at Yeading School, London. <\/p>\n<p>Together they discussed modern day slavery: how to spot it, and most importantly how to stop it. <\/p>\n<p>Have a listen in to CNN’s coverage from earlier today, when the school pupils sing and dance a special song for #MyFreedomDay.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"_7128d2fd \" id=\"h_788ba51dcb5975729b42ec0b685c266c\" readability=\"3.5\">\n<header><span class=\"styles_timeDelta__22E2k styles_timeAlert__h8CGX _0ad5cb1b\">23 min ago<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"_6f5eaf13\">The Force is with #MyFreedomDay<\/h2>\n<p class=\"_85c3f90a\">By CNN’s Tom Page<\/p>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"_2ceb6673\" readability=\"12\">\n<p>Snakes and slavery: two things Indiana Jones hates. <\/p>\n<p>Legendary actor Harrison Ford dropped in to tell CNN what makes him feel free. There’s 40 million slaves in the world today, and there’s a long road ahead to turning that number to zero. But as Han Solo might say: “Never tell me the odds!”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"_7128d2fd \" id=\"h_380a7dca1b61efeba602b2bcc3b8e925\" readability=\"4.5\">\n<header><span class=\"styles_timeDelta__22E2k styles_timeAlert__h8CGX _0ad5cb1b\">58 min ago<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"_6f5eaf13\">Hands up for freedom<\/h2>\n<p class=\"_85c3f90a\">By CNN’s Nell Lewis<\/p>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"_2ceb6673\" readability=\"14\">\n<p>In a powerful message for #MyFreedomDay, children from the Atlanta International School raised their arms for 40 seconds to raise awareness of the 40 million people trapped in modern slavery today. <\/p>\n<p>CNN’s Cyril Vanier, reporting from the ground, says it was amazing how the children — some as young as five — understood the message and felt grateful for their own freedom today. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"_7128d2fd \" id=\"h_a37e46ec3cb4f1ddda4d65ae8a2840ab\" readability=\"5.5\">\n<header><span class=\"styles_timeDelta__22E2k styles_timeAlert__h8CGX _0ad5cb1b\">1 hr 39 min ago<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"_6f5eaf13\">Freedom to learn <\/h2>\n<p class=\"_85c3f90a\">By CNN’s Nell Lewis<\/p>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"_2ceb6673\" readability=\"16\">\n<p>For the diligent students of Oak Lawn-Hometown Middle School in Illinois, US, the right to an education comes top of the list of what makes them feel free. <\/p>\n<p>“I’m super grateful to have the freedom of an education, so that I could get a job, go to college and become successful,” says Dylan. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"_7128d2fd \" id=\"h_64e08b197acf6d638408ba0c6439b5da\" readability=\"3.5\">\n<header><span class=\"styles_timeDelta__22E2k styles_timeAlert__h8CGX _0ad5cb1b\">2 hr 21 min ago<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"_6f5eaf13\">#MyFreedomDay from the Pyrenees<\/h2>\n<p class=\"_85c3f90a\">By CNN’s Nell Lewis<\/p>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"_2ceb6673\" readability=\"12\">\n<p>Speaking today from the slopes in Andorra, alpine skier Mikaela Shiffrin tells us what makes her feel free.<\/p>\n<p>“Everybody is entitled to their own opinion,” she says.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"_7128d2fd \" id=\"h_9974ee6e871a5771ba6545b57a86bac6\" readability=\"3.5\">\n<header><span class=\"styles_timeDelta__22E2k styles_timeAlert__h8CGX _0ad5cb1b\">2 hr 58 min ago<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"_6f5eaf13\">Delivering a knockout punch to modern slavery<\/h2>\n<p class=\"_85c3f90a\">By CNN’s Tom Page<\/p>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"_2ceb6673\" readability=\"12\">\n<p>In the Philippines, schools and universities are teaming up with non-profit Voice of the Free to raise awareness of human trafficking.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Not to be outdone, Filipino rugby team the Lady Mavericks are also getting in on the act.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"_7128d2fd \" id=\"h_d1e3733c7fe3b178b319567874e4370f\" readability=\"2\">\n<header><span class=\"styles_timeDelta__22E2k styles_timeAlert__h8CGX _0ad5cb1b\">3 hr 39 min ago<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"_6f5eaf13\">Highlights of #MyFreedomDay 2019 so far<\/h2>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"_2ceb6673\" readability=\"9\">\n<p>My Freedom Day is far from over, but we couldn’t wait to share with you all the stories we’ve seen and heard so far. Run VT!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"_7128d2fd \" id=\"h_1e85cde56d1ec14fe2a5bec8140c5a81\" readability=\"2\">\n<header><span class=\"styles_timeDelta__22E2k undefined _0ad5cb1b\">4 hr 19 min ago<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"_6f5eaf13\">A MyFreedomDay #TBT<\/h2>\n<p class=\"_85c3f90a\">By CNN’s Tom Page<\/p>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"_2ceb6673\" readability=\"9\">\n<p>A #MyFreedomDay Throwback Thursday to when Atlanta International School spelled out our hashtag in the biggest way possible in 2018. Thanks for the memories, Martin Luther King III!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"_7128d2fd \" id=\"h_ad34d62259f18fa95b39ffd26373ec0b\" readability=\"3\">\n<header><span class=\"styles_timeDelta__22E2k undefined _0ad5cb1b\">4 hr 54 min ago<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"_6f5eaf13\">Communicating freedom<\/h2>\n<p class=\"_85c3f90a\">By CNN’s Tom Page<\/p>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"_2ceb6673\" readability=\"11\">\n<p>Getting the word out is vital if we\u2019re to abolish modern day slavery. That\u2019s why we need people like the students at the American Institute of Monterrey Valle Oriente, Mexico, who\u2019ve been creating communication strategies to help spread the message of #MyFreedomDay.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<p><button class=\"_482caaf5 a79316bf null\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 32 32\" class=\"b4beb26b icon_stick-arrow-up\"><use xlink:href=\"#icon_stick-arrow-up\" fill=\"#fff\"><\/use><\/svg><span><\/span><\/button>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript readability=\"2\"><\/p>\n<p>Please enable JavaScript for a better experience.<\/p>\n<p><\/noscript>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>#MyFreedomDay 2019: Students teach the world about modern slavery – CNN Updated less than 1 min ago5:00 p.m. ET, March 14, 2019 What we’re covering hereWhat we’re covering here It’s #MyFreedomDay, and students around the world are holding events to raise awareness of modern slavery. 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