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SUMMARY:Thai El Monte Garment Workers: The Return of Slavery and Trafficking in The Modern Era
DESCRIPTION:At 4 am on August 2\, 1995\, Chanchanit Martorell\, Executive Director of the Thai Community Development Center\, met with government authorities and law enforcement at a doughnut shop in El Monte\, California\, blocks from the slavery compound that they would raid\, a row of apartment duplexes on a residential street\, eerily surrounded by barbed wire. The US Department of Labor\, California Labor Commission\, California Employment Development Department\, Cal-OSHA\, federal marshals\, and the El Monte police participated in the raid.  \nThai CDC mobilized a coalition of nonprofit organizations\, attorneys\, and community members to offer shelter\, food and clothing\, medical care\, jobs\, and legal services to the workers following their liberation.\n​\nThe Thai workers had labored for 18 or more hours every day inside rat-infested buildings where they lived crammed into bedrooms with ten of their fellow slaves. Their captors controlled them by confiscating passports\, hiring armed guards\, and physically threatening them and their families back home.  \nThey made clothes for brand-name manufacturers and nationwide retailers. Garments bore the labels Anchor Blue\, Tomato\, Clio\, B.U.M.\, High Sierra\, Axle\, and others—labels owned by well-known retailers\, such as Miller’s Outpost and Montgomery Ward\, or sold on the racks of Nordstrom\, Sears\, and Target. \nEl Monte was the first recognized case of modern-day slavery in the United States\, leading to the passage of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act in the year 2000. This exhibition tells the story of the case from the perspective of the survivors\, featuring their testimonies\, images and maps of the compound\, and other artifacts.​ \n(June 10- September 5 2021)
URL:https://www.freedomunited.org/event/thai-el-monte-garment-workers/
LOCATION:Los Angeles United Methodist Museum of Social Justice\, 115 Paseo de La Plaza\, LA\, CA 90012\, United States
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SUMMARY:Exploitation 2021: Tackling the culture and challenges of trafficking\, slavery and county lines
DESCRIPTION:This major two-day online conference brings together key academics\, leading practitioners and victim perspectives to listen to the voices of exploitation; the victims\, their families\, the professionals\, the researchers and the policy makers. \nWith in-depth Keynote speeches\, Q & A sessions\, 21 accompanying workshops and presentations with numerous “hubs” to meet our speakers and organisations\, join to learn\, network and reflect at this practice-informed conference with AoCPP in partnership with the University of Kent International Centre for Child Protection. \nAll speakers will reflect on the changing situation under Covid-19 within their presentations and bring the very latest research facing all Child Protection staff today – from any background and vocation. \nA promotion video by Dr Aravinda Kosaraju here \nConfirmed Keynotes so far include: \nThursday June 24: \nDame Vera Baird DBE QC\, The Victims Commissioner for England and Wales: “Putting Victims First – the victims of exploitation” \nDr Carlene Firmin MBE\, Principal Research Fellow\, The International Centre: Researching Child Sexual Exploitation\, Violence and Trafficking: “Contextual Safeguarding Framework and Lessons from Implementation” \nDr Daniel Rhind\, Specialist in Sport and Child Protection\, Reader and Chartered Psychologist\, Loughborough University: “Safeguarding in\, around and through sport: An international and inter-country perspective” \nFriday June 25 \nDetective Superintendent Steve Barron: Covert Intelligence Northumbria Police: “Operation Sanctuary: Best Practice in the Investigation of Sexual Exploitation” \nProf Jane Reeves\, Professor of Teaching\, Learning and Innovation in Child Protection and Co Director of the Centre for Child Protection: “Innovative Training for Contextual Safeguarding and Exploitation” \nDr Samantha Warner\, Specialist in Sexual Violence\, Consultant Clinical Psychologist\, honorary lecturer Salford University\, board member AoCPP: “Sexual Exploitation\, training\, leadership and trauma-informed practices” \nAssistant Chief Constable Peter Ayling\, Vulnerability and Criminal Investigation Teams Kent Police:  “Modern Slavery today.” 
URL:https://www.freedomunited.org/event/exploitation-2021/
LOCATION:Online
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