1 day Ago By Charlie Stone, 39 News
"I think it's cool that they make it into an art project, so you can show that that's something that you really care about, you know," said Red Sand Project participant Abigail Karnes. The Red Sand Project is aimed at giving victims of human trafficking a voice. "You may never know it, you know, by looking at the person, but, you know, you never know what somebody went through," said Karnes.
Jackson State Community College’s Gibson County Center hosted the Red Sand Project with a presentation from a survivor of Human Trafficking. Kelli Willis, a current student at Jackson State, took the audience through her life and experiences. Students and residents of Gibson County Participated in the Red Sand Project "I remember being with this other guy, and it was one of my husband's affiliates.
And he was going to help me 'get out' of the situation, which was stupid. I should have known that he was not going to help me. He raped me, he let his buddies rape me.
" Willis talked about the situations she was in which almost led to her death on multiple occasions while being trafficked. "Then he was taking me to this field in Camden. He was going to kill me.
I ended up shooting my way out of that situation to get back to my vehicle," said Willis. Kelli Willis, a Survivor of Human Trafficking, spoke about her life After Willis’s story, members of the audience went outside to fill cracks in the parking lot with red sand, which represents the over 50 million people being trafficked today, according to the Red Sand Project’s website. Karnes talked about the importance of awareness.
"It's really meaningful. I think everybody should be able to, you know, attend something like that at least once. So they know more about, you know, human trafficking and just in general," said Karnes.
To learn more about the Red Sand Project, you can click here..
