PO 323 Human Trafficking Class Project

Students in my PO 323 Human Trafficking class have been working hard to implement and host the Global Freedom Summit at Millikin this semester, a film screening event designed to raise awareness about human trafficking and equip communities to take action. Since this class is particularly grim and students can get overwhelmed at the enormity and scope of the crime, I try to organize a final project that uses things we have learned in class to improve the status quo. This year when I heard that the A21 Walk for Freedom was being transformed to a film screening I thought we could transform it in my class. We began brainstorming activities that would complement the film.

Then I took this list and broke it up into four different groups: social media, education, advocacy, and activities and games. Students signed up for the group they were most interested in and we started working on the project. The social media group had to start earlier with their project and have already published a press release, Facebook event, and Instagram account. I will share more next week after the event!