[Sci-tech-public] BBC and WBUR at Kresge May 14

[Debbie Meinbresse]

>* 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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