“Free the Slaves”
A Presentation on Modern Slavery by former slaves and 2008 Templeton Freedom Award Winners
James Kofi Annan and Ricky Richards
Recipients of the 2008 Templeton Foundation Freedom Award
 
Tuesday, September 23rd, 7:00pm, Davis Auditorium, Columbia University (map)
Advance Registration is required. Please RSVP
 
Cosponsored by Yeshivat Chovevei Torah Rabbinical School – Kronish Tikkun Olam Program, Free the Slaves, CSSR, Columbia University Seminars on Slavery and Memory and on Human Rights, and Columbia/Barnard Hillel


A Presentation on Modern Slavery by 2008 Templeton Freedom Award Winners
 
James Kofi Annan and Ricky Richard from Friends of Orphans will be our guests on Tuesday, September 23, 2008.  Both were enslaved as children, one in Ghana and one in Uganda, and both have gone on to be active in the movement against slavery.  Their analysis is as razor sharp as their stories are inspiring. 

Here is some more info on James, Ricky, and the Templeton Freedom Awards: http://www.thefreedomawards.org/
 
Jolene Smith, Executive Director of Free the Slaves in Washington, D.C., will join Mr. Annan and Mr. Richard in a panel discussion on modern slavery.  There will be an opportunity for Q. and A.. following the presentation.
 
Our panel on modern slavery is being sponsored by:
 
Yeshivat Chovevei Torah Rabbinical School
Kronish Tikkun Olam Program
www.yctorah.org

Free the Slaves
www.freetheslaves.net

The Center for the Study of Science and Religion
of the Earth Institute, Columbia University
www.columbia.edu/cu/cssr 

Columbia University Seminar on Slavery and Memory
Columbia University Seminar on Human Rights
www.columbia.edu/cu/seminars  

Columbia/Barnard Hillel
http://www.hillel.columbia.edu/
 
 
For more information: Rabbi Herman at jlherman@jlherman.net or Ossian Foley at opf1@columbia.edu