We are hosting a live panel to discuss how professionals in fashion, retail, beauty, and wellness can raise their awareness of human trafficking and how they can use their voice to have impactful conversations about it.
Save the Date! On March 16th, on Freedom Day, at 10:00am EST, join us via zoom for the co-lab x Fashion Revolution GR- Raise Your Voice Festival 2021 about Human Trafficking in the global supply chain. A panel discussion on how to find a balance between awareness and paralysis with pragmatic steps on how to “Make the connection amongst everyday life choices and Human Trafficking”. A partnership held to raise awareness about the issue, and to be recorded and hosted on the YouTube channel of Raise Your Voice Festival 2021, April 23th-25th, on Saturday 24th of April.
Our vision is…
…Raise Our Voices to put an end to Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery, while serving the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN.
Our objectives are…
• Raise awareness of the true cost of living and its impact at every stage in the process of production through to consumption and disposal.
• Show the world that change is possible by showcasing and celebrating those proving that living can be made with respect to people and planet.
• Bring people together the length of the value chain to ask questions,
• challenging how things are made and by whom, and to work towards re-connecting the broken links between those who produce, sell and buy
• Work towards long-term industry-wide change so that our lives becomes a force for good and that all business is conducted in a safe, healthy, fair way.
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Raise Your Voice, this year, invites you and challenges you to make the connection and see that what connects us is much more than what separates us. Connect with Human Trafficking because that's the only way you can interrupt it. Connect with Climate Emergency because it's the only way to save our planet. This year we Raise Our Voice for human rights and climate change in a 3 days art and cultural festival demanding only one action «Make the Connection among your everyday life choices and Human Trafficking - among your everyday life choices and Climate Change». Raise Your Voice Festival is a celebration of inclusion, human rights and circularity through culture, arts, sports, volunteering aiming at raising awareness to end Human Trafficking and Climate Change.
• FRIDAY 23TH OF APRIL: The day is dedicated to the mobilization of young people for issues related to Climate Change, Human Trafficking and especially Child Trafficking.
• SATURDAY 24TH OF APRIL: the day is dedicated to talks from people with international experience fighting against human slavery, but also personal stories of people who have survived it (Collaboration with NGOs). On that day the competition of Artists for the European Artist Competition against Human Trafficking will be completed, under the curation of Konstantinos Mousoulis.
• SUNDAY 25TH OF APRIL: Fashion Revolution Week. The day is dedicated to sustainable fashion- circular economy and sustainable techniques in the fashion industry.
Café Co-Lab's are small, bi-weekly networking groups focused on specific topics. They are an opportunity for co-lab members to connect, share resources , and engage with other members.