Witness: Illuminating the World of Modern-day Slavery: Lisa Kristine at TEDxMaui

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Witness: Illuminating the World of Modern-day Slavery: Lisa Kristine at TEDxMaui

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About the Speaker:
Acclaimed humanitarian photographer Lisa Kristine specializes in images of remote indigenous peoples. Best known for her evocative and saturated use of color, Kristine has collaborated with international humanitarian organizations and is often asked to present her work to inspire discussions on human rights and social change.
Recorded at TEDxMaui 2012, held on January 22, 2012 at the Maui Arts & Cultural Center.

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@hopehepperlin2519 6 жыл бұрын

Back in 2013, a boy named Emmerson watched this documentary and decided he wanted to do something about it. He went on to start a business in Ghana, West Africa that employed people who had come from slavery and give them real jobs. The business is called LlewellynClothing and it uses beautiful Ghana prints on western designs. 100% of the business proceeds go towards the employees.

@starsoverthere 12 жыл бұрын

Wow she is an amazing photographer and speaker. This is heart wrenching and inspiring. More people need to hear this. Thank you Lisa Kristine

@saswatilodh8056 11 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your energy and ability to express the theme so clearly . Breaks my heart.

@pamelamoreira1975 7 жыл бұрын

OMG! I have no words for this video. I have been in her gallery in Sonoma yesterday never pictures touched my heart so deeply. I did not know the history behind them. Beautiful and heartbreaking at the same time. Thank you Kristine for your amazing work.

@ambassadorofjoy 12 жыл бұрын

The images ignite a fire within me! Your beautiful soul ignites fire. Yet, from what I have learned by watching you, a soft and compassionate fire. To look is to see.

@8InFormation 12 жыл бұрын

thank you lisa... may blessings and life force to persevere be abundant in your endeavor to in lifting human suffering.

@kjtamf 6 жыл бұрын

Waking The Guru: Spirit in the City Awaken 👍🏻🙏🏻

@mb23ism 11 жыл бұрын

The melodramatic delivery was a bit difficult to take, but thank you for such an important message.

@PaoloFanali 10 жыл бұрын

Sadly, from some of the comments, humanity has a long way to go.

@mylord611 6 жыл бұрын

Paolo Fanali You have no idea how correct that is.

@marleneflourentzou680 7 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for this tremendous talk-you really enlightened me-slavery needs to be abolished

@rosemarymanziano2699 8 ай бұрын

How can my small donation help , we all need to free these friends and bring beauty to everyones life. thank you Lisa very enlightening !

@piedramultiaristas8573 7 жыл бұрын

PEOPLE DO YOU SEE HOW THIS IMPORTANT VIDEO TODAY 2/7/17 HAVENT REACH A MILLIONS OF VIEWS ? WE THE HUMANITY DON'T FOCUS ON IMPORTANT MATTERS ....

@frenchel2876 11 жыл бұрын

Told with great intent Lisa because of your efforts and team work have made a great difference to the world of slavery and also thanks to all who petitioned the cause.Having watched video it has opened my mind/// alot more going on than anticipated.My heart reaches out to these people who suffered so so badly .Hope they and all countries can endure much better life style now god bless them all. Thank you Lisa for this indepth story.

@apollicino1705 11 жыл бұрын

As a fellow artist, this is very inspiring work. We can all do something to fight and abolish slavery.

@Kg277 11 жыл бұрын

So much for modern commerce and technological advancement..

@hugosierra7810 10 жыл бұрын

we all ..should at least have the courage to see this ..... then we all should do something about it .... Let´s do it !!!

@AlbaMartinezz 10 жыл бұрын

Totally agree!!

@mylord611 6 жыл бұрын

What do you propose we do exactly?

@barkerhasbite 12 жыл бұрын

As long as there is debt and profit to be made, slavery will continue. Until we learn to eliminate these ideas (ie money), we will only be putting a band-aid on a gaping wound. I believe a good transition would be to eliminate debt first and free the people. Then, we can tackle our concept of profit and phase out our modern money mechanics.

