Hopes & Dreams: Saket Soni on forced labor post Hurricane Katrina
Episode description
BlindianProject presents: Hopes & Dreams, a conversational series with dreamers, innovators, activists, entrepreneurs, and every day visionaries of the Global Majority, with the aim to showcase, strengthen and liberate. This episode features Saket Soni, author and founder of Resilience Force. In 2006, following Hurricane Katrina, Saket Soni uncovered "one of the largest cases of forced labor in modern U.S. history," involving several hundred Indian men promised careers and green cards. The Great Escape: A True Story of Forced Labor and Immigrant Dreams in America compassionately captures the story of these men and their quest for freedom. #humantrafficking #hurricanekatrina #blindian #BlindianProject #laborrights #labororganizer #BlindianProjectLive