Category Archives: Human Rights
- 7-2-2016
Thai CDC Assisting Survivors of the Global Horizons Human Trafficking Case 
[embedplusvideo height=”337″ width=”600″ editlink=”http://bit.ly/1MIu4fm” standard=”http://www.youtube.com/v/fuf2EnY2Xjc?fs=1″ vars=”ytid=fuf2EnY2Xjc&width=600&height=337&start=&stop=&rs=w&hd=0&autoplay=0&react=1&chapters=¬es=” id=”ep8823″ /] Thai CDC’s very own Directing Attorney, Panida Rzonca is shown in this Thai news clip assisting victims from the Global Horizons case receive settlement funds from the US EEOC settlement. Thai CDC was contracted by the EEOC to provide claims processing services including delivering funds to Continue Reading
- 4-2-2016
Visit from Ambassador Madina Jarbussynova of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe 
On February 4, 2016, Thai CDC Executive Director, Chanchanit Martorell, and other representatives from community partner organizations in Los Angeles, met with Ambassador Madina Jarbussynova, Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Counter Trafficking in Human Beings (SR) of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) who is conducting an official country visit to United Continue Reading
- 29-1-2016
White House Regional Convening on New Americans 
Thai CDC Executive Director, Chanchanit Martorell and Program Director, Keith Breskin attended the invitation only White House Regional Convening on New Americans hosted by LA Mayor Eric Garcetti at the Los Angeles City Hall Tower on January 29, 2016. For more information about the convening, click on the LA Times article here.
- 13-1-2016
Asian Pacific Policy & Planning Council (A3PCON) Asian Pacific Islander (API) Human Trafficking Task Force Hosts a Press Conference 
January 13th, 2016 at 10:30 am at the Thai Community Development Center Speakers Include: Aniwat Khadphab, API Survivor Chancee Martorell, Executive Director, Thai Community Development Center Connie Chung Joe, Executive Director, Korean American Family Services Captain Merrill Ladenheim, LA Sheriff’s Department Human Trafficking Bureau The Asian Pacific Policy and Planning Council (A3PCON), a coalition of Continue Reading
- 23-12-2015
If you see something, say something! The Coalition to Abolish Slavery and Trafficking has launched their new Public Service Announcements! Versions are available in: English, Spanish, Korean, Tagalog, Mandarin and Thai and started airing December 23, 2015. [embedplusvideo height=”629″ width=”800″ editlink=”http://bit.ly/1PIxtIv” standard=”http://www.youtube.com/v/MQkPVpOxLRg?fs=1″ vars=”ytid=MQkPVpOxLRg&width=800&height=629&start=&stop=&rs=w&hd=0&autoplay=0&react=1&chapters=¬es=” id=”ep7133″ /]
- 13-10-2015
Workers Win Historic Victory as Gov. Brown Signs Wage Theft Prevention Bill 
Fair Day’s Pay Act will make the promise of California’s labor laws real; Community and labor advocates aim for California to lead the nation in enforcement. Sacramento, CA – Workers across California won a landmark victory today when Governor Jerry Brown signed a sweeping bill that will crack down on the unscrupulous tactics employers have Continue Reading
- 31-8-2015
Road to Freedom: A Journey of Resilience and Hope ~ A Month of Reflection and Forging a Vision for the Future 
Dear Friends and Colleagues, We want to thank you for your support, contributions, and participation in the Commemoration of the 20th Anniversary of the El Monte Thai Garment Slavery Case, “The Road to Freedom: a Journey of Resilience and Hope”. Without the work that you do and your contributions, our events would not have been Continue Reading
- 5-8-2015
Twenty Years after Slavery in LA Symposium (Photo Slideshow) The Thai Community Development Center (Thai CDC) and the Museum of Tolerance hosted the Anti-Trafficking Symposium: “Learning from the Past to Forge the Future” as part of the twentieth anniversary of the landmark El Monte Thai Garment Slavery Case. Government officials, academicians, community leaders, and survivors discussed the status of human trafficking and Continue Reading
- 28-7-2015
Twenty Years after Slavery in LA (Photo Slideshow) El Monte, CA—Representatives from Thai Community Development Center (Thai CDC) stood with elected officials and community leaders and former slaves in front of El Monte City Hall to commemorate the twentieth anniversary of the landmark case that freed seventy-two Thai nationals from captivity in a makeshift garment factory in El Monte. “These past Continue Reading
- 15-7-2015
Thai Community Development Center Joins Other Housing Rights Advocates to Demand Protections of Long-term Renters and Affordable Housing from Airbnb Short-Term Rentals 
Together with other housing rights advocates, Chanchanit Martorell, Thai CDC Executive Director, stood in front of a beautiful late 1920 era building on Cherokee Avenue reminiscent of Hollywood glamour and now own by Lance Robbins who is allowing Airbnb to use the units as short term rentals, and spoke at a press conference urging more Continue Reading