A powerful, poetic video performance from The Stories We Tell
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Bearing witness to the pain of others through The Stories We Tell. |
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Those who have been exploited in the sex trade are the authorities on what it means to be bought or sold. But sometimes someone outside of our own experiences can see things that we cannot yet see, or perhaps are not yet ready to see.
"Accra, Ghana", a narrative written by journalist Heather Kwakye, a graduate of The Voices and Faces Project's testimonial writing program, The Stories We Tell, illustrates this principle powerfully. Traveling to Ghana, West Africa, Heather lived in community with two young women in the sex trade. Their story, as recounted by Heather, speaks powerfully to the connections between sexual exploitation and racism, misogyny, poverty and colonialism.
Heather's piece is also a reminder that bearing witness to the pain of others is how each of us can play a role in advocating for a more just and equitable world.
Read by Voices and Faces Project's creative ensemble member Aimee Bravo-Noffsinger, we hope that "Accra, Ghana" moves you, as it has us, to not only feel but to act to challenge and change a world where millions of people are bought and sold every day.
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| Discover The Stories We Tell, The Voices and Faces Project's global testimonial writing program. |
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Can the movement to end human trafficking and commercial sexual exploitation be marketed? We think the answer is yes.
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For those who work daily to end sexual exploitation and human trafficking, its causes and consequences are clear. But how can we get the general public to see what we see? "Marketing a Movement," our half-day capacity-building training created by The Voices and Faces Project, in partnership with Brew Communications, World Without Exploitation and NoVo Foundation, was developed to help allies do just that. Created to support those seeking to "think differently" about the power and purpose of marketing and media in social movements, this workshop has traveled to over fifteen US cities, and trained hundreds of allies. Now available virtually in a 90 minute form, it's a must-attend for all who are engaged in the anti-exploitation movement.
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#WeekofAction: Take part in Passing Sara’s Law
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This past week we were one of eight organizations that participated in the Twitter Social Media campaign for a #WeekofAction coordinated by our allies at World Without Exploitation Youth Coalition. This campaign activated youth to urge their legislators to support Sara’s Law, which aims to fight the criminalization of child victims of abuse and trafficking.
Sara’s Law is currently being passed through the House in two bills: The Trafficking Victims Protection and Reauthorization Act and Sara’s Law and the Preventing Unfair Sentencing Act. Sara’s law would help child victims of abuse, trauma, and trafficking obtain lesser sentences for crimes they have been convicted of.
To learn more about Sara’s Law and to stay up to date with our Social Media Campaigns follow us on Twitter@VoicesandFaces.
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Our stories are our power.
At The Voices and Faces Project we’re using them to create change. |
The Voices and Faces Project is an award-winning non-profit storytelling initiative created to bring the names, faces, and testimonies of survivors of gender-based violence to the attention of the public. Through our educational and advocacy trainings, survivor story archive and signature program, The Stories We Tell — an immersive, two-day testimonial writing workshop for those who have lived through or witnessed gender-based violence or other human rights violations — we seek to change minds, hearts, and public policies through the power of personal testimony. The Voices and Faces Project has been named one of America's Best Charities by the board of Independent Charities of America, and is a registered 501c3 organization.
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