MTV Launches Multiplatform Campaign Against 'Modern-Day Slavery' (Exclusive Video)

MTV and it is college campus network, mtvU, introduced Thursday in the Clinton Global Initiative annual meeting that it'll be starting a multiplatform campaign combating sex and labor abuses within the U . s . States known as the "mtvU Against Our Will Campaign."our editor recommends'Awkward's' Ashley Rickards Evaluates Matty and Jake's Pros and ConsMTV Orders Two Scripted, Four Reality SeriesNY City Launches New Anti-Piracy CampaignRelated Subjects•MTV Video Music Honours "Youthful people on grounds round the country are rising up and following through to assist finish present day slavery," states MTV Leader Stephen Friedman. "As we have seen using the anti-apartheid movement and also the genocide in Darfur, students really are a effective engine for telecomutting saves gas, and mtvU is proud to provide them a national megaphone to assist abolish all types of slavery within our country." The initiative uses a multiplatform method of help get its message across with an internet site, mtvU on-air programs, on-air Public Service Bulletins (PSAs), college campus programs, and student organizing. The network joined with and developed this program with Free the Slaves, Women Educational and Coaching Services (GEMS), and Polaris Project, that are organizations centered on preventing "modern-day slavery." The campaign will even assistance to highlight and expand the job in excess of 300 existing student organizations from grounds nationwide. "University students are the way forward for the abolitionist movement," states Free the Slaves College Chapter Coordinator Laura Murphy. "They'll get to be the scientists, the legislators, the social employees, the lawyers, the instructors and nonprofit leaders who'll ensure the next without slavery within the U.S. and abroad." Based on the National Human Trafficking Resource Center, situations of human trafficking happen to be reported in most 50 states, including forced prostitution or working without pay. Free The Slaves reviews that you will find as much as 27 million sex and labor slaves worldwide. For additional info on the MtvU campaign go to the website, world wide web.mtvU.AgainstOurWill.org. Watch The Hollywood Reporter's exclusive start looking at among the campaign's PSAs, Beauty Salon, above. Email: Jethro.Nededog@thr.com Twitter:@TheRealJethro Related Subjects MTV