FILL IN THE CRACKS!

Following the Woman’s Club meeting on January 10, 2024, several members again filled in the cracks on the sidewalk at the Teen Center in recognition of “Human Trafficking Month.”

On January 21, 2022, members of the Woman’s Club met at the Teen Center to “fill in the cracks” on the sidewalks with red sand in recognition of “Human Trafficking Month.”  Joining us from Habitat for Humanity of South Palm Beach County were Crystal Spears, Community Outreach Director, and Patti Green, Neighborhood Revitalization Director.                                                         

Molly Gochman first launched Red Sand Project in 2014, after realizing the depths to which slavery continues to be a contemporary reality. Globally, an estimated 40.3 million individuals live in slavery, whether in forced marriages, forced labor, or for sexual exploitation. Molly recognized that to begin finding a solution to such a widespread challenge, increased public awareness and engagement would be essential. She initiated the first Red Sand Project action in Miami, where she filled the cracks of sidewalks in and around the Art Basel Miami Beach pavilion with red sand. The approach was symbolic, with the grains of sand representing those individuals who fall through the cracks—whether the cracks of our social, economic, and political systems or those of our personal consciousness.

Our members were proud to take part in raising awareness for those affected by modern day slavery by joining the movement by filling sidewalk cracks with red sand.   We gathered along the sidewalk in front of 505 SE Fifth Avenue (Federal Hwy), Delray  Beach.

      

 

More information regarding this project may be found under the website:  redsandproject.org