Monday, March 4, 2013 at 07:11PM Due to the expected winter storm, the March 5, 2013 SlaveFree Madison meeting is cancelled.
The next SlaveFree Madison meeting will be April 2, 2013. The meeting will include a one hour education program at 6:30 pm followed by the business meeting at 7:30. We are working with our March program presenter to see if she can join us in April. If not, an alternate program will be announced.
Monday, February 25, 2013 at 02:04PM Join SlaveFree Madison in welcoming documentary filmmaker Rebecca Dorrill to our March meeting. Dorrill will discuss her film All About the Money.
It’s vaguely covered in the media. It’s the cause of the moment. It sounds like something that wouldn’t happen here. But what exactly is human trafficking? Does the term refer to labor or sexual exploitation? How prevalent is it locally? And since we are no longer living in an era of legal slavery, why don't individuals simply escape from their traffickers?
These are some of the questions examined by service providers, law enforcement and survivors of human trafficking in All About the Money. From activists in St. Louis to a repentant trafficker in South Africa, this film exposes the shameful global practice of tricking, coercing and forcing individuals into labor and sex slavery for the sake of making a profit.
Join SlaveFree Madison for what promises to be an interesting look into the issue of human trafficking and the making of a film on the subject.
Tuesday, March 5, 2013
6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Covenant Presbyterian Church (map)
326 South Segoe Road
Madison
New to Madison, Dorrill is a recent political science graduate of Washington University (St. Louis). In addition to serving as a legal advocate for abused women in St. Louis, she has also worked as a documentary filmmaker, photographer and musician. Dorrill has an interest in documentary film, oral history and social justice issues. Her films generally tell the stories of underrepresented populations.
Monday, February 11, 2013 at 04:34PM SlaveFree Madison chair JoAnn Gruber-Hagen was interviewed for a news story on the subject of human trafficking recently aired on WMTV NBC 15 in Madison. The report shared one trafficking survivor's story, information on the incidence of human trafficking in Wisconsin and efforts being taken to combat human trafficking. Wisconsin Attoryney General JB Van Hollen and Dane County Executive Joe Parisi were also interviewed for the report.
The video of NBC 15's report can be found here.
Monday, January 7, 2013 at 08:41AM January is state and national Human Trafficking Awareness and Prevention Month. SlaveFree Madison is reaching out to all community members to stand in opposition to the shameful human trafficking that occurs every day in Madison and beyond. To that end, SlaveFree Madison is hosting a number of public education and awareness events during the month. We hope to see you at some of them!
Tuesday, January 8, 2012
6:30-7:30 pm
Covenant Presbyterian Church (map)
326 South Segoe Road
Madison
Room C206 (on the main floor)
Madison Police Officer Norra Prohaska will describe how she mines arrest, charging and conviction data to identify possible human trafficking perpetrators. This program precedes the January SlaveFree Madison meeting.
Friday, January 11, 2013
4:30-5:30 pm
State Capitol Square and Rotunda (map)
The march and rally will raise awareness of human trafficking (poster). Come and bring your own sign (no sticks permitted inside the Capitol). March begins at 4:30 at the State Street intersection with the Capitol Square and the Rally will follow at 5:00 in the Capitol Rotunda.
Saturday, January 12, 2013
10:00 am-2:00 pm
Goodman Community Center (map)
149 Waubesa Street
Madison
This action and awareness event is an opportunity for Madison-area residents to learn more about human trafficking from local experts, to discover the anti-trafficking and interrelated efforts of local organizations and to take action immediately by signing up to volunteer with participating organizations. In addition to the information tables staffed by participating organizations, a program of speakers will focus on the three P's of Human Trafficking—Prevention, Protection and Prosecution (poster).
Saturday, January 26, 2013
10:30 am-4:30 pm
Fitchburg Public Library (map)
5530 Lacy Road
Fitchburg
Join us for a FREE screening of three films and a panel discussion exploring various forms of human trafficking (poster).
The only way not to see this is not to look.
10:30 am Carissa
11:00 am Sex + Money
1:00 pm Panel Discussion
2:30 pm Not My Life
Human trafficking in the Madison area and the greater United States is largely ignored.
Let's show Madison that we are going to change that.
Thursday, April 26, 2012 at 04:44PM James Kofi Annan, enslaved in the fishing industry in Ghana from age 6 to 12, will speak in Madison on Saturday, April 28, 2012 at 4:00 pm. The event will take place at
1704 Roberts Court (behind the Monroe Street Associated Bank) Google Map
Madison, WI 53711
Mr. Kofi Annan, no relation to the former UN Secretary General, has a remarkable life story. Enslaved and abused in the dangerous fishing industry for six years, he freed and educated himself -- only learning to read and write at age 13 -- and now devotes his life to an organization he founded called Challenging Heights. Challenging Heights seeks not only to rescue, restore and educate child slaves, but to prevent further enslavement through education around the issue. His work was honored by Free the Slaves at their 2008 Freedom Awards and by Grinnell College in the fall of 2011.
Mr. Kofi Annan is in Madison through the Hovde Foundation, which supports his work. This presentation is coordinated by Slave Free Madison. For further information, Contact SlaveFree Madsion
