Get Ready for Freedom Week

by Jen Nedeau · 2009-09-17 20:20:00 UTC
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Just found out about this exciting event series coming up in New York City called Freedom Week, which is seven days of awareness-raising events, delving deep into the issue of modern-day slavery in all of its many forms. I hope to be able to make it to some of the events, but wanted to share with those in New York.

SEPTEMBER 20

- The Economics of Sex Slavery by Siddharth Kara, author of Sex Trafficking: Inside the Business of Modern Slavery. TBA; FREE

- Fatal Promises documentary featuring actress Emma Thompson, activist Gloria Steinem and Free the Slaves founder Kevin Bales. 3, 5, 7 and 9:30pm; $11, $8 student, $6 senior

SEPTEMBER 21

- "Faces of Freedom" photography exhibit co-sponsored by UNICEF & RugMark. TBA; FREE

- The World of Sex Trafficking with New York Times journalist Nicholas Kristof & Kaign Christy of International Justice Mission. 8pm; FREE

SEPTEMBER 22

- Q&A forum with Restore and other organizations. 7-9:30pm; FREE

- "Redemption Songs of Freedom" benefit concert with hip-hop artist Emmanuel Jal. 8pm (doors open at 7:30pm); $5 with Columbia Univ. student ID, $15 without

SEPTEMBER 23

- Book reading with The Snakehead author Patrick Radden Keefe. 7pm; FREE with advance registration

- See Me! Hear Me! dramatic play by director and choreographer Kathleen Thompson. 9pm; FREE

- Book reading with Slave Hunter author Aaron Cohen. TBA; FREE

SEPTEMBER 24

- Art exhibit: Paintings by Jeremy Penn of hip-hop artist and former child soldier Emmanuel Jal and NYC girls rescued from sex trafficking. 11am-3pm; FREE

- Fashion Fights Slavery, sponsored by Nomi Network and the Fashion Institute of Technology. 1-3pm; FREE

SEPTEMBER 25

The World of Restaveks and the system of child labor slavery with author Ben Skinner and Anna Grimaldi Colomer of UNICEF. 4pm; FREE

SEPTEMBER 26

Call + Response music documentary + guest speaker Ambassador Luis de Baca. 3-7pm, FREE

SEPTEMBER 27

- Stop Child Trafficking Now Walk. 9am; FREE with registration

Jen Nedeau Jen Nedeau is a media relations professional and a writer based in New York City.
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