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Youth Event at Dixon High School to Shed Awareness on Global Human Trafficking
Post for documentary screening and speaker event being held at Dixon High School on Tuesday, April 26th in the theater from 7-9 pm.
Recently, the Dixon High School AP Language and Composition classes read Half the Sky by Nicholas Kristoff and Sheryl WuDunn. The book chronicles the different ways that women are being oppressed on a global scale. The book looks frankly at such topics as maternal mortality, honor killings, and female mutilation. Many of the things the students read took them aback, and they wanted to do something in response. The topic they have chosen to address is sex trafficking. This is a crisis in many parts of the world, particularly in Southeast Asia and parts of the Middle East, but the students were shocked to find out how Sacramento is also a hotbed for sex trafficking in California.
From their research and concern, they have decided to host an event where they hope to educate their community on the horrors of sex trafficking both globally and locally. The event will be held at the Dixon High School Theater on Tuesday, April 26th from 7-9 pm. There will be a viewing of part of the Half the Sky documentary as well as local speakers who work with sex trafficking victims. The students are eager to be advocates for these modern day slaves and to try to raise money for the organizations whose mission it is to combat this terror.
Please join us at the event on Tuesday, April 26th if you are interested in learning more about this crisis and want to support your local students as they try to bring goodness to people in need. If you are unable to attend but would like to donate to their cause, you can support their GoFundMe campaign at gofund.me/2tv3qk7k.