Voices for Change: Human Trafficking and the Rule of Law

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Sunday, July 26 - 5:30pm - 7:30pm
Location: 
Renaissance-Grand Ballroom

Sponsored by: LexisNexis

Please join LexisNexis in welcoming Somaly Mam, Guy Jacobson and Martina Vandenberg as they share their work in the fight against human trafficking and to further the Rule of Law.

Program:
Film selections from the HOLLY film, presented by Guy Jacobson
Panel discussion with Somaly Mam, Guy Jacobson and Martina Vandenberg
Reception and book signing for The Road of Lost Innocence by Somaly Mam

Presenter:
Somaly Mam was sold into slavery as a child and coerced into prostitution. Today, Somaly rescues young women from similar horrors, providing shelter, health care and education. She has been recognized globally, named by TIME® Magazine as one of the 100 most influential people of 2009, is a recipient of Glamour Magazine’s 2006 Woman of the Year Award and was featured as a CNN® hero.

Guy Jacobson is the director of the critically acclaimed film HOLLY, which helped launch a global effort to combat the slavery of women and children. He has been honored by the U.S. State Department as a Global Hero. He works tirelessly to raise awareness of the global epidemic of child sex trafficking and exploitation.

Martina Vandenberg is a partner in the Litigation Department of Jenner & Block. Her extensive pro bono practice represents victims of human trafficking. She has been honored with the Albert E. Jenner, Jr. Pro Bono Award for her work representing human trafficking victims and for her legislative advocacy efforts to combat human trafficking.

Learn more about the Rule of Law, Somaly Mam Foundation and the Redlight Children Campaign.

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