Please join us for a discussion about Human Trafficking: Stories from the Field, a reporters' notebook on shrimp, the clothes you wear, skin grafting, and child marriage with special guests
RICHARD LUI
Anchor and Correspondent, MSNBC
KRISHNA PATEL
General Counsel & Director of Justice Initiatives
Grace Farms
5:30 p.m. | Registration
6:00 p.m. | Screening
7:30 p.m. | Discussion and Q+A
Note: screening begins promptly at 6 p.m.
Hungarian Mission to the UN
227 East 52nd Street (bet. Second and Third Avenues)
New York, NY 11203
ADMISSION
UNA Members: FREE
UNA Student Members: FREE
Non-Members: $15
In this special event, MSNBC News correspondent Richard Lui offers "pages" from his reporter's notebook — on slavery at sea and the garment industry, selling skin for cosmetic surgery and child marriage. Presented this evening will be new models for driving action to fight trafficking, as well as cover how elected officials can make a difference. We'll also look into the big solution still untapped — supply chains — and how they can help us identify modern slavery in business and stop it.
Joining Richard this evening will be former Assistant U.S. Attorney Krishna Patel, General Counsel & Director of Justice Initiatives at Grace Farms.
Guest Speakers
RICHARD LUI
Richard Lui is an American journalist and news anchor for MSNBC and NBC News. Previously, he anchored at CNN Worldwide. Lui focuses on stories related to humanitarian issues, and his enterprise reporting has included topics of gender/racial equality, affordable housing, and human trafficking.
Because of his work in these areas, NGOs have invited Lui to help their organizations. Along with Freida Pinto and Marcia Cross, Lui is ambassador for Plan International USA, part of a 70-country federation working for child gender equality. He also is an ambassador for the Epilepsy Foundation, and the anti-slavery organization Not For Sale. Lui is a UN Foundation Fellow, and sits on the President's council for America's largest food source to the poor, Food Bank for New York City. His community work spans 30 years and six continents. He has received civil rights awards from several national organizations, including AAAJ (the equivalent of the NAACP for AAPIs), AAJA, WWAAC, and OCA.
Lui is an active columnist, contributing to publications. Most of his writing, speaking, and social media activity involve issues related to his charitable and humanitarian work. In the last several years, Lui spoke at over 200 events, and twittercounter.com has him in the top 1%.
He anchors the Western edition of Early Today on NBC and various programs on MSNBC from 30 Rockefeller Plaza. At CNN Worldwide, he became the first Asian American male to solo-anchor a daily, national cable news show in the U.S.
Before journalism, Lui spent 15 years in business with Fortune 500 and tech companies. He patented a global payment system and co-founded a Citibank carve-out. Business Insider recognized Lui as one of 21 dynamic careers to watch alongside Mark Cuban and Warren Buffett.
KRISHNA PATEL
Krishna R. Patel serves as General Counsel and Justice Initiative Director at Grace Farms Foundation. Ms. Patel, along with Rod Khattabi, the Foundation's Justice Initiative Advisor and Safety Director, who was a federal agent for over 20 years, leads the deployment of an innovative big data platform that enables law enforcement to locate and apprehend traffickers and rescue survivors.
From 2003 until July 2015, Ms. Patel served as an Assistant United States Attorney and since 2010 as the Deputy Chief of the National Security and Major Crimes Unit, where she was responsible for supervising and prosecuting a variety of investigations including international and domestic terrorism, civil rights, child exploitation, cyber-crimes, terrorism, financial crimes, money laundering, and international weapons and human trafficking. She created one of the first court-monitored restitution funds for victims of human trafficking in the United States and for foreign victims.
Not a Member?
Join for a $25 introductory membership and attend most events for free
(or at Members' prices for special events)
Note for New and Renewing UNA Members:
As processing time may vary for new memberships, new or renewing UNA members signing up for events should be sure to bring a payment transaction receipt when attending for validation.
DISCLAIMER: All ticket sales for events are final. Please remember that your purchase represents your commitment to attend an event — there will be NO refunds issued.
Only UNA-NYC Members have guaranteed admission to all our film events, and attend for free or pay the discounted Members' admission. Our events are well-attended, so we strongly encourage membership with UNA-NYC to guarantee your seats!