To the Editor:

I wrote to you last year about the importance of our individual efforts to fight to combat human slavery. In the ensuing 12 months, we have moved closer to ending this horrible scourge.

In February, Tennessee Sen. Bob Corker introduced the End Modern Slavery Initiative Act of 2015 (EMSI), an innovative anti-slavery program that seeks to reduce the prevalence of slavery by 50 percent in target populations within partner countries.

September 30, 2015