Freeing Fishers from Modern Slavery at Sea
Maryknoll Fr. Joy Tajonera served as the lead organizer and host of the three-day International Conference on Fisher’s Welfare in the Chinese city of Taichung this past May.
UN: Remembering transatlantic slave trade
On March 25, the international day of remembrance of the victims of slavery and the transatlantic slave trade, the United Nations organized a series of events that reminded the world of the slave trade that raged for 400 years and claimed the lives of millions of people.