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In Episode 8 and the final episode of My Epiphany, John Schultz, EVP, Chief Operating and Legal Officer at Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), recalls the moment where he is sat in a meeting and is left shaken to find that modern slavery is actually on the rise.HOW CAN YOU GET INVOLVEDEducate: Modern slavery is happening to people in the UK, in your town, in cities, on farms, and to people your age. Visit our website, follow us on social media, educate yourself. Talk to your friends and family about it. Think before you buy a fake football shirt, or pay for a cut price manicure or a cheap car wash.Donate: Your money helps us to continue to develop awareness-raising campaigns and educational materials. It helps us to support grassroots organisations working directly with survivors and work with businesses to uncover and stamp out modern slavery in their supply chains.Learn more: https://theantislaverycollective.org/Follow us on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the_anti_slavery_collective/?hl=enFollow us on x: https://x.com/TASC_orgFollow us on Facebook: / tasc.orgFollow us on linkedin: / theantislaverycollective#antislavery #modernslavery #slavery #humantraffickingawareness #epiphany Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode 6 of My Epiphany features Amoge (Ams) Ukaegbu from the Sophie Hayes Foundation. As a student, Amoge will never forget the moment she came across the story of a young girl who was trafficked by her family to the UK as a child bride. An estimated 640 million girls and women alive today were married in childhood (UNICEF, 2023)Ever since that moment Ams has had lifelong commitment to combating human trafficking and modern slavery. She has worked in roles supporting survivors and advocating for basic human rights, with a focus on ending exploitation and empowering vulnerable communities. HOW CAN YOU GET INVOLVEDEducate: Modern slavery is happening to people in the UK, in your town, in cities, on farms, and to people your age. Visit our website, follow us on social media, educate yourself. Talk to your friends and family about it. Think before you buy a fake football shirt, or pay for a cut price manicure or a cheap car wash. Donate: Your money helps us to continue to develop awareness-raising campaigns and educational materials. It helps us to support grassroots organisations working directly with survivors and work with businesses to uncover and stamp out modern slavery in their supply chains. Learn more: https://theantislaverycollective.org/Follow us on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the_anti_slavery_collective/?hl=enFollow us on x: https://x.com/TASC_orgFollow us on Facebook: / tasc.org Follow us on linkedin: / theantislaverycollective #antislavery #modernslavery #slavery #humantraffickingawareness #epiphany Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In Episode 4 of My Epiphany, Brandon Daniels, the CEO of the global EXIGER, recalls a chilling phone call he will never forget. In 2020, 39 Vietnamese men and women, including 10 teenagers (the youngest of which was only 15 years old), suffocated in the back of a lorry as they were trafficked into the UK. Several months later, one of EXIGER’s partners was about to enter into a new client relationship with the very firm responsible for this horrifying event. EXIGER’s systems immediately generated a red alert. Brandon tells us about the learning journey he went on as he found out more about this devastating tragedy. This is the story that fuels his fire in making supply chains more visible, accountable, and ethical.HOW CAN YOU GET INVOLVEDEducate: Modern slavery is happening to people in the UK, in your town, in cities, on farms, and to people your age. Visit our website, follow us on social media, educate yourself. Talk to your friends and family about it. Think before you buy a fake football shirt, or pay for a cut price manicure or a cheap car wash. Donate: Your money helps us to continue to develop awareness-raising campaigns and educational materials. It helps us to support grassroots organisations working directly with survivors and work with businesses to uncover and stamp out modern slavery in their supply chains. Learn more: https://theantislaverycollective.org/Follow us on instagram: / the_anti_slavery_collective Follow us on x: https://x.com/TASC_orgFollow us on Facebook: / tasc.org Follow us on linkedin: / theantislaverycollective #antislavery #modernslavery #slavery #humantraffickingawareness #epiphany #artificialintelligence Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Introducing episode 2 of our new short interview series My Epiphany.Episode 2 features Phil Brewer, a retired Police Officer who spent 5 years investigating modern slavery and human trafficking in the Met, now a specialist advisor at the Human Trafficking Foundation and lecturer and honorary research fellow at St Mary’s University.Early in his career with the Met,  Phil worked on the case of a man trafficked from Nigeria to the UK when he was 14 into a life of domestic servitude. For 26 years the young man slept on a roll-up mat on the kitchen floor. When he was finally rescued, every possession he owned in the world fit into two plastic bags. It was a case he'll never forget.Every week until December a new film will be released across our social media platforms and The Anti-Slavery Collective website.HOW CAN YOU GET INVOLVEDEducate: Modern slavery is happening to people in the UK, in your town, in cities, on farms, and to people your age. Visit our website, follow us on social media, educate yourself. Talk to your friends and family about it. Think before you buy a fake football shirt, or pay for a cut price manicure or a cheap car wash. Donate: Your money helps us to continue to develop awareness-raising campaigns and educational materials. It helps us to support grassroots organisations working directly with survivors and work with businesses to uncover and stamp out modern slavery in their supply chains. Learn more: https://theantislaverycollective.org/Follow us on instagram: / the_anti_slavery_collective Follow us on x: https://x.com/TASC_org Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

