Abstract 2017 Oscar Romero Award Pre-Program2017 Rothko Chapel Óscar Romero Award Pre-Program Double Jeopardy: Women and the Criminal Justice System Conversation with Julie Bindel and Dr. Andrea Link, moderated by Lise OlsenWomen of sex trafficking face the dual realities of being victims while also being prosecuted as offenders. Julie Bindel was joined in conversation with Houston advocate Dr. Andrea Link and Lise Olsen, investigative reporter with the Houston Chronicle as...

Abstract Houston Human Trafficking Awareness MonthInterfaith service and discussion Reverend Kimberly Orr, Imam Abdullah Oduro, Claire Villareal, and Rabbi Roy WalterThe Human Trafficking Interfaith Service at the Rothko Chapel is the culminating event of the second annual Faith and Freedom Weekend that is part of Houston Rescue and Restore Coalition's Human Trafficking Awareness Month. This year, representatives from each of the city's four largest faith communities...

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By Carmencita Abad

Abstract Lori Cohen, Sanctuary for Families, and Constance Rossiter, YMCA Suggested donation $10Human trafficking is a form of modern-day slavery and a gross violation of human rights, affecting all genders, ages, and nationalities. Houston is a major labor and sex trafficking hub in the United States; roughly one in four women trafficked in the United States travels through Houston according to the Department of Justice. Lori Cohen, Senior Staff Attorney of New York City’s Sanctuary for...

Abstract with David Batstone, Ph.D.David Batstone, Ph.D., an internationally recognized expert on human trafficking and author of Not For Sale, an examination of the global slave trade, will speak at the Rothko Chapel. In 2007, he co-founded the “Not For Sale” campaign, which is inspiring thousands of people from grassroots activists to business leaders to celebrities to join together to put an end to modern-day slavery. A former professor of Social Ethics at the University of San...