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The fifth Annual Concordia Summit will focus on Labor Trafficking…
The Summit in New York City, will explore solutions involving global challenges and public-private partnerships. Many of the discussions focused on labor trafficking and the estimated 20.9 million human trafficking victims worldwide. It is estimated that most–68%–are victims of forced labor. Much profit is gained in this crime and at low risk. There were surprisingly only 4,443 global convictions last year.
A guaranteed income program in the U.S. is making waves by addressing the one family's legacy of slavery. Launched in Louisiana by the America Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) under their Truth and Reconciliation Project, the initiative is partly funded by Deacon Leroy “Buck” Close and Gracie Close, descendants of a family that amassed wealth through slavery. The program provides $1,000 monthly to participants like Janell Landry, offering both financial
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