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

[Sarah Merrow]

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>* JOIN THE AUDIENCE *
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>BBC Television and WBUR Radio
>will tape discussions for broadcast on
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>"Forced Labor in the Global Economy"
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>Saturday May 14, 2005
>MIT's Kresge Auditorium
>8:45 a.m. - noon
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>Presented by the MIT Program on Human Rights and Justice at MIT's Center 
>for International Studies and by the BBC World Service Trust
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>Free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served.
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>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 forced labor as a practice of the 
>past, the unfortunate reality is that millions of people are still victims 
>of this gross human rights violation. Despite the fact that many would 
>like to see the globalization process become more fair and equitable, the 
>forced labor issue is
>the focus of insufficient public policy and media attention.
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>This MIT event is designed to raise awareness. It will also raise 
>questions about how exactly to define forced labor, how big a problem it 
>is, and who should deal with it and how.  The event will occur shortly 
>after the release of a major report on the topic by the International 
>Labor Organization.
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>BBC World's The World Debate, hosted by Zeinab Badawi, reaches 258 million 
>homes worldwide.  This program on forced labor will also be distributed in 
>the U.S. by public television.
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>WBUR's 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.
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>Scheduled panelists include:
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>Regina Abrami
>Harvard Business School
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>Kevin Bales
>President, Free the Slaves
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>Jagdish Bhagwati
>University Professor of Economics and Political Science, Columbia University
>Author of In Defense of Globalization
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>Jean-Robert Câdet
>Author of Restavec: From Haitian Slave Child to Middle-Class American
>Adjunct Lecturer in French at the University of Cincinnati
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>Terry Collingsworth
>Executive Director, International Labor Rights Fund
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>Steven Law
>U.S. Deputy Secretary of Labor
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>Roger Plant
>Head of the Special Action Program to Combat Forced Labor, International 
>Labor Organization
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>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/
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>Map of MIT's Kresge Auditorium:
>http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?mapterms=kresge
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>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
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>Free parking is available at MIT's West Garage and West Annex Lot:
>http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?selection=P25&Parking=go
>http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?selection=P26&Parking=go
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>More about getting to MIT, including bus, driving and parking information:
>http://web.mit.edu/visit/get-around.html
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