The Center for Public and Nonprofit Leadership partners with a number of different groups and organizations to provide opportunities for their fellows and awardees to attend the Nonprofit Management Executive Certificate Program.  Some of these organizations include:

Free the Slaves

Free the Slaves is a politically independent and financially transparent nonprofit organization ending slavery around the world through:

• Working on the frontlines with grassroots anti-slavery organizations to bring people out of slavery into sustainable freedom
• Building a strong consumer movement for slavery-free products and working with businesses to remove slavery from their supply chains
• Educating policymakers and helping governments enact and enforce national strategies to end slavery
• Conducting authoritative research on the nature and extent of slavery and programs that effectively fight it
• Recording and sharing stories of liberators and those enslaved to inspire people around the world to act.

Free the Slaves awarded two Fellowships to promising young adult anti-slavery activists.  The Anne Templeton Zimmerman Fellows, named for a woman who dedicated her life to fighting persecution, have demonstrated consistent determination, creativity and results in the anti-slavery movement, and are committed to developing their career to help rid the world of slavery.  The Zimmerman Fellows are undertaking substantive work during their year at Free the Slaves, including direct participation in our research, work with grassroots partners, slave-free trade initiatives and communications efforts. 

The two current fellows will be participating in the Spring 2009 Certificate Program.  In collaboration with these fellows and Free the Slaves, CPNL will be hosting a series of roundtable discussions throughout the spring:

February 9, 2009:  Ben Skinner- As a journalist, Ben has reported on a wide range of topics from Latin America, Africa, and the Middle East for such publications as Newsweek International, Travel + Leisure, and Foreign Affairs. He is author of A Crime So Monstrous, a thought-provoking and deeply moving investigation of slavery today, and an in-depth look at the United States' response to this global problem. He is currently a Fellow at the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government, conducting futher investigative journalism and research on slavery and trafficking.  This roundtable will center around Ben's experiences, and how to frame issues for all types of audiences and media outlets.

May 27, 2009:  Sharon Payt- An attorney in international affairs and human rights, Sharon specializes in civil society reforms ranging from grassroots campaigns to drafting national legislation.  In the U.S. Senate as a Senior Legislative Aide, she implemented international human rights movements (subjects including refugees, religious minorities, the Sudan, and slavery), conducted prisoner advocacy, and crafted federal legislation on foreign affairs. Sharon was the lead staffer in the Senate responsible for ushering through to final adoption of anti-trafficking legislation, which served an an international model for over 140 countries. She is currently a Regional Advocacy Director for World Vision.  Sharon’s talk with center around her experience in successful coalition building and nonprofit advocacy.