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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:Beyond Hollywood - The reality of human trafficking
DESCRIPTION:Hollywood producers\, rap artists and even some good meaning civic groups often portray human trafficking in ways that are not often accurate. Human trafficking\, sex\, and labor trafficking are very real crimes that target the most vulnerable of our society. \nThis session will look at a comparative study of some famous cases of trafficking by well known perpetrators as well as the not so famous cases. The reality of trafficking is that literally millions of young people are groomed\, recruited\, and exploited in horiffic ways and we will use this session to tell their stories. \nWorkshop led by Nancy Aguirre. \nNancy Aguirre serves as the Public Eduction and Outreach Service Provider for Million Kids. Nancy is currently a professor for the Riverside Community College District teaching the Administration of Justice discipline. Nancy is a former Criminal Intelligence Analyst with the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department assigned to the Anti-Human Trafficking Task Force at the Special Investigations Bureau\, assisting in investigating human trafficking\, identifying suspects as well as locating victims. Her work history also includes Narcotics\, Intelligence and Gangs within the Riverside Sheriff’s Department and previously the Riverside Superior Courts. Nancy received her Bachelor’s in Behavioral Science in Criminology and researched Women in Sex Trafficking as her graduating thesis with the University of La Verne. Nancy Aguirre has received additional certification by the California Department of Justice\, as a Criminal Intelligence Analyst through the University of California\, Riverside. Nancy has presented in numerous reputable conferences included the list below..
URL:https://www.freedomunited.org/event/beyond-hollywood/
LOCATION:Online
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SUMMARY:Human Trafficking Awareness
DESCRIPTION:Restoration Diversion Services is a survivor-run non profit base in Compton\, CA. We assist victims of human trafficking and domestic violence. This presentation will go over first hand knowledge of human trafficking with a survivor. \nTo sign in there is no passcode. The meeting will only allow up to 300 people in. If you are unable to get in please email Kia@restorationdiversionservices.org \nThe simplest way to join the meeting is by copying the bolded like in it entirety. Paste the link into the web browser.
URL:https://www.freedomunited.org/event/human-trafficking-awareness/
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