For our final episode of the series, we're delighted to welcome world renowned activist and North Korean defector, Yeonmi Park.After escaping from North Korea as a child, Yeonmi suffered at the hands of human traffickers in China, but still speaks openly about her experiences and uses her profile to shine a light on this worldwide issue. We discuss her story and how we can all use the privileges of our freedom to highlight how many people aren't afforded such luxuries.  For more information, visit our website or click the links below:Yeonmi's latest memoir 'Yeonmi Park: I hope my book will shine a light on the darkest place in the world''Inside China's 'Red Zone' where North Korean women are sold as slaves' Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Our guest today has quite the CV. Amanda Nguyen is a civil rights activist who has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize, voted as a TIME Women of the Year and has ambitions of becoming an astronaut. She is one incredible woman!Amanda talks to us about how her Vietnamese background made her all too aware of the realities of human trafficking and what can be done to fight this issue. Plus, Amanda talks us through how she founded Rise, the nonprofit that fights for the civil rights of sexual violence survivors, after her own horrific experience and her inspirational work in the US government.For more information, visit our website or click the links below:Amanda Nguyen Is Fighting for Sexual Assault Survivor Rights All Around the WorldRiseRise's #StopAsianHate campaignActivist Amanda Nguyen Is Telling a Different Story About Sexual Assault Through Clothes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Joining us today is a woman with more experience in dealing with survivors of modern slavery than most.After working with traumatised victims of crime across three decades in the Metropolitan Police, Karen now helps to run Bakhita House – a safe house that takes a holistic approach to caring for female survivors of modern slavery. Karen chats to us about how her work in the police informs her approach today, the need for greater governmental support and how Bakhita House always makes it about the survivors themselves, not their trauma.For more information, visit our website or click the links below:Caritas Bakhita HouseThe Salvation ArmyIndependent Anti-Slavery Commissioner Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today, we're delighted to be joined by Ambassador Cindy Dyer, who serves as Ambassador-at-Large to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons in President Joe Biden's administration.Cindy talks to us about methods the US government is implementing to provide greater protection to survivors of trafficking and how she's interacted with survivors personally. Plus, we talk about how efforts at the local level are just as important as state and international legislation. For more info, visit our website or click the links below:Cindy Dyer BiographyCindy Dyer Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe speech2023 Trafficking in Persons Report Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The fashion industry is one of world’s largest consumer economies. But, unfortunately, it has become inextricably linked with the prevalence of modern slavery and lack of environmental sustainability. Today’s guest is hoping to change that for the better.James Bartle is the founder and CEO of Outland Denim, an ethical fashion company that works with survivors of human trafficking to provide them sustainable means of work, helping them to to rebuild their lives. He talks to us about seeing trafficking firsthand, how Outland treats its employees with dignity and respect, and what the global fashion industry still needs to address amidst the fight against modern slavery. For more info, visit our website or click the links below:Outland DenimUnseen: Modern Slavery in FashionWalk Free: Beyond Compliance in the Garment Industry Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ahead of the launch of Season Two, here is a quick explainer about modern slavery, some of the terminology involved and how it's become such a prevalent issue in the modern world. Plus, we also touch on how The Anti-Slavery Collective came to be.Join us tomorrow for the first episode of our new season, where we'll be speaking to former British Prime Minister, Theresa May. For more info, visit our website or click the links below. Modern Slavery Act 2015Modern Slavery HelplineModern Slavery FootprintThe Independent Anti Slavery CommissionerWalk Free's 'Global Slavery Index' Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

For the final episode of the series, we look at how the Russian invasion of Ukraine has resulted in an alarming spike in incidences of human trafficking.Eugenie and Jules are joined from the Poland-Ukraine border by Dean, a former member of the Armed Forces trying to help those displaced by the war. He tells us about intercepting human traffickers, just how prominent it's become and what we can all do to help.Thanks for listening to this series of Floodlight! For more info, visit our website or click the links below:MitmarkOperation Blue Shield (Mitmark)Our Journal from our visit to Poland and Ukraine Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Operation Fort remains the largest case of modern slavery ever tried in the UK, and today's guest was right at the heart of it. We're joined by Detective Chief Inspector from West Midlands Police, Nick Dale!As the lead investigator for Operation Fort, Nick may well have more first-hand experience of fighting modern slavery than anyone else in the UK. He sits down with Eugenie and Jules to discuss the inner workings of Operation Fort, how his team helped numerous victims across the country, and the telltale signs of modern slavery in our everyday lives.For more info, visit our website or click the links below:Operation Fort Hope for Justice Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On today's episode of Floodlight, we're joined by Kevin Bales, Kevin is a Professor of Contemporary Slavery at the University of Nottingham and one of the world's foremost experts in the fight against modern slavery.He joins Jules and Eugenie to discuss his three-decade career, where his academic studies and varied activism work have continued to help everyone from the United Nations to the next generation of change-makers.For more info, visit our website or click the links below. Nottingham rights labTed talk: How to Combat Modern SlaveryBook: Disposable peopleBook: Blood and earth where modern slavery intersects with climate changeFree the slaves Anti-Slavery International The Happy Baby Community The National Referral Mechanism Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.