Author Archives: Kohl

About Kohl

Kohl S. Gill, Ph.D. Dr. Kohl S. Gill is the President and Founder of LaborVoices, Inc., a start-up company providing information services to migrant workers and supply-chain managers.  Dr. Gill served as an AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellow for the U.S. Departments of Energy and State, most recently as the South Asia and Middle East Labor Affairs Officer for the Office of International Labor and Corporate Social Responsibility in the U.S. State Department’s Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor.  Prior to federal service, Dr. Gill was an Indicorps Fellow in the slum areas of Delhi, India, serving as a volunteer paralegal with local residents, using transparency legislation to fight both petty and grand corruption at the local level. Dr. Gill is a graduate of the California Institute of Technology and received his Ph.D. from the University of California, Santa Barbara, for his work in quantum computing and semiconductor physics.

See us at SOCAP11

We just registered to attend SOCAP11 (http://socialcapitalmarkets.net/), the largest convergence of social enterprises and social capital investors out there. We couldn’t have made it this far without the help of our supporters, including the staff and investors in the Hub … Continue reading

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Intuit’s txtWeb and Not For Sale’s Abolitionist Academy

It’s been a busy week! On Monday, Intuit invited LaborVoices to speak at their Idea Jam, to help generate ways of using their innovative SMS-based platform, txtWeb. I tried to pitch LaborVoices, without being too annoying. The Intuit folks seem … Continue reading

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Speaking at ATEST Tomorrow!

The LV team has been invited to speak at the Alliance to End Slavery and Trafficking (ATEST) tomorrow at noon EDT at the Humanity United offices in Washington, DC.  I’m honored—and, yes, a little nervous. Our goal with this talk … Continue reading

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Great Video on Garment Workers in Bangalore

I just saw this excellent video on the status of the 500,000 garment workers in Bangalore.  We’ve been working with Bangalore garment workers for a few months now, but we’ve only scratched the surface.  The folks who made this video at … Continue reading

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