Shadowlands and Hold Sway Dance Performances
Details to be announced
New York New York 10012
Join us for an evening of provocative modern dance, compelling speakers and an interactive expert panel as we explore the lives of women trapped in a life of sex slavery, and then begin to address the ways in which we can fight against it and make a lasting change.
This modern dance work, created by Sarah Council Dance Projects, journeys into the world of modern day slavery. Inspired by the stories of sex trafficking survivors, five dancers move in and out of confining set pieces to the haunting music of Greg Heffernan. Shadowlands will be paired with another Sarah Council selection called Hold Sway, a duet that maps a continual struggle for control through reoccurring images and interactions that range from tender to oppressive. Sarah Council Dance Projects is committed to creating emotionally and physically honest dance performance works. These pieces explore and reflect life's poignant moments – from the beautiful to the tragic, the curious to the absurd. The dancers move with both clarity and abandon to create images and relationships that provoke thought, conjure memory and capture imaginations. A Q&A will follow with choreographer Sarah Council, along with experts in sex trafficking and after-care of victims.
This event is presented by Love146 New York in partnership with Sarah Council Dance Projects and UNA-YPIC's Partnership for the Eradication of Human Trafficking with special guest speakers from Restore and Hello Rewind.
Labor Trafficking Panel
Details to be announced
A partnership between Nomi Network and Safe Horizon, this event will prove an eye-opener into how pervasive slavery is in our consumer culture. The focus will be on slave-free sourcing. Attendees will be educated and empowered in how consumers can avoid purchasing products that have slavery in their supply chains.
Saturday, September 25th, 2010
Church for All Nations -
8pm
417 West 57th Street
New York New York 10019
USA (212) 333-5583
Price: $10 ahead/$15 at door
Join us for a Freedom Week kickoff concert featuring amazing music and benefitting the work of the Not For Sale Campaign here in the city and around the world!
Thursday, September 30th, 2010
Tele Design Studio -
7-9 pm
31 Little West 12th St, New York, NY 10014
Price: $15
History Starts Now, which fights domestic trafficking of children and helps to empower women who have been victims of trafficking and domestic abuse, will host a silent art auction, curated by artist Asya Geisberg, at Tele Design Studio in the Meatpacking District. Featured speakers include HSN founder Kristina Grandstaff, among others.
Saturday, October 2nd, 2010
NYU Kimmel Center, 4th Floor Auditorium -
4-6 pm
60 Washington Square South
New York New York 10012
New York University's Against Child Trafficking is proud to present two short films on child labor slavery: this year's Oscar-nominated Kavi, a fictional film about a child slave working the brick kilns in India, and Restaveks: Haiti's Child Slaves, a documentary brief focusing on the centuries-old tradition of child trafficking in Haiti and the U.S.
Following the screening will be a Q&A panel with featured speakers: Carmen Russell, the director of Restaveks, and Jean-Robert Cadet, a former restavek turned activist.
Sunday, October 3rd, 2010
Verlaine Bar -
4-6 pm
110 Rivington St (between Essex and Ludlow Sts)
New York New York 10002
(212) 614-2494
Price: $5
Please join us for the closing night of Freedom Week with art and poetry inspired by the plight of trafficked victims. Published poet Tamiko Beyer and award-winning spoken word artist Kelly Tsai will explore themes of entrapment, deception and exploitation, as well as liberation, healing and transcendence.
Featured speaker Alissa Moore of Nomi Network will talk about her organization's unique strategy to combat sex trafficking as well as respond to questions from the audience. Nomi's beautiful slave-free products, whose sale benefits Nomi's outreach projects, will also be available.
This event is funded in part by Poets & Writers, Inc. with public funds from New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency.
Saturday, October 9th, 2010
Stop Child Trafficking Now Walk
Stop Child Trafficking Now Awareness and Fundraising Walk -
check in from 9:00 a.m., walk begins at 10:00 a.m.
throughout New York City
877-488-9255
An extension of Freedom Week, we are pleased to announce the annual walk sponsored by a partner from last year's Freedom Week - Stop Child Trafficking Now. The walk will originate at Lincoln Center on Saturday October 9th at 10.00 a.m. Please join us! Start raising funds now and recruit friends and family members to be part of something exciting and inspiring. The link below provides all the necessary details.
See you at the walk!
http://sctnow.donordrive.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=donorDrive.eventDetails&eventID=631&destination=E