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<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite><font size=5><b>* S A V
E T H E D A T E *<br><br>
</b></font><font size=4><i>Please join us for a special event
on<br><br>
</i><b>FORCED LABOR IN THE GLOBAL ECONOMY<br>
Saturday May 14, 2005<br>
MIT's Kresge Auditorium<br>
8:45 a.m. - noon<br><br>
</b>Presented by the MIT Program on Human Rights and Justice at MIT's
Center for International Studies and the BBC World Service
Trust<br><br>
</font>Free and open to the public. Refreshments will be
served.<br><br>
<b>We ask audience members to arrive promptly---by 8:45 a.m.---to
accommodate the broadcast taping schedule. Guests will be instructed to
turn off all cellphones and beepers during the taping of the two
programs. (There will be a 15-minute break between the two.)<br>
</b>____________<br><br>
Though many of us would like to think of slavery as a practice of the
past, the unfortunate reality is that millions of people are still
victims of forced labor, enforced prostitution and human trafficking.
Despite the seriousness of this problem, it is the focus of insufficient
public policy and media attention.<br><br>
This event is designed to shine increase awareness about forced labor in
the global economy, and will occur shortly after the release of a major
report on the topic by the International Labor Organization.<br><br>
The event will feature the taping of panel discussions by<font size=4><b>
BBC Television's "The World Debate"</b></font>
and<font size=4><b> National Public Radio's "On
Point</b>"</font> (produced by WBUR/Boston) and will be held at the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Kresge Auditorium. <br><br>
The BBC World Debate, hosted by<font size=4><b> Zeinab Badawi</b>,</font>
is distributed worldwide to 275 million homes. On Point is hosted
by<font size=4><b> Tom Ashbrook</b>,</font> a former deputy managing
editor of the<i> Boston Globe</i>, and is distributed to NPR stations
across the United States.<br><br>
The panelists will include:<br><br>
<font size=4><b>Kevin Bales<br>
</b></font>President, Free the Slaves<br><br>
<font size=4><b>Jagdish Bhagwati<br>
</b></font>University Professor of Economics and Political Science,
Columbia University<br>
Author of<i> In Defense of Globalization<br><br>
</i><font size=4><b>Jean-Robert Cādet<br>
</b></font>Author of<i> Restavec: From Haitian Slave Child to
Middle-Class American<br>
</i>Adjunct Lecturer in French at the University of Cincinnati<br><br>
<font size=4><b>Steven Law<br>
</b></font>U.S. Deputy Secretary of Labor<br><br>
<font size=4><b>Mary Robinson<br>
</b></font>Executive Director, Ethical Globalization Initiative<br>
Former President of Ireland (1990-1997)<br>
Former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (1997-2002)<br>
____________<br><br>
Additional details are available at:<br>
<u><a href="http://web.mit.edu/cis/press_release_forced_labor.html" eudora="autourl">http://web.mit.edu/cis/press_release_forced_labor.html</a><br>
<a href="http://web.mit.edu/phrj" eudora="autourl">http://web.mit.edu/phrj</a><br>
<a href="http://web.mit.edu/cis/" eudora="autourl">http://web.mit.edu/cis/</a><br><br>
</u>Map of MIT's Kresge Auditorium:<br>
<u><a href="http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?mapterms=kresge" eudora="autourl">http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?mapterms=kresge</a><br><br>
</u>The auditorium is a 5- to 10-minute walk from the Kendall Square
"T" stop (red line)<br>
<a href="http://www.mbta.com/traveling_t/schedules_subway_stationinfo.asp?staname=Kendall" eudora="autourl">http://www.mbta.com/traveling_t/schedules_subway_stationinfo.asp?staname=Kendall</a><br><br>
More about getting to MIT, including bus, driving and parking
information:<br>
<a href="http://web.mit.edu/visit/get-around.html" eudora="autourl">http://web.mit.edu/visit/get-around.html</a><br><br>
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