Join us next week for a special event:

The 2015 Annual Debra L. Lee Lecture

Thursday, March 12, 2015

6:00 PM
List 120
64 College Street

Confronting the Cycles of Slavery:  Why the Arc of Abolition Must Span Generations

Katherine Chon, `02
Co-founder and President Emerita, Polaris Project

Katherine Chon, '02, has spent the last fourteen years identifying and implementing community-driven solutions to combat modern forms of slavery, sparked by a local human trafficking case in Providence, Rhode Island.  Katherine partnered with Derek Ellerman, '02,  during their senior year at Brown University to co-found Polaris, a leading non-profit organization in the global fight to eradicate modern slavery and restore freedom to survivors.  She currently serves as the Senior Advisor on Trafficking in Persons at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.  Katherine received her Sc.B. in Psychology from Brown University, M.P.A. from Harvard Kennedy School, and completed the Executive Program for Nonprofit Leaders at the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

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The Debra L. Lee Lecture Series is an annual event of the Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice which invites the most distinguished scholars and activists to Brown to discuss historic and contemporary issues related to the legacy of slavery in the Americas and the world.