Harvard Club of Washington, DC

Professor Tim McCarthy on Human Wrongs & Human Rights: How We Free the World of Slavery

Prof. Tim McCarthy will moderate a panel of local activists/experts on Human Trafficking and Modern Day Slavery as well as contemporary issues and policies to end this type of exploitation.  Learn how you can get involved to identify and support those trapped against their will.

Wednesday, April 3rd from 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm (Hogan Lovells 555 13th St. NW - Metro Center)
 

There are tens of millions of people living in slavery in the world today, more than at any other time in human history. And yet the movement to combat trafficking and slavery is stronger than ever. A diverse coalition of modern-day abolitionists—policymakers and journalists, academics and business people, artists and survivors—is working to eliminate the scourge of modern slavery from this earth, once and for all. Please join us for an urgent human rights conversation by Harvard Kennedy School Professor Timothy Patrick McCarthy, core faculty at the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy and former board chair of Free the Slaves.
 

Timothy Patrick McCarthy is an award-winning scholar, teacher, activist, and public servant. He holds a joint faculty appointment in Harvard’s undergraduate honors program in History and Literature, the Graduate School of Education, Harvard Business School, and the John F. Kennedy School of Government, where he is Core Faculty and Director of Culture Change & Social Justice Initiatives at the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy. Dr. McCarthy is also the Stanley Paterson Professor of American History in the Boston Clemente Course, a college-level humanities course in Dorchester, Massachusetts, and co-recipient of the 2015 National Humanities Medal. A historian of politics and social movements, he is author or editor of five books from the New Press, including Stonewall’s Children: Living Queer History in the Age of Liberation, Loss, and Love, forthcoming in 2019. Dr. McCarthy graduated with honors from Harvard College and Columbia University, where he earned his PhD in History.

Panelists:

Katherine Chon

Director, Office on Trafficking in Persons (OTIP)

ACF, HHS

Katherine Chon advises the Assistant Secretary by providing subject matter expertise and overall leadership of anti-trafficking activities under the purview of ACF.

OTIP is responsible for the development of anti-trafficking strategies, policies, and programs to prevent human trafficking, build health and human service capacity to respond to human trafficking, increase victim identification and access to services, and strengthen health and well-being outcomes of survivors of human trafficking. OTIP collaborates with federal partners and other government and non-government stakeholders to raise public awareness, identify research priorities for ACF’s anti-trafficking work, and make policy recommendations to enhance anti-trafficking responses.  Prior to government service, Katherine was the co-founder and president of Polaris, establishing the global organization’s innovative programs to assist individuals who have experienced trafficking, expand anti-trafficking policies, and fundamentally change the way communities respond to modern slavery. Katherine received her Bachelor of Science in Psychology from Brown University and Master of Public Administration from Harvard Kennedy School.

Terry FitzPatrick

Communications and Advocacy Director

Free the Slaves

Terry FitzPatrick is an award-winning journalist and media development expert who uses his reporting skills to expose slavery and showcase anti-slavery solutions, his experience covering government & politics to conduct anti-trafficking policy advocacy, and his communications training skills to help activists bring slavery to an end. FitzPatrick has covered a wide range of topics for NPR, PBS, BBC, VOA, The Dallas Morning News and The Texas Observer, including economic development, global health, environmental protection, criminal justice and human rights. He has produced documentaries for the Discovery Channel and History Channel, and short films on modern slavery in 12 countries. FitzPatrick has directed media skills training projects in 17 countries. He serves as the communications and advocacy strategist, chief writer, media relations officer and spokesperson for Free the Slaves. He majored in broadcast journalism at the University of Wisconsin – Madison.

Tina Frundt

Executive Director/Founder

Courtney’s House

Ms. Frundt has been actively raising awareness of the commercial sexual exploitation of children (CSEC) since 2000. A high profile national advocate on the issue of domestic sex trafficking and a survivor of CSEC, Ms. Frundt is deeply committed to helping other children and women who are living through experiences similar to her own. She has been featured on numerous national shows and publications, including the OWN Network’s Our America with Lisa Ling: 3AM Girls, which featured an undercover look into sex trafficking in Washington, DC, the CNN Freedom Project, and in 2016 the Whitney Young Unsung Heroes award by the Urban Institute. In 2010, she became the first U.S. citizen to receive the Free the Slaves Freedom Awards-Frederick Douglas Award, which recognizes survivors of sex trafficking who use their life in freedom to help others. In 2016 she was appointed by President Obama to the First White House Survivor Advisory Board. In 2017, Tina received the Lois Haight Award of Excellence and Innovation after being nominated by Representative Ted Poe.  Ms. Frundt trains law enforcement and other non-profit groups to rescue and provide resources to victims, and is also a member of the Washington, D.C., State of Maryland and Prince George’s County Human Trafficking Task Force, she was also appointed by the Governor of Maryland to the Safe Harbor work group. She has testified before the U.S. Congress about her own experiences and the need for greater protection and services for trafficked persons. She is the founder and executive director of Courtney's House, which provides direct services for domestic sex trafficked youth, ages 11 – 21 in the Washington D.C. metro area. Since its inception, Courtney's House and Ms. Frundt have helped over 650 survivors transition out of

their trafficking situation.

Nes Parker

Senior Manager,

Government & Public Services Practice

Deloitte

During her consulting tenure, Nes has led engagements for government, nonprofit and philanthropic clients related to strategic transformation. Nes is passionate about applying Deloitte’s capabilities and solutions to social causes such as anti-human trafficking, refugee response as well as gender and inclusion.

Her work and commentary has been in the Wall Street Journal, US News and World Report, Business Insider, the Huffington Post, Public CIO, the Chronicle of Philanthropy, Governing Executive, Profiles in Diversity Journal, and Deloitte University Press. She has also spoken at, amongst other venues, SXSW, Washington Post Live and as a guest lecturer at Yale University, Georgetown University, George Mason University, and Columbia University.

Nes graduated magna cum laude from Vassar College with a BA in Political Science and Economics, and earned a Master of Public Administration from Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs.  She’s a board member for BUILD DC, and resides in Washington, DC with her husband and their English Bulldog.
 

Registration
Harvard Club members and their guests: $45/person
HKS DC Alumni members and their guests: $45/person
Non-Members: $65/person
Ticket includes talk, full dinner, and drinks (beer, wine, tea, and coffee)

Menu

• Chef's salad of Spring Mixed Greens with Goat Cheese on the side

• Grilled Breast of Chicken studded with Basil and Garlic, topped with a Tomato, Artichoke and Cipollini Onion Ragout

• Grilled Salmon served on a bed of Wilted Carrots au jus

• Quinoa Pilaf (Vegan, Gluten Free - Slow Cooked in Homemade Vegetable Stock and Finished with Toasted Classical Mirepoix)

• Mixed Garden Vegetables

• Sliced Fruit

• Bread Pudding

Venue

This venue is fully handicap accessible and our meals are designed to accommodate vegetarians.

The nearest metro station is Metro Center. Exit at 12th and F Street, NW. Your destination is the building named "Columbia Square" which will you see right in front of you as you exit the escalator.

There are several nearby parking garages including:

• Columbia Square Parking Garage: 555 12th Street NW, Washington, DC 20004 (202) 637-8105
• Parking Management: 600 13th Street NW, Washington, DC 20004 (202) 347-5469