@Anzeon 7 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing Lisa Kristine it's about time for the world to open their (on purpose) closed eyes - it's really hard to see that, esp. if you've seen it life... *ME AND MY MATES FROM THE UNI HAVE SEEN THAT TOO*

@Sexinewme 12 жыл бұрын

this is heartbreaking.... im speechless..i have only 3 words.. "how can i help"?

@stanfrymann 12 жыл бұрын

Many of these Images are contained in a book which Free the Slaves sells to help fund their work for anyone wishing to own an eloquent reminder.

@apacalypse0 11 жыл бұрын

Breaks my heart, deeply and painfully! We as people have sold our souls for money. When will we stand up for humanity? When will we wake up? The only difference between people is their mentality. If I had one wish it would only and always be, that we as humans all live equally.

@jimjames7046 6 жыл бұрын

Funny how the sport and technology videos have 4,5 or 6 millions view while a video like this cant even get 80 thousand views

@Bolinas1906 12 жыл бұрын

Thank you Lisa for so eloquently educating us on the horrifying existence of slavery in the world. Slavery is an embarrassment to humankind and should have never existed. How can we continue to use the word "Humane" when describing our species-this is barbaric! Thank you Lisa for devoting your time, your money and artistic prowess to inspire others to be the change...

@fruittil4vegan618 9 жыл бұрын

The Ethical Vegans of today are not just anyone, most Ethical Ones are also Vegans that little by little we are becoming minimalists, and we see that if we stop spending our money on any products that are inhumane, polute the earth, cause us illnesses, or continue to creat imbalances, and perpetuate war, violence, hate, slavery, and any injustices, we can save the world. What is not Love or Compassion, is hate or harmful and causes much negative karma and suffering. ~ Namaste ~

6 жыл бұрын

All these places, who are the bosses? What are the companies? That's what we need to know to fight back. Stop buying from the owners.

@innazhurav9622 9 жыл бұрын

I`ve heard about slavery in Africa, but in Asia... I didn`t. Sad story, especially about those children. Thanks for speech. I leave far away from those countries but, perhapse, I use some goods, that cost someone`s life.thats why the philosophy of my life is not to misuse.

@setsuro.splice 11 жыл бұрын

what can i do to help?

@theintergalacticdo-gooders2437 2 жыл бұрын

No one is free, until everyone is free.

@dimigaminghd4523 4 жыл бұрын

Are there any good documentaries about this to watch?

@pogi31303 11 жыл бұрын

The truth can be so sad.

@Herkeless 12 жыл бұрын

"Time we stopped listening to statistics, and started changing them."

@asasderend 3 жыл бұрын

We don't have words to express or to measure how this is so sad.

@MrHalfjack 9 жыл бұрын

this should not still be going on in the world.

@Kurenzen 9 жыл бұрын

I makes money lots of money that's why.

@Kurenzen 9 жыл бұрын

Darnell Tyonez Wait Typo the World is making lots of money off it that's why it does not end.

@ECONOMICSODOMY 12 жыл бұрын

this planet is not run by chaos it a fix game to en-slavery of all people on earth .

@mickeyevans8293 12 жыл бұрын

calm down brother, if you go to the link on the actual ted website for this video, it has well over a 100,000 views. But i feel ya youtube should promote these videos more.

@norimmel 12 жыл бұрын

It is truly horrifying but we also shouldn't forget the millions if not billions of people toiling in similar conditions for a miserable pay, often less than a dollar a day. I don't see how it is different from slavery.

@smaran353 2 жыл бұрын

Being from Nepal, it's just a lack of opportunities and jobs. That made people choose a brick kilnk. But mostly its temporary work. Labeling it as heinous crime of forced slavery is bit overstatement. And yeah you can help them, just build a self sustaining industry, a factory perhaps and employ them, and see. I hope your melodramatic exaggeration gathered funding and helped these people, not just providing way off theatrics.

@andielines 12 жыл бұрын

speechless.

@cindynelson5140 6 жыл бұрын

PLEASE tell us what WE CAN DO !!!!! :(

@jdemeulenaer123 10 жыл бұрын

Thank you for "Kofi"n the boy who has been reunited with his family...

