Globalization, Migration & Human Trafficking Conference

Image from the International Labor Organization

May 2 and 3, 2007

9am – 10pm

California State University Northridge

Whitsett Room

Sierra Hall 451

For more information call 818-677-3110

(If coming from off campus, please call to register as space may be limited. The conference is free but parking on campus is $4)

Conference Sponsors:

CSUN Women’s Resource and Research Center, The Institute of Gender Globalization and Democracy (IGGD), , Coalition to Abolish Slavery & Trafficking (CAST), International Social Science Council’s Scientific Programme on Gender, Globalization and Democratization, CSUN College of Humanities, CSUN College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, CSUN Women’s Studies Department, Graduate Studies, Research and International Programs.


Schedule for CSUN Conference

on Globalization, Migration and Human Trafficking

Day 1: May 2, 2007 - Wednesday

Time/Location / SCHEDULED SESSION
8:30am
Whitsett Room / Coffee - Meeting with speakers
9:00am - 9:50am
Whitsett Room
Sierra Hall
Room 451 / Welcome Remarks
Elizabeth Say, Dean of College of Humanities
Human Trafficking in the United States: An Overview
Imelda Buncab, Coalition to Abolish Slavery & Trafficking
10:00am - 10:50am
Whitsett Room
Sierra Hall
Room 451 / Responding Locally to the Global Crime of Human Trafficking: A Law Enforcement Perspective
Panelists:
Kimberly Agbonkpolor, LA Metro Task Force on Human Trafficking
Lt. Carlos Velez, LAPD Robbery Homicide Division
Dan Gallagher, Special Agent Federal Bureau of Investigations, LA Office
11:00am - 11:50am
Whitsett Room
Sierra Hall
Room 451 / Sex Trafficking in Asia
Dr. Vidyamali Samarasinghe, American University
12:00n - 12:50pm
Whitsett Room
Sierra Hall
Room 451 / Sex Trafficking in Russia
Dr. Janet Johnson, Brooklyn College CUNY
1:00pm – 2:00pm / LUNCH
Speakers & Faculty – Hosted lunch in Cielo Conference Room 451
2:00pm – 3:50pm
Sequoia Hall 104 / Film: CARGO
Q&A with Film Director Michael Cory Davis
4:00pm – 5:00pm
Cielo Conference Room 451 / Reception/Planning Session with Speakers
5:00pm – 6:30pm / DINNER - local restaurant – speakers and faculty
7:00pm – 10:00pm
Sierra Hall 321 / Sex Trafficking in:
Eastern Europe - Anna M. Agathangelou, York University E. Europe (confirmed)
Middle East - Ali Akbar Mahdi, Wesleyan Ohio University (confirmed)
Africa - Jennifer De Maio, CSUN
Discussants:
Dr. Vidya Samarasinghe, American University
Dr. Janet Johnson, Brooklyn College CUNY

Schedule for CSUN Conference on Globalization, Migration and Human Trafficking

Day 2: May 3, 2007 - Thursday

Time/Location / SCHEDULED SESSION
9:00am - 9:30am
Whitsett Room
Sierra Hall
Room 451 / Coffee
9:30am - 10:45am
Whitsett Room
Sierra Hall
Room 451 / Sex Trafficking in Central America
Panelists:
Nicaragua - Maria Rosa Renzi UNIFEM, Nicaragua
Costa Rica – Cecilia Claramunt
11:00am -12:15pm / LUNCH – Speakers & faculty hosted lunch.
12:30pm - 1:45pm
Whitsett Room
Sierra Hall
Room 451 / Immigrant Industrial Complex: Immigrant Workers in the Global Economy
Panelists:
Dr. Grace Chang, UCSB Women’s Studies
Kimi Lee, Executive Director Garment Workers Center
Mily Trevino-Saucedo, Lideres Campesinas
2:00pm - 5pm
Whitsett Room
Sierra Hall
Room 451 / Round Table Session
Grace Chang – UC Santa Barbara
Anna M. Agathangelou – York University
Janet Johnson – Brooklyn College CUNY
Vidyamali Samarasinghe – American University
Maria Rosa Renzi UNIFEM, Nicaragua
Cecilia Claramunt – Costa Rica
Ali Akbar Mahdi – Ohio Wesleyan University
Jennifer DeMaio - |California State University, Northridge
5:00pm
Whitsett Room
Sierra Hall
Room 451 / Reception & Performance Piece (Claudia Franco)
7:00pm / DINNER - local restaurant – speakers and faculty