2020 Forum
Virtual | October 26-29
The Anti-slavery Movement’s Annual Thought Leadership Convening
This prestigious gathering of anti-slavery leaders from around the world is designed to create a collegial space to coalesce, create partnerships, discuss promising practices, and develop a shared agenda for action. Participants build relationships and prioritize actions in areas such as advocacy, monitoring and evaluation, and collaboration with other sectors.
The Anti-slavery Movement’s Annual Thought Leadership Convening
This prestigious gathering of anti-slavery leaders from around the world is designed to create a collegial space to coalesce, create partnerships, discuss promising practices, and develop a shared agenda for action. Participants build relationships and prioritize actions in areas such as advocacy, monitoring and evaluation, and collaboration with other sectors.
The Anti-slavery Movement’s Annual Thought Leadership Convening
This prestigious gathering of anti-slavery leaders from around the world is designed to create a collegial space to coalesce, create partnerships, discuss promising practices, and develop a shared agenda for action. Participants build relationships and prioritize actions in areas such as advocacy, monitoring and evaluation, and collaboration with other sectors.
2020 Forum Sponsor
The 2020 Freedom From Slavery Forum is funded by a generous grant from The Elkes Foundation.
2020 Forum Advisory Committee
Bhanuja Sharan Lal, MSEMVS | India
Bukeni Waruzi, Free the Slaves | U.S.
Cheryl Perera, OneChild | Canada
Daniel Melese, Freedom Fund | Ethiopia
Linda Kalash, Tankeem Fields for Aid | Jordan
Mara Vanderslice Kelly, United Way Worldwide | U.S.
Natalia Suzuki, Reporter Brasil | Brazil
Shawn MacDonald, Verité | U.S.
Zoe Trodd, Rights Lab, U.K.
2020 Forum
“Opportunities in an Age of Adaptation”
The 8th annual Freedom from Slavery Forum is happening in a unique and exceptional environment. Countries have taken measures to contain the COVID-19 global pandemic, but modern-day slavery including sexual slavery, forced labor and human trafficking has grown worse as proven by several research findings and every-day facts. Civil society organizations are at the front of the fight, but are experiencing increased demand for services while facing a decrease in funding, driving an urgent need for innovation in advocacy and other programmatic design and delivery.
It is in this climate of adaptation that the 8th annual Forum is adapting to the realities imposed by the global pandemic. This year’s virtual forum will be an opportunity to increase participation, interaction, networking, learning and sharing.
Four Days | 90-minute sessions | 8 a.m. EDT (New York)
REGISTER:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIocOGtqTMtHNSKSNWxc-mGzijXuwwp71V7
MONDAY, OCTOBER 26: THE USE OF RESEARCH TO FIGHT MODERN SLAVERY
How can we define and measure the drivers of modern slavery and the impact of interventions in ways that shape policy decisions, generate funding and inform the design of front-line interventions?
- Moderator: Davina Durgana | Minderoo Foundation/Walk Free
- Keynote Address: Kevin Bales | University of Nottingham Rights Lab
- Panelists:
- David Okech | Univ. of Georgia African Programming & Research Initiative to End Slavery
- Michaëlle De Cock | International Labor Organization
- Alice Eckstein | United Nations University Center for Policy Research, Delta 8.7
- Mara Vanderslice Kelly | United Way Worldwide
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 27: STRENGTHENING ADVOCACY FROM GRASSROOTS TO GLOBAL
How have the U.S. Trafficking Victims Protection Act and U.N. Palermo Protocol, now 20 years old, shaped the anti-slavery movement? How can we galvanize coordinated global action to more effectively serve enslaved individuals and vulnerable populations? Presented in partnership with the Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition at Yale University.
- Moderator: Luis C.deBaca | Yale University
- Keynote Addresses:
- Hillary Rodham Clinton | Former U.S. Secretary of State (pre-recorded)
- Anousheh Karvar | Alliance 8.7
- Panelists:
- David Blight: Yale University
- Cheryl Pereira | OneChild Canada
- Deepika Mittal | Global March Against Child Labor
- Joha Braimah | Free the Slaves
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28: EMPOWERING & LEARNING FROM SURVIVORS
How can we achieve stronger survivor engagement and leadership in the anti-slavery movement in advocacy, research, policymaking, awareness-raising and project implementation?
- Moderator: Tina Frundt | Courtney’s House
- Keynote Address: Deborah Pembrook | Monterey County California Rape Crisis Center
- Panelists:
- Sophie Otiende | Protection Practitioner
- Ima Matul | National Survivor Network at the Coalition to Abolish Slavery & Trafficking
- Sarah Bessell: Human Trafficking Legal Center
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29: FUNDRAISING & RESOURCE MOBILIZATION
What is the movement’s financial future in the face of challenges imposed by the Covid-19 pandemic, and what must funders do to keep the movement resourced?
- Moderator: Cheryl Pereira | OneChild Canada
- Keynote Addresses:
- Geannina Dinarte Romero | Costa Rica Minister of Labor & Social Security (pre-recorded)
- John Cotton Richmond | U.S. State Dept. Office to Monitor/Combat Trafficking in Persons
- Panelists:
- Nick Grono | Freedom Fund
- Dominique Chauvet-Staco | Pathy Family Foundation
- Vijay Simhan | Humanity United
- Kevin Wilcutts | U.S. Labor Department International Labor Affairs Bureau
REGISTER:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIocOGtqTMtHNSKSNWxc-mGzijXuwwp71V7
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