@pogi31303 11 жыл бұрын

How can humans do this to others :(

@mylord611 6 жыл бұрын

Shift Local Easily! Just ask the owners of the CENTRAL BANK of the USA (The "Federal" Reserve) and the people who feed it and give it virtually unlimited power over the country. Let me know when you realize what that actually means. (Since we were born into this form of slavery, I will advise you take some time to research before you answer.)

@anewcreature7 4 жыл бұрын

Simple: humans are the worst species on earth.

@aikishugyo 4 жыл бұрын

And as My Lord said.... also the technocrats who are working through their flagship organization the Trilateral Commission to build this new economic order based on energy consumption and euphemistically called Sustainable Development which will turn everybody into slaves.

@pagusmusic6254 3 жыл бұрын

Powerful!

@paulus10051 10 жыл бұрын

Tragic...how urgent the proclamation of Christs rulership. Romans 8:21..."that the creation itself will also be set free from enslavement to corruption and have the glorious freedom of the children of God"

@hamzahjameel147 9 жыл бұрын

Wow! Feeling ignorant I had no idea that slavery is still this harsh. (I know slavery exists, but not this bad).

@vudufly 11 жыл бұрын

i saw this at ted.com where it garnered 954,320 views and counting :)

@anniesue4456 8 жыл бұрын

Who profits from these operations?

@p213020 8 жыл бұрын

who profit from this? big corporations industry and terror organization industry. why this issue haven't fix yet? because there's no profit from saving these miserable souls, in fact, the more chaotic and more slaves are better for exploiting, commercialize, and more profit. Don't even think about country's like "USA" "China" "Russia" will going to help this, they all benefit from slavery and the world economy and company profits demands slavery even more now and then. More funny thing, some media (news) believe there's no such a thing call "Modern Slavery", and its all a "Scam", now, if you still somehow manage to calm down and read until this part, congrats, no one will ever do anything to help this situation, you think those non-profit humanitarian organization are going to help? they are part of this whole human society corruption, they are rotten to the core, and they don't even have enough money to send to their government and spend it, how they even going to save these people. Anyway, forget about these slavery thing, they are dead meat already.

@piedramultiaristas8573 7 жыл бұрын

Well said and then ppl talk bad about Africa and the resto of 3 world continent but they are part of this as you said and for believers and nonbelievers of the bible it said tha ppl wishes more the dark than the light and if ppl whether hate or love the bible the must accept that this is a fact

@TSharin 10 жыл бұрын

This is not a solvable issue that only America is responsible to combat. This is an annual 32 billion dollar global industry. There are people being trafficked in and out of everywhere. Let's not forget about sex tourism; people from various countries going to other countries such as Thailand, Cambodia, etc. with the means of having intercourse with small children, etc. Human trafficking is global epidemic. No one is excluded from being the victims of it and nor is it the cause of any one particular nation, gender, ethnicity, etc.

@TSharin 10 жыл бұрын

I know some people are a bit cynical to the idea that there are good people who are out there, and who are willing to help. But believe it or no, the truth of the matter is...there are good people out there. There are many organizations in the US dedicated to battling HT. ICE (Immigration & Customs Enforcement division of the FBI), Polaris Project (developed by CNN), and Love146 (non-profit international human rights organization); these are all part of the same battle.

@JuanMunozPHILOSOPHY 11 жыл бұрын

share the video

@tuipecan 9 жыл бұрын

beautiful photographs. This illustrates for me, the futility of it all. I live on the "bright side of the moon" so to speak. As a whole we steal and plunder the poorer nations so that we can wear beautiful clothes , have precious gems and cheap consumer goods ect.. the balancem however is shifting, global predictions show that India Africa and China are growing in power in the terms of global trade, intercommunications and money lending. And we all know the population is going to keep growing.. In a few generations we are going to be the minion class, just watch..

@1barleyboy 11 жыл бұрын

I think your opinion has more to do with hatred of the so-called West than historical fact.

