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WHAT:
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Grace Farms Foundation announces its second
anniversary celebration benefiting a
first-of-its-kind global campaign to help eradicate
modern day slavery. Entitled “Unchain”
and created in partnership with WPP agencies Geometry
Global, J.
Walter Thompson, as well as Shazam and Thomson
Reuters Foundation, the campaign is a
collaboration among public, private and individual
efforts to disrupt the many facets of modern day
slavery by generating unprecedented public awareness
and engagement activism. The event will be held on October
14, 2017, from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Grace
Farms. Four-time Grammy award-winning
singer/songwriter and philanthropist India.Arie will
headline the event and guests will have the
opportunity to engage with Shazam
augmented reality experiences that shed light on
this crime.
The Unchain campaign, expected to launch in early
2019, is being developed as part of the
Foundation’s Justice
Initiative in partnership with other entities
vision to disrupt modern day slavery.
“As we celebrate our second anniversary this
October, we look far into the future to a world
where everyone is truly free and slavery is a thing
of the past,” said Sharon
Prince, President and Chair of Grace Farms
Foundation. “Together, with the help of
forward-thinking industry leaders such as WPP
agencies Geometry Global, J. Walter Thompson, as
well as Shazam, we will target all forms of modern
day slavery and build a platform that brings
communities together to advance good in the world.”
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WHEN:
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Saturday, October 14, 2017
4:00 p.m.—9:00 p.m.
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WHERE:
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Grace Farms
365 Lukes Wood Road
New Canaan, CT 06840
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WHY:
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Modern slavery is the greatest humanitarian issue of
our time, yet far too few people understand its
magnitude. More people are enslaved today than at
any time in history. Over 40 million people are
trapped in a world of forced labor, sex trafficking,
child marriage or debt bondage that crosses
international borders, cultures and industries. This
crisis is underpinned by a massive $150 billion
dollar criminal enterprise, at times unwittingly
fueled by our own consumption and shopping habits.
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WHO:
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Sharon Prince,
President and Chair of Grace Farms Foundation and
Unchain Launch Committee Co-Chairs Jay
Fielden, Editor-in-Chief, Esquire and Pete
Hunsinger, Chief Marketing Officer of Everyone’s
Earth and former Condé Nast Publisher, will welcome
the following guests:
Artists & Cultural Leaders: India.Arie,
Four-Time Grammy Award-Winning Singer/Songwriter and
philanthropist; Corban
Addison, international bestselling author; Conor
Grennan, Founder, Next Generation Nepal and
Assistant Dean of NYU Stern School of Business; Molly
Gochman, experiential artist and activist; Rose-Marie
Fox, Board Chair, Silvermine Arts Center; Alice
Mahoney, philanthropist.
Dignitaries & Business Leaders: Amb.
Luis C.deBaca, former U.S. Ambassador-at Large
to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons; Rich
Riley, CEO of Shazam; David
Mazza, SVP and Chief Technical Officer, NBC
Sports Group and NBC Olympics; Elizabeth
Grennan, Associate General Counsel, McKinsey &
Company; Carl
Preller, Chief Performance Officer, Geometry
Global North America; Michael
Chen, CEO and President, Chen & Associates,
Chairman of the CEO Forum; and Krishna
Patel, General Counsel and Justice Initiative
Director, Grace Farms Foundation.
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About Grace Farms Foundation
Grace Farms Foundation was established in 2009 as a
private operating foundation with 501c3 status in
New Canaan, Connecticut. The Foundation supports
initiatives in the areas of nature, arts, justice,
community, and faith, and encourages participation
on a local, national, and global level. Grace Farms
Foundation carries out its work principally through
the publicly available facilities and integrated
programs of Grace Farms, an 80-acre property owned
and operated by the Foundation, where individuals
and not-for-profit organizations can come together
to collaborate for good.
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