Imperfections of the Current Anti-trafficking Model

This event is part of the Program on Human Rights speakers series on human trafficking. Justin Dillon is a musician. His band, Tremolo, was featured on television shows, "The Mountain" and "North Shore," as well as a variety of MTV shows including Pimp My Ride, Newlyweds, Bands Reunited, and Dismissed. Dillon came across the issue of Human Trafficking while touring in Russia. He met scores of girls whose ambition to come to west was being preyed upon by traffickers. During his visit, his interpreter, a young girl, shared with him the many "opportunities" that were being offered to her to come to west. Dillon investigated the bogus job opportunities and became incensed at how easy it was to trick them. After sharing with them the dangers of these proposals, he vowed to do something about this issue once he returned home. Upon arriving back in the United States he looked around to find organizations that were addressing the problem and found that they were few, small, and under-funded, but passionate. He immediately started hosting benefit concerts for these organizations in order to support and spread their work. His desire to put on a benefit concert soon grew into a "rockumentary" that combined both critically acclaimed artists and social luminaries in the film, CALL+RESPONSE.

When:
Tuesday, March 6, 2012. 5:30 PM.
Approximate duration of 1.5 hour(s).
Where:
Bechtel Conference Center Encina Hall 616 Serra Street Stanford University Stanford, CA 94305 (Map)
Audience:
General Public
Faculty/Staff
Students
Alumni/Friends
Tags:
Conference / Symposium
Humanities
Sponsor:
Program on Human Rights
Contact:
650-7247199
nmarques@stanford.edu
Admission:

Free and open to the public.

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