A woman questioned one of the statistics in my story about Jenny. She said, “You’re exaggerating about the part in the story where it says that ‘her door swings thirty times a night,’ right?” I responded, “Some handlers, or pimps, demand that the children under their control serve thirty clients a night, others demand twenty.…
What is Human Trafficking? Human trafficking is a modern-day form of slavery. It is defined as the “recruiting, harboring, transportation, providing, or obtaining of a person for compelled labor or commercial sex acts through force, fraud, or coercion.” (U.S. Department of State) Take the Do 1 Thing Challenge…
Yesterday, Fox 17 News featured Pamela’s The Scarlet Cord and Gretchyn Lauer’s entry, Outcry, which expose and raise awareness of human trafficking. Thankfully, the message is resonating with ArtPrize visitors and the public, and Outcry is even in the Top 20 for the second round of voting as a possible winner in the 2-D Category.…
The ArtPrize Top 20 Finalists were announced yesterday for the second round of public voting which will determine the winners in four categories. Congratulations to those artists! Thank you to all who volunteered, donated, visited, supported, and voted for The Scarlet Cord. Over 25,000 red string bracelets were given to visitors and The Scarlet Cord…
Forced (in progress), String on linen, 19½ x 56 inches, 2014 “Child prostitute” is a misnomer. Children are forced into the commercial sex trade; they don’t volunteer to be abused. Brutal pimps exploit vulnerable boys and girls in the underworld of the trafficking industry—because the buyers of sex demand younger and younger prey. FACT: The…
ArtPrize 2104 visitors waiting in the rain yesterday to view The Scarlet Cord. So far, volunteers have given out over 22,500 red string bracelets to help form Circles of Protection around children.
After viewing The Scarlet Cord at ArtPrize, a young teen fell into my arms. I held her and drew her head close as she cried. A couple of minutes later, she pulled away and, then, she quickly embraced me again. Her words tumbled out so quickly that a couple of different times I had to…