This month, ACC is asking for your support to shine a light on human trafficking and child exploitation. We invite artists to submit blue-themed works that support the Lights On for Children initiative. Let’s come together to spread awareness and encourage communities to light up their homes and businesses with blue lightbulbs in solidarity.
Exhibit Dates: November 1st-20th
Artist Reception: Wednesday, Nov. 20th
Artist Pickup: November 22nd
Student Art Contest:
Paving the Way Foundation has trained over 36,000 students and parents about online exploitation and human trafficking in the past 7 years.
This year, in partnership with OCPS, Boy and Girls Clubs, Orlando After School All Stars and Elevate Orlando they’ve educated close to 7,000 youth.
The students participate in two or three 1 hour educational programs learning:
What is human trafficking and exploitation
- Grooming and Recruitment tactics used
- Apps and games where traffickers target youth
- Signs of trafficking and exploitation
- Laws that protect them
- Actions to take to prevent it
Paving The Way Foundation, Inc, is committed that the cycle ends, bringing educational programs to empower our youth with the tools to prevent them from becoming victims of exploitation, sex trafficking, bullying or abuse. Our programs are thought provoking and engage the students to end this silent crime in our schools, educating them on what actions to take when the scenario presents itself and gives them the confidence to disrupt it.
During the 3rd session the students are invited to create a poster, showing what they’ve learned visually and tactically, how they would share what they’ve learned with others and create a hashtag they could use on Social Media.
This evening you are seeing the best of the best our students have created after just 2 hours engaging conversation and information sharing.
We’ve selected 4 Categories of winners:
Art
Art and Message
Message
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We hope you are inspired by their interpretations of the lessons, the messages they share and power visual art they’ve created.