Modern Slavery
GHI and Student Global health groups will convene a town hall meeting: slavery in the 21st century: ABOLITION in OUr time.
The Town Hall Meeting will educate and empower the Boston University community and the city of Boston regarding the estimated 27 million people enslaved around the world. Slavery occurs on all six continents including a CIA estimated 14,500-17,000 individuals are brought to the United States every year. Slavery affects our daily lives because it is part of the global economy. The clothing, coffee, and chocolate industries are just a few that enslave and traffic human beings throughout the world.
The Town Hall Meeting will include a panel discussion focusing on exploitation of vulnerable populations in the form of slavery. Following the panel will be a question and answer session and an action fair.
The free event is open to the public and is an opportunity not only to educate but also to empower our community to act. The Global Health Initiative at Boston University, Rotaract at BU School of Public Health, the BU Student Global Health Organization, Physicians for Human Rights and the Public Health Alliance for Minorities invite you to come and participate in a discussion that affects each of us in our daily lives.
Town Hall Meeting Program
Introduction
Jonathon Simon, Director, Center for International Health and Development, Boston University
Keynote Speaker
Dr. Kevin Bales, President of Free the Slaves
Panelists
Christine Dolan, CEO, International Humanitarian Campaign Against the Exploitation of Children
Stephen Marks, Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Professor of Health and Human Rights at Harvard School of Public Health
Beatrice Fernando, Founder of Nivasa Foundation
Moderator
Laura Murphy, Harvard University
Wednesday, November 14, 2007
6pm - 9pm
Boston University Law School Auditorium
765 Commonwealth Avenue
Boston, MA 02115
For more details contact Eva Koehler .
Please note: Parking is not provided.