Major Program by Rev. Bill Sinkford, President of the UUA.

Featured speakers include:

Francis Bok, escaped slave from Sudan.

Charles Jacobs, President of the American Anti-Slavery Group.

Vivek Pandit, Director of Vidhayak Sansad.

Workshop Sponsored by UU's Against Slavery.

Featured speakers include:

Dr. Kevin Bales, Director of Free The Slaves and author of Disposable People.

Dr. Bales, the world's foremost authority on slavery offers his insights gained from personal research on five continents.This workshop is a must for anyone who is troubled by the fact that we still have slavery all
over the world, including the US, in the 21st Century.

Workshop Sponsored by UU Holdeen India Project.

Featured speakers include:

Kathy Shreedhar, Director of UU Holdeen India Project.

Vivek Pandit, Director of Vidhayak Sansad.

Though not dedicated exclusively to combat slavery, the mission of these two organizations is to fight exploitation of disadvantaged people in India. Inevitably, this leads to freeing of bonded laborers, who account for the majority of the world's 27 million slaves. Their approach to empower people has been incredibly successful.