[Editors] May 14 event at Kresge

[amy tarr]

I hope the group won't mind my sending a 
'save-the-date' email for a high-profile event at 
Kresge Auditorium the morning of Saturday, May 
14.  The BBC and WBUR will tape broadcasts on the 
important topic of forced labor. So: fun and 
serious and the same time.

If you know of groups or individuals who might be 
interested, my colleagues and I at the Center for 
International Studies would appreciate your 
forwarding the announcement to them. Naturally, 
we welcome coverage by one and all, as well.

Many thanks.

-------Amy
Amy Tarr
Director, Public Programs
MIT Center for International Studies
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
292 Main Street, Bldg. E38-657
Cambridge, MA  02139
617.253.1965
atarr at mit.edu
http://web.mit.edu/cis



* S A V E   T H E   D A T E *

Please join us for a special event on

FORCED LABOR IN THE GLOBAL ECONOMY
Saturday May 14, 2005
MIT's Kresge Auditorium
8:45 a.m. - noon

Presented by the MIT Program on Human Rights and 
Justice at MIT's Center for International Studies 
and the BBC World Service Trust

Free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served.

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.)
____________

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.

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.

The event will feature the taping of panel 
discussions by BBC Television's "The World 
Debate" and National Public Radio's "On Point" 
(produced by WBUR/Boston) and will be held at the 
Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Kresge 
Auditorium. 

The BBC World Debate, hosted by Zeinab Badawi, is 
distributed worldwide to 275 million homes. On 
Point is hosted by Tom Ashbrook, a former deputy 
managing editor of the Boston Globe, and is 
distributed to NPR stations across the United 
States.

The panelists will include:

Kevin Bales
President, Free the Slaves

Jagdish Bhagwati
University Professor of Economics and Political Science, Columbia University
Author of In Defense of Globalization

Jean-Robert Câdet
Author of Restavec: From Haitian Slave Child to Middle-Class American
Adjunct Lecturer in French at the University of Cincinnati

Steven Law
U.S. Deputy Secretary of Labor

Mary Robinson
Executive Director, Ethical Globalization Initiative
Former President of Ireland (1990-1997)
Former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (1997-2002)
____________

Additional details are available at:
http://web.mit.edu/cis/press_release_forced_labor.html
http://web.mit.edu/phrj
http://web.mit.edu/cis/

Map of MIT's Kresge Auditorium:
http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?mapterms=kresge

The auditorium is a 5- to 10-minute walk from the 
Kendall Square "T" stop (red line)
http://www.mbta.com/traveling_t/schedules_subway_stationinfo.asp?staname=Kendall

More about getting to MIT, including bus, driving and parking information:
http://web.mit.edu/visit/get-around.html




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