Restorative Justice and Human Trafficking – from Wisconsin to the World. This year’s Restorative Justice Conference is designed to bring together survivors, community members, lawyers, teachers, social workers, and others to learn about human trafficking and the deep impact it has on both victims and communities, locally as well as internationally. Click here for the full list of event and speakers.
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Join our CEO Shamere McKenzie at Loyola University for an event entitled, “Slavery Still Exist: A Slavery & Abolition Symposium”. Shamere is one of the Keynote speakers in addition to Kenneth Morris, Jr., President and Founder of the Frederick Douglas Family Initiative. The event begins with a panel discussion at 4 pm. Panelists include: Sheriff Tom Dart – Cook County Sheriff Katherine Kaufa Walts, JD – Director of Center for Human Rights of Children at Loyola University and International Expert…
Find out more »Our CEO, Shamere McKenzie, will be one of the speakers for this conference. Other speakers include: Berit Kyllo Francis, Board member of Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network and Survivor of Sexual Assault Gillian Sescoe, Hadassah’s Washington Advocacy Representative to U.S. Congress and U.S. Government Agencies Diane Issenberg, Past National HMO Chair, Nurse, and Designer/Developer of Every Step Counts Click here for more information.
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4W (Women Well-being Wisconsin World) is hosting a conference in Madison, WI entitled, VOICES OF HOPE Listening to and Supporting Survivors of Human Trafficking. Date: July 15-16, 2015 Venue: University of Wisconsin-Madison – NANCY NICHOLAS HALL Our CEO, Shamere McKenzie will serve as the Keynote speaker. Additional speakers include: Rebecca Bender – a Survivor Leader and Advocate in the efforts to eradicate modern day slavery. Rebecca is a well sought after conference presenter and keynote at some of the largest anti-trafficking events in…
Find out more »Join Historians Against Slavey for their bi-annual conference. Our CEO, Shamere McKenzie, was one of the keynote speakers wo years ago and will be chairing a panel discussion this year. This antislavery conference, building on its predecessor sponsored by Historians Against Slavery in 2013, is designed to facilitate dialogue, scholarship, and action in our efforts to end contemporary slavery. It will bring together survivors and other activists from varied backgrounds, educators at both K-12 and college levels, scholars, and interested…
Find out more »Our CEO Shamere McKenzie and our Senior Advisor to our Board of Directors amongst speakers for WISE, Univeristy of Hull Anti-Slavery Usable Past Conference. Anti-Slavery Usable Past will bring together experts from around the world to the University of Hull’s Wilberforce Institute of Slavery and Emancipation (WISE) to discuss what lessons can be learned from history in tackling slavery today.
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Join our Secretary to our Board of Directors, Keisha Head aong with Dekalb County District Attorney Robert James.
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“Loyola University New Orleans President Kevin Wildes and the Modern Slavery Research Project are honored to host Dr. Kevin Bales, the world’s leading expert and scholar on modern slavery, when he speaks at Loyola University on Friday evening, January 22, 2016 at 7:00 PM in Nunemaker Hall inside the newly renovated Monroe Hall on Loyola’s main campus, 6363 St Charles Avenue. Dr. Bales’ new book, Blood and Earth: Modern Slavery, Ecocide and the Secret to Saving the World is the…
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Our CEO, Shamere McKenzie, will be speaking at the launch of the “More Than a Survivor” exhibit at Loyola University Museum of Art (LUMA) on Tuesday, February 9, 2016 at 6 pm. McKenzie will be joined by Cook County Sheriff, Tom Dart and Rev. Dr. Marian Hatcher, Senior Project Manager and Human Trafficking Coordinator at Cook County Sheriff’s Office. “The More Than A Survivor: More Than A Story Campaign and Poster Series features a series of stunning portraits of 22 women from across…
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Our CEO, Shamere McKenzie, will be speaking at the University of Floriday on February 11, 2016 at 7 pm.
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