Thank you for being part of our special day. In lieu of gifts, please consider making a donation to the Abolition Institute, a Chicago-based non-profit fighting modern-day slavery in the West African nation of Mauritania. Called Slavery’s Last Stronghold by CNN, Mauritania only criminalized slavery a decade ago. Race and descent-based slavery – particularly brutal for women and children – is still widespread. Mauritanian anti-slavery leaders will be at our wedding and your donation will give families which have escaped slavery the tools to rebuild their lives.