[LCM Events] Lecture&Movie: Beatrice Fernando tell her story of human trafficking and slavery in Lebanon

[Hiba Bou Akar]

Ex-Slave to Speak at "Stolen Childhoods" Screening

Monday, May 2 @ 7 - 9 pm
Belmont World Film 2005 International Film Festival
Studio Cinema, 376 Trapelo Rd, Belmont, MA
Admission: $5

Join us for a screening of "Stolen Childhoods" and hear Beatrice
Fernando tell her story of human trafficking and slavery in
Lebanon. This event offers a deeper look into global child labor
and slavery as well as personal accounts and investigation into
the modern-day slave trade.

Narrated by Meryl Streep, this feature length film exposes the
world of child labor and slavery through the words of laboring
children, their parents, and human rights activists.

Beatrice Fernando: At the age of 23, Ms. Fernando was trafficked
by an "employment agency" from her native Sri Lanka to Lebanon,
where she was held as a slave, enduring brutal beatings, near
starvation, and other abuses. Visit
http://www.iabolish.com/news/press-kit/bio/fernando.htm to read
Beatrice's bio and
http://www.iabolish.com/news/global/2005/bf-testimony030905.htm
for the text of her recent testimony to Congress.

Following Ms. Fernando's presentation, Liora Kasten,
Communications Director for the American Anti-Slavery Group,
will share her experience investigating child slavery in India
this past March.

This event is co-sponsored by Amnesty International and the
American Anti-Slavery Group. A portion of the proceeds will be
donated the American Anti-Slavery Group.

For more information on modern-day slavery, visit
http://www.iAbolish.com .