100.5 The River video on The Scarlet Cord
This short video produced by 100.5 The River features The Scarlet Cord:
The Scarlet Cord: Raped
Raped, Yarn on loom, 17 x 49 inches, 2014 Children suffer traumatic pain every time they are trafficked—or raped. For many of these victims, the sexual abuse started at a very young age when the boys or girls were molested by someone they knew. Just as a ruptured appendix releases toxic poisons, sexual abuse releases…
The Scarlet Cord: Stripped
Stripped (Study), Yarn on canvas, 30 x 30 inches, 2014 Showing at Barnes & Noble of Rivertown Human trafficking touches all of us—even within our homes. Pornography first ensnared a ten-year-old boy when he clicked on a computer pop-up that read: “Funny NFL pictures.” The producers of pornography deliberately target children—stripping our youth of their…
Building Circles of Protection
17,000 red string bracelets given away at ArtPrize 2014 The Scarlet Cord: Healing for sex trafficked children. Help raise awareness and build circles of protection around at-risk children buy adobe illustrator. Visit The Scarlet Cord outside the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum (near the parking lot). Take the Do 1 Thing Challenge.
More From ArtPrize 2014 and The Scalet Cord
The first 8 days of The Scarlet Cord at ArtPrize 2014 have been exhausting but well worth it. In addition to currently being in the Top 25, visitor responses have proven the importance of confronting human trafficking and bringing hope and healing to survivors. Here are just a few highlights: Healing Tears Tears are words…
Peering Into My Soul
A young woman quietly approached the volunteer tent at The Scarlet Cord installation. When our eyes met, she asked, “What inspired you to create The Scarlet Cord?” I recounted to her how at nineteen I traveled to Europe. One of the stops on our tour was the Red Light Windows of Amsterdam. This was my…
The Scarlet Cord: Touching Lives
Kindhearted Women At Risk volunteers gave away thousands of red cord bracelets each day so far. As the volunteers tied the string bracelets on each wrist (or ankle), I realized that we were literally touching the lives of the ArtPrize visitors, making a personal connection between the healing message of The Scarlet Cord and…