Red Jeans Redemption
Curating the strength of survivors and displaying hope
The Red Jeans Redemption project gives voice to the hidden stories of sexual abuse, rape, and sex trafficking. The work is comprised of the stories from courageous survivors who volunteered to write their sacred stories on the red jeans. Leslie King, survivor and founder of Sacred Beginnings, and the women in her program also participated.
In February of 2020, Red Jeans Redemption had the privilege to collaborate with S.E.E. Freedom Now, the organizer of Story Collective. The event started with a pair of red jeans being torn, representing the damage inflicted upon the victim’s soul through the commercial sex industry. Along with the debut of Red Jeans Redemption, the audience’s responses, written on scraps of red jeans, were incorporated on a canvas during a live painting performance.
This performance concluded with artists Anna Donahue, Susan Anderson, and Pamela Alderman pouring gold paint along the seams of the torn jean scraps. The gold paint represented the healing redemption that occurs when we come together to help mend the sexual brokenness of our society.
To schedule Red Jeans Redemption for your event, contact Pamela Alderman
Photo credit: Laura Chittenden