@rekacsala1749 5 жыл бұрын

why do humans do this to their own kinds? this is sick and absolutely awful. We need a movement. I am thanking the founder of “free the slaves” from here for making such an important movement

@Kurenzen 9 жыл бұрын

Don't forget the prisons

@xty070 12 жыл бұрын

wow..just wow. heartbreaking to say the least :(

@mykebulvai 12 жыл бұрын

WTF!? This gets 2.7k views and scams like Kony 2012 gets 80 mil? Oh yeah forgot, there aren't any hollywood special effects in this one. Nothing that would make the clicktivist generation take notice.

@MatthewJacksonloveskay 10 жыл бұрын

You speak of freewill from a provided place meaning you and I aren't in sex trafficking of modern day slavery, we benefit from it. Tell the kettle girl who is being sex trafficked that the reason she is in that trade is because it's her freewill then tell her their is a God.

@MatthewJacksonloveskay 10 жыл бұрын

Quick question, Where is God at times like these??????

@carrprod 10 жыл бұрын

God is still God. He's given us His word which includes the examples and sacrifice of his son Jesus Christ. He also gave us "FREE WILL". We can choose right or wrong, which not only affects our own lives, but people around us. God has also empowered us to be advocates and help those who are hurting. What were you put on the earth for? Let's do something about this!!!!

@MatthewJacksonloveskay 10 жыл бұрын

***** To say God is still God isn't doing anything for those who are not suffering at that moment, to say there is free will that is simply a is a philosophical way to explain evil. Not something that is in the Bible!!!! My question is why didn't God stop the suffering???

@MatthewJacksonloveskay 10 жыл бұрын

***** You speak of freewill from a privileged place meaning you and I aren't in sex trafficking of modern day slavery, we benefit from it. Tell the little girl who is being sex trafficked that the reason she is in that trade is because it's her "free will" then tell her there is a God who is able to stop the suffering but it is your "free-will" that is stopping God from doing anything! Do you see how stupid that justification is, imagine yourself in that position and someone comes along and says your free will is stopping God!

@beautifulcatastrophe 5 жыл бұрын

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@sebastianduciel8 10 жыл бұрын

We are all slaves... But we are waking up. MoneylessWorld ,org

@MatthewJacksonloveskay 10 жыл бұрын

To say God is still God is go for those who are not suffering at that moment, to say there is free will is a philosophical way to explain evil. My wisdom is why didn't God stop the suffering??? Is it because we have"freewill" or perhaps there is another explanation??? God cannot stop it

@anniesue4456 8 жыл бұрын

How can average people even know where things come from or what conditions ... when in this post someone accuses this lady is an opportunistic petson and investors ...... outrageous

@AnonYmous-qw4zu 5 жыл бұрын

Wbat?!

@dudewithopinion 11 жыл бұрын

We're all slaves, some just have it better then others.

@pandypop1 10 жыл бұрын

the problem is that we are all slaves, just on different levels, some have more privileges than others what ya betting that there are many wealthy people in that audience? thinking oh this is terrible, but don't know that its in everything and can be stopped in fact they have the power to make major changes, but they are distracted by these terrible stories do you think that even with free the slaves doing their good work that it will ever stop this shit from happening, slavery will never be abolished! also I know it was a movie that I watched, but one woman who did talks against human trafficking was actually behind it! you can create a front for this kind of thing you know! how the heck do we know what is real and what is not!

@jdemeulenaer123 10 жыл бұрын

So Lisa Kristine has given those slaves some of her moeny to help them...?? Has she called others to give those slaves so as to respond to their immediate needs...???

@frenchel2876 11 жыл бұрын

to say she is ignorant because "she i quess you mean Lisa" and that saying "why are they doing this?.well the reasonis simply just that "wHY"in actual fact your comment i quess you need to study history and the culture of these beings is not at all right Fteo and nothing to do with British or Americans// Saying white people your quite anti are you not.Some of your comments ring true we the buyer had not helped these issues

@AnonymousUser-tp6ij 2 жыл бұрын

Yawn, this was incredibly boring. Incredibly important and terrible issue, but this was very very boring. Even serious issues like this require actual presentation skills that will keep the audience engaged, instead of a sad monotone voice reading a script.

@RedLineHealth510 2 жыл бұрын

If you aren't invested in the pain of these stories, it probably means you're apart of the problem.

@Kg277 11 жыл бұрын

Ohh very very easily. Anything for profit.