Vote for Zach

This past summer, at Impact at Lipscomb University, we heard a special guest speaker named Zach. Zach is a teenager, and has personally contributed to freeing of slaves worldwide. Who would have thought in today's day and time that slaves still were a common part of life in many areas.

I just found out that they opened voting today on CNN Heroes for Zach. In the category of young people making a difference, people are asked to vote and the leading vote getter will advance with the opportunity to appear on a prime time special with Anderson Cooper. This would allow Zach to speak to millions of people about modern day slavery and how he feels God is using his generation to bring freedom.

We have asked CNN to change the short sentence describing his work. $20k is what Zach has contributed personally. He has raised much more money than that through the many schools and churches doing the work. Also, the real power in what he's done for the cause of abolition is in raising awareness and mobilizing a new generation of activists. We've asked them to change it to "Raising awareness and mobilizing students to end slavery."

Anyway, can you help get the word out and ask your friends, network, constituents to vote? Since Zach doesn't have a large organization behind him like the American Cancer Institute, or other such entity, there isn't a large database voting. But, perhaps we can encourage a grass roots effort to get out the vote through MySpace, Facebook, your network of connections, etc.

There is a cash prize involved which Zach would like to use toward the aftercare and education of rescued child slaves if he were to be selected.

People can vote here: www.cnn.com/heroes Your vote doesn't post immediately. You can vote as many times as you like until Monday at
noon.

Thanks! Good luck Zach.