{"id":1979012,"date":"2023-07-20T20:31:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-21T00:31:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tim-ballard-inspiration-behind-sound-of-freedom-launches-new-anti-child-trafficking-initiative\/"},"modified":"2023-07-20T20:32:06","modified_gmt":"2023-07-21T00:32:06","slug":"tim-ballard-inspiration-behind-sound-of-freedom-launches-new-anti-child-trafficking-initiative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tim-ballard-inspiration-behind-sound-of-freedom-launches-new-anti-child-trafficking-initiative\/","title":{"rendered":"Tim Ballard, &#8216;Sound Of Freedom&#8217; inspiration, starts new anti-child trafficking project."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftim-ballard-inspiration-behind-sound-of-freedom-launches-new-anti-child-trafficking-initiative%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1979012&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Tim \u2064Ballard\u2062 Launches New Venture to Combat Child Trafficking<\/h2>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Tim Ballard, the anti-child \u200btrafficking activist \u200cupon whom the movie\u2062 \u201cSound of Freedom\u201d is \u2064based, \u2062is embarking on an exciting\u200d new\u2063 endeavor that will bring together multiple groups in the \u2063fight against human trafficking.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>After stepping down as \u2063CEO \u200cof the Glenn Beck-backed Nazarene Fund, Ballard has announced his latest initiative. He\u200b has also recently parted ways with Operation Underground Railroad (OUR), the organization he founded \u2062and \u200bwhich inspired\u200b the\u200b highly successful movie. In a recent interview \u2062with Tim Pool, the activist\u2063 and former Department of Homeland Security agent revealed his\u200b plans\u200b to establish the Spear Fund, \u200ca coalition of\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tim-ballard-inspiration-behind-sound-of-freedom-launches-new-anti-child-trafficking-initiative\/\" title=\"Tim Ballard, 'Sound Of Freedom' inspiration, starts new anti-child trafficking project.\">anti-trafficking groups aimed<\/a> at coordinating efforts. Ballard is expected \u2062to unveil more details about this\u2062 project in the \u200dnear future.<\/p>\n<p>During the \u200cpodcast, as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democratic-dark-money-giant-tides-poured-millions-into-bail-funds-in-2020-that-helped-alleged-violent-criminals-back-onto-the-streets\/\" title=\"Democratic Dark Money Giant Tides Poured Millions Into Bail Funds In 2020 That Helped Alleged Violent Criminals Back Onto The Streets\">donations started pouring<\/a> in, Ballard expressed his newfound hope. He said, \u201cFor\u200c the first time, I\u2064 have hope that we can \u200bactually make an\u2062 enormous impact in the fight \u200cagainst child slavery.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Following Ballard\u2019s departure, the Nazarene Fund released\u2062 a statement affirming its continued commitment to its cause.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cTim Ballard is no\u2062 longer \u2062the CEO of the Nazarene Fund,\u201d the \u2062organization stated.\u200c \u201cThe Nazarene Fund remains dedicated to our \u2064mission of\u2063 Rescue, Rebuild, and Restore. We are \u2062grateful for the support we receive to help us accomplish our mission and assist those in need\u2062 around \u2063the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Ballard&#8217;s exit\u2064 from OUR came as a surprise, considering \u2063that the group served \u2064as the inspiration for the\u2064 movie &#8220;Sound of Freedom,&#8221; which has garnered over $100 million at the box office.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWhile Tim Ballard stepped away from OUR several\u200b weeks ago, we continue to pursue OUR\u2019s core mission,\u201d stated OUR. \u201cWe are thrilled that more people are learning about our\u2064 organization \u200dand its rescue operations, and are seeking\u200c ways to support us.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>It is worth\u2062 noting that Ballard was previously appointed\u200b by former\u2062 President \u200bDonald Trump to a federal\u2064 advisory\u200d panel on human \u2064trafficking.<\/p>\n<p><em>This report has been updated to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-trumps-impeachment-defense-team-collapses-ahead-of-senate-trial-top-lawyers-out\/\" title=\"BREAKING: Trump\u2019s Impeachment Defense Team Collapses Ahead Of Senate Trial, Top Lawyers Out\">include additional information<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tim Ballard, the inspiration behind &#8220;Sound of Freedom,&#8221; is launching a project to unite various organizations against child trafficking. He stepped down as CEO of Nazarene Fund and left Operation Underground Railroad (OUR) to pursue this new venture. Ballard aims to coordinate efforts and combat this heinous crime more effectively.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":102,"featured_media":1979013,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1979012","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1979012","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/102"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1979012"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1979012\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1979013"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1979012"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1979012"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1979012"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}