In Contempt Of Fate

ti-Slavery Group and founded the Nivasa Foundation, which I served as president, spearheading its flagship campaign to provide aid to the families of victims of human trafficking in Sri Lanka. I address audiences across the United States about my experience as a slave and my activities as a human rights activist. I have spoken at Harvard University, MIT, University of Miami, Ohio, University of Illinois, Drew University, Quinnipiac University, Unitarian church, Baptist church, and in 2005 testified before Congress in support of the reauthorization of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act. I have been interviewed by the Boston Globe, Vision Magazine, Bold Faces, Magic 106, and appeared on Night Beat Cable Television. My story has also been published in the book Enslaved: True Stories of Modern Day Slavery, Palgrave Macmillan 2006. Speaking on behalf of the millions suffering in the grip of modern-day slavery, I inspire my audience to be concerned about the issue and to become activists in the fight for humanity and freedom. Speaking at events, churches, schools, colleges, conferences, and any civic organizations.