THE RED MOVEMENT: A Guide to Ending Modern-Day Slavery and Protecting the Environment

by Shadan Kapri

THE RED MOVEMENT provides a new and ground-breaking perspective on how to combat modern-day slavery while saving the environment. The reality is impossible to deny any longer. Modern-day slavery is more widespread now than during the transatlantic slave trade with more people living in slave-like conditions than ever before in history. At the same time, the environment is being harmed at an unprecedented pace. These harsh realities have led to the start of THE RED MOVEMENT. The RED MOVEMENT a global call to action of focused and deliberate change to end all forms of modern-day slavery and stop the destruction of the environment. The stunning truth is that slavery never really ended; it just changed form. People are still bought and sold in public auctions, forced to sell their bodies to survive, or work in hidden factories under unbearable conditions. Some toil away on farms and even on construction sites of some of the world’s most famous sporting events. The forced labor of slaves can be linked back to certain toys we buy, clothes we wear, and even foods we eat. Slave labor is used in mining, and too often those basic raw materials find their way into electronics, computers, smartphones, cars, cosmetics, and even jewelry. Slavery never stopped. It just expanded to include innocent men, women, and children from every nationality and race. Modern-day slavery, in all its various forms, is more profitable now than ever before, and its connection to the environment has remained a mystery for far too long. We are in the midst of the greatest human rights and environmental crisis in history, and most people are completely unaware until now. Until THE RED MOVEMENT.ABOUT THE AUTHOR Shadan Kapri (pronounced Shadawn Capri) is an attorney, activist, and author. She was a U.S. Fulbright Scholar on human trafficking, and is the founder of Kapri Law & Consulting, a boutique law firm and consulting practice, located in Washington State.Kapri Law Firm advocates for women and children by focusing on international human rights, civil rights, and family law. Kapri Consulting promotes the expansion of human rights by offering services to help companies examine and eliminate all forms of forced labor, child labor, and slave labor in their supply chains while promoting workers’ rights and environmental protections.Her interest in these issues turned into a lifelong mission after volunteering for the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland and Washington, D.C. She went on to earn advanced degrees from Gonzaga University School of Law, University of British Columbia, and Northwestern University in the areas of journalism, international relations, and law.She began her legal career as an appellate law clerk for the Washington State Court of Appeals, Division III, by assisting in the research, analysis, and development of over a hundred judicial opinions. Afterwards, she became a prosecutor who advocated on behalf of children and victims of serious crimes. In the Criminal Division, she prosecuted cases on the trial court and appellate level ranging from domestic violence to drinking and driving, child abuse and neglect, assault, kidnapping, attempted murder, and first-degree murder. In the Family Law Division, she advocated on behalf of minor children in contempt-of-court, paternity establishment, and modifications of court orders in the best interest of children.She is also the recipient of the Daily Point of Light Award. The Daily Point of Light was created by former U.S. President George H. W. Bush to nationally recognize individuals and groups who have a deep commitment to public service. Ms. Kapri was born in the Middle East while raised in the United States and fluently speaks Farsi.

206 pages, Paperback

Published March 12, 2020