This multi-media package was put together by Tiffani Amo. If you are interested in obtaining still photos or permission to use this video, please contact tiffani@tiffaniamo.com. For information about Sereen Gualtieri’s installation and her trafficking awareness efforts, please contact her via e-mail: sereenphotography@hotmail.com
For the first time ever, the United States was ranked in the 2010 Trafficking in Persons report. While many people remain unaware of the existence of modern day slavery, there are others fighting for abolition. In 2009, local Gainesville artist Sereen Gualtieri formed a coalition to raise awareness and funds for trafficking victims with the belief that art speaks louder than words. While most of the funds are raised by selling inspirational paintings, it is the coalition’s straightforward approach that is raising a more tangible awareness. Trafficking statistics are now being brought to reality with a life-size installation that simulates the living conditions of a child caught in sex slavery.
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Hello.
I am freshman in college this year and am researching ways to incorporate art with combatting against human trafficking/modern day slavery. Last year, I organized a tee shirt fundraiser to help fight the injustice. This year I am looking to help in a different way. I loved your instillation. It was wonderfully done. This injustice breaks my heart. I would love to talk to you about how you got started and so forth. Hope to here from you soon.
Thank you
The intensity in every piece, the memories captured here…they break my heart and crush my soul. Thank you for being aware, and for taking a stand. May we fight for this together, and may God grant us FREEDOM.
Hello! Absolutely love what you are doing here, and I think that you might be exactly what I am looking for! I am curating a show on human trafficking and am looking for local Atlanta artists to participate. Please email me if you are interested in knowing more! Thank you!
Contact me asap.
Ang.sanch 88@ gmail .com
I’m an amateur, American artist living in Tokyo, Japan and I recently learned more about what specifically goes on in this country. I’ve felt really moved to create awareness using art. I’ll specifically be supporting the chapter of Not For Sale here in Japan. I’m so inspired to find others with the same passion to free those who cannot speak for themselves.
Good Work .. I too feel strongly that Art can speak for those trapped in the slavery of the sex trade. I especially feel for the young children whos innocence and lives have been so altered and stolen from them. I am an artist who lives in Palm Coast Florida. I want to organize a fund raising effort to help. Any suggestions would be much appreciated. I am Thinking that maybe designing tee shirts and selling them on line with proceeds going to a Stop Trafficking Organization might be a good way to begin. Any suggestion?