As an action taken against human trafficking, I created a poster to publicize this evil practice to the Serra community. I emphasized the slogan of my poster, “STOP Human Trafficking”, through the use of photo editing on a stop light that I took a picture of. Each light on the stop light had a face of a sufferer of human trafficking on it while the red light was illuminated, conveying that this practice had to be “stopped” as soon as possible.
Through this action, I hope to have informed more Serra students about human trafficking and maybe have sparked an interest in a few to do research into the subject. Before this project, I did not nearly know how bad modern slavery has gotten. Ever since I learned about the ending of slavery in early America, I did not even think that such a thing could go on in our world today. I want the younger students at Serra to be aware of this practice so they, too, can take action and be more aware of this injustice. Education is the key to success, and if I educate younger students, success will be produced. However, I do not know if my action succeeded as I have not seen any copies of my poster around school.
As a result of my taking action against human trafficking, I am inspired to take action on future justice issues that I encounter. I feel as if I have been given a responsibility to become a “light” to this world that can show and reveal social injustices. Before taking this action, I used to think that attempting to solve a worldwide problem was too big of a task for me to accomplish. However, I realized that not one person can solve international injustices. Issues such as human trafficking are solved communally, and it is our responsibility, as inhabitants of this world, to work together to solve things one step at a time.
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