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Jun 24, 2014 55 min

"R.A.T. - Rock Against Trafficking"

from Accent On! Hosted by LA Talk Radio

Accent ON! ILONA EUROPA and HEATHER GUNN in studio live with our guests GARY MILLER and PETER WHITE, the Founder and Co-Founder of "R.A.T. - Rock Against Trafficking". Rock Against Trafficking is a new nonprofit group established to fight for the end of child slavery worldwide. R.A.T. will use the power of music and the Entertainment Industry to create global awareness of the horrors of "child slavery and sex trafficking". "Set Them Free" is the first project from R.A.T. featuring legendary guitarist SLASH, Steven Tyler, Fergie, Julian Lennon, Joss Stone, Glen Hughes (Deep Purple, Black Sabbath, Trapeze), Andy Fraser, En Vogue, Heart, Rob Morrow, Journey's Neal Schon & Arnel Pineda, which has already received a huge amount of media attention. "Set Them Free" will be a compilation album with the artists performing the music of Sting. Gary Miller, Founder of R.A.T., is an internationally renowned music producer, songwriter, and composer. He has independently produced artists such as David Bowie, Simply Red, Donna Summer, Lionel Richie, Billy Preston, Girls Aloud, Charlotte Church, Hall & Oates, and many others. Mr. Miller is also co-owner of BuTown Entertainment, an entertainment platform producing content for music, television, film, and collaborating with unique artists to create mutually beneficial win wins. Peter White, Co-Founder and Director of R.A.T., is currently an Institutional Advisory Specialist with Principal Global Investors with over 20 years experience in the investment and financial advisory industry. White serves as the Director of Slavery No More, a non-profit organization working to combat modern-day slavery and human trafficking, and as a member of the Los Angeles Metro Task Force on Human Trafficking (LAMTF-HT), the Internet Crimes Against Children-Safe Surfin' Task Force, and co-founded the Los Angeles Global Human Trafficking Conference MARIA MONTGOMERY joined our show talking about her work with LITTLE ANGELS. She says: here at Little Angels we are truly passionate about what we do, which is helping kids from families who cannot pay for a regular creche and families who many times suffer from substance misuse, criminality, domestic violence, and HIV in Africa.

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