Prof. Rao R. Bhavani, Director of AMMACHI Labs, was a panellist and speaker at the Global Empowerment Summit in La Jolla, California, on October 22, 2016. She gave a talk during the session “Power of Compassion and Global Impact”. Br. Dayamrita Chaitanya, Executive Director of MA Centers of North America, lead a guided meditation during a session “Power of Wellness: Group Meditation”. Prof. Karen Moawad of Amrita Center for International Programs – ACIP also participated at the event. The conference explored the power of collaboration, social impact, global connection, human triumph, recognition, and the power of collective minds: human trafficking think tank both locally, nationally, and internationally.

Organised by University of California San Diego, the Global Empowerment Summit started from the assumption that economic empowerment cannot be a one-way street. The 2016 summit explored the power of collaboration, social impact, global connection, human triumph, recognition, and the power of collective minds: human trafficking think tank both locally, nationally, and internationally. The summit also focused on “Be the Source of Change” in order to combat human trafficking, including sex trafficking, at the local, national and international levels.

Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham Chancellor Mata Amritanandamayi had signed a universal declaration against modern slavery alongside Pope Francis and 10 other world religious leaders at the Vatican in Rome on December 2, 2014.