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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:Modern Slavery
DESCRIPTION:Syrian artist Sara Shamma brings attention to the global issue of human trafficking and modern slavery\, through a new series of large scale portraits. \nA compelling exhibition of portraits\, considering the meaning of survival\, endurance and recovery from the survivor’s perspectives. \nNot suitable for young children due to the sensitive nature of the subject matter. Age Guidance 12+ \n(August 16-30 2021)
URL:https://www.freedomunited.org/event/modern-slavery/
LOCATION:Stockwood Discovery Centre in Luton\, London Road\, Luton\, LU1 4LX\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:International Conference on Human Trafficking\, Slavery and Exploitation Day 2
DESCRIPTION:International Human Trafficking\, Slavery and Exploitation is the premier interdisciplinary forum for the presentation of new advances and research results in the fields of Humanities and Social Sciences. Today more than ever before it is extremely important to stay abreast of the changing landscapes of the Humanities and Social Sciences world. The multidisciplinary focus of this event aims to bring together presenters and attendees from different fields with expertise in various areas of Humanities and Social Sciences\, providing an excellent opportunity to participate in the international exchange of ideas\, current strategies\, concepts and best practices\, collaborations\, and cooperation\, offering a broader perspective and more enriching experience. \nThe program includes time allocated for networking\, peer-to-peer discussions\, and exploring the host city.\nWe invite the participation of leading academic scientists\, researchers and scholars in the domain of interest from around the world to submit original research contributions relating to all aspects of:\n– Civic education and human trafficking\n– Communication campaigns in combating human trafficking\n– Connections and intersections between human trafficking\,smuggling and migration\n– Criminology in human trafficking\n– Enabling factors which contribute to global patterns of human trafficking\n– Gender issues and human trafficking\n– Human trafficking\n– Human trafficking and social justice\n– Innovative methods and strategies used to research human trafficking and policy responses\n– Labor trafficking\n– Links between human trafficking\, global governance\, and/or the global economy\n– Mass media and new media in human trafficking\n– Popular representations of human trafficking and contemporary ‘slavery’\n– Regulation and politics on human trafficking\n– Rehabilitation and reintegration of human trafficking victims\n– Sex trafficking\n– Sociocultural\, economic and human trafficking\n– The challenges and complications of prevention\, prosecution and policy intervention\n– The development and operation of legal regimes relating to human trafficking\n– The effects of human trafficking upon health\, psychology\, childhood\, welfare\, and society\n– The relationships between human trafficking\, prostitution\, gender and/or sexuality\n– The role of government in combating human trafficking\n– The role of NGO in combating human trafficking\n– The theory and practice of resistance\, rescue\, rehabilitation and reintegration\n– Women’s coalition against violence and exploitation
URL:https://www.freedomunited.org/event/human-trafficking-slavery-and-exploitation-2/
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