CELEBRITY SPOTLIGHT.
Celeb Magnet likes to recognize celebrities who use their fame to accomplish goodwill around the world. This week, the spotlight is on Jason Mraz. The 31-year-old Grammy winner was in Ghana this week with Free the Slaves, a nonprofit organization whose mission is to “end slavery worldwide.”
Mraz spent five days in the country, traveling with James Kofi Annan, a former child slave who used to work on fishing boats and had been enslaved for seven years. Mraz traveled to a rescue shelter for slaves in the town of Winneba, Atebubu and to Lake Volta, where many child slaves are working, said Peggy Callahan, the organization’s co-founder and executive producer.
“The movement to end slavery really needs more voices, but they really need to be authentic voices, people who really do care about an issue,” she said. “And Jason’s one of those people, and he’s willing to take the time to find out.” Mraz is the first celebrity to participate on the ground with the organization.
Here is Jason Mraz at a recent secret show Mraz played with a friend of ours, Mona Tavakoli (bottom two photos), at The Stronghold in Venice, California.
So…does he have the remedy, or the experience, to stop this dangerous liaison? B/c this isn’t a comedy, it’s kinda serious. (insert booing here)
Well, the real question is: Does Free The Slaves have the experience. Jason is kind to lend his voice in support of this initiative; he doesn’t need to have experience; he is just using his fame to deliver a great message. LET’S HOPE that Free The Slaves does have the experience because it’s disgusting that slavery still exists in 2010.
LOL–you made a joke..and i missed it 😉