Program
This year, the Not For Sale Campaign’s Global Forum on Human Trafficking will provide attendees with the unique opportunity to network with other individuals committed to ending human trafficking. In an open forum with global leaders, participants will discuss effective and innovative methods to combat trafficking, address the needs of at-risk populations, and provide relevant tools to build a greater modern-day abolitionist movement.
Program, agenda, and times subject to change.
Pre-conference: Wed, October 13th
2nd Annual Abolition Concert
The 2nd Annual Abolition Concert will feature musical artists and celebrate the journey of Kru Nam and Not For Sale! The 2009 Abolition Concert featured Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, John Foreman of Switchfoot, and Bradley Corrigan of Dispatch and celebrated the work of Lucy Borja. Join us on the evening of Wed, Oct 13th! Ticket price included in conference registration.
DAY 1: Thurs, October 14th: 12-noon-7:00pm
State of the Movement: Expanding The Movement And Increasing Engagement of Different Societal Spheres
Day one will focus upon developing and cultivating a greater movement through sphere-specific discussions aimed at enhancing the commitment of private enterprise, civil society, faith-based communities, and government sectors.
SESSION I BREAKOUTS:
Faith-based Communities: How do we overcome religious differences to create an Abolitionist Faith Community?
Few issues can unite people of all faiths like the issue of modern-day slavery. The right to freedom from enslavement is a uniting doctrine for people of all faiths. How do faith communities, individually and corporately, proclaim, worship, and act to re-abolish slavery? What are the challenges and where is the hope in the modern-day abolitionist faith movement? Come and join the dialogue.
Private Enterprise: The impact and power of Strategic Philanthropy
Philanthropists are exploring innovative and alternative approaches to maximize the impact of their contributions. By considering alternative funding models, developing new methods for measuring success and changing their relationship with their grantees, strategic philanthropists are updating philanthropy for the 21st century. How can advancements in technology and increased engaged by philanthropists increase their impact? Panelists will speak first hand from their experiences supporting programs that address human trafficking.
Law Enforcement: what are the limitations to citizen engagement and partnership?
Increasingly people are aware that human trafficking may be a reality in their own backyards. Effectively addressing human trafficking requires connecting with those within one’s own community. Partnering on the local level through task-forces, community groups, and community-based initiatives can be an effective way of identifying instances of trafficking. Panelists from law enforcement and the task-force community will discuss how citizens can appropriately and effectively work to combat trafficking in their own areas.
SESSION II BREAKOUTS:
Organizing 2.0: Putting a face on social media
Can social media be a tool for change, or is it simply used for connecting with constituents and raising funds? Social innovators will discuss how today’s movement can embrace new media and become more effective.
Public-Private Partnerships: Working with unlikely and unfamiliar partners
Business leaders view non-profits as “idealists”; non-profits think business leaders are driven by profit margins. Yet when they can overcome their differences and work together, extraordinary achievements occur. The panel will explore the difficulties and importance of understanding and working with each other to end slavery.
Civil Society: What’s lacking in the modern-day abolitionist movement?
What lesson can today’s modern-day abolitionist learn from other social movements, past and present? Identifying, discussing, and implementing lessons from past movements can greatly enhance the effectiveness of today’s abolitionist. Leaders and scholars from other social movements will discuss the lessons they have learned in the hopes of identifying practices that are applicable to the modern-day abolitionist.
Panels to be added!
DAY 2: Fri, October 15th: 8:30am-5:30pm
Exploring Unconventional Solutions to Common or Emerging Problem
Day two will explore intricate problems—such as the difficulty of collecting trafficking data, possible shelter models, and the complexity of supply chain—in order to uncover innovative but too often overlooked approaches.
SESSION III BREAKOUTS:
Supporting Survivors: Exploring sustainability through enterprise
Commonly, survivors rely upon shelters and service providers for vital rehabilitation and integration services. Although essential, these programs often only provide temporary support. Social enterprises working with different survivor populations have successfully connected the populations they serve with job placement programs to increase sustainability and expedite social reintegration. Panelists will discuss programs that serve vulnerable or exploited populations in their field of expertise. How can survivors locate adequate employment opportunities that will create stable and sustainable growth? Can social enterprises assist human trafficking survivors by providing employment opportunities? What aspects of the models discussed can be applied to human trafficking programs?
The Numbers Game: What does data really tell us about human trafficking?
Does the human trafficking movement have a data problem? Is there a problem with data recording methodology? Accurately and concisely developing estimates on any form of trafficking, or on trafficking within a precise region, necessitates the development of a precise methodology. What methodologies are currently being deployed, and is there one panacea methodology that can consistently yield an accurate estimate? Is the human trafficking movement dependent upon one estimate or are there alternative processes for understanding human trafficking?
Complex Supply Chains: Can complex production processes be streamlined?
The complexity of production is a commonly cited contributor for the continued vulnerability of business to labor abuses. Adequately addressing forced labor requires companies to think beyond the final stage of production and consider the entire production process. Can tracking systems be effective and are they sustainable? Can transparency be useful for understanding the complex nature of production? Are there alternative approaches to production that should be considered?
Panels to be added!
SESSION IV BREAKOUTS:
Exploitation: Planet and People
The exploitation of people and the planet are interlinked, such as mining in Democratic Republic of the Congo, disputes over access and ownership of land in Thailand, and the deforestation of the Amazon. People and planet are inexplicably linked, yet proposed solutions often focus upon one of the problems
without addressing their interconnected nature. What are the connections between gross environmental degradation and the exploitation of people? Could there be solutions that effectively bridge the need to address both abuses? Is it possible to restore the land and the people simultaneously?
Vulnerability in Motion: Addressing Stateless and Migrant Populations
In 2010 there will be 218 million migrants worldwide and a 16.3 million refugees[1]. As populations on the move, either by choice or force, these groups may lack sufficient protections and can be susceptible to exploitation. Where do these populations exist? Who is exploiting them? And what effective measures are being deployed to mitigate their risk of exploitation? Different practitioners will discuss what effective measures they are deploying to address the vulnerability of the populations they serve.
Panels to be added!
[1] United Nations’ Trends in Total Migrant Stock: The 2008 Revision, http://esa.un.org/migration
