Project Details
CNY Freedom Makers are seeking to increase awareness of slavery, specifically sex trafficking, and impact a specific community in Manila, Philippines. In partnership with International Justice Mission (IJM) they financially support a comprehensive justice initiative through the IJM Manila Field Office.
The organization conducted a poster contest to help raise awareness about sex trafficking. My students designed 6 out of 7 of the winners for the contest.
The project was featured in the newspaper. The posters were printed and sold to raise funds for the project.
Joshua Skibbee
“After doing further research on this topic I discovered a fact stating that 3,287 people are sold or kidnapped into slavery everyday. Meaning, that about 136 people are forced into human trafficking per hour. That fact stuck with me and made me want to not only give my audience the statistic, but have them visualize it as well to further the impact of the message.”
Jessica Lacelle
I was inspired by the posters that came out of France in the late 1960′s during the student rebellions. I tried to maintain that grungy stencil style with my poster. I also wanted to create a poster that showed by speaking up, and creating awareness, we can help victims of modern slavery break free from a life of servitude. I used a bright background and bold imagery for a high contrast piece that will easily get people’s attention.
Paul Roberts
My work attempts to encapsulate the sheer magnitude of the problem at hand with human trafficking. In my research, I found that roughly 29 million people are currently enslaved worldwide, which is a staggering amount. From there, I wanted to give viewers a way to understand the size of 29 million people. I discovered that the 15 most populated cities in the United States combined still comes up about half a million short of that number. I thought this a fitting comparison to try and imagine if every citizen of all those cities was instead a slave somewhere in the world. With that idea in mind, one can start to think about how large of a problem human trafficking really is.
Kathryn Wheeler
As a whole, this poster is minimalist and direct. The concept is that too many people are being bought and sold like worthless objects and if you were in that position you would want someone to save you. The bar code over the silhouette of the abstract figure symbolizes the idea of a person being treated as just another object that you can buy. I placed the number 27,000,000 to make the image appear more like a bar code. The price tag is to balance the layout and give the poster some weight, while backing up the idea of people being bought. The simple question is to make the viewer think if it something were to happen to them, they would want help. The website and logo finalize the poster and leave the viewer wanting to learn more.