KNOXVILLE, TN (Story courtesy of WVLT) – The Red Sand Project kicked off in Tennessee on July 28. The movement shares the message of no one slipping through the cracks, working to bring awareness to human trafficking.
The Community Coalition Against Human Trafficking works here in East Tennessee to spread education around trafficking as well as provide resources for survivors of human trafficking.
“Trafficking happens when there is a relationship involved, there’s a lot of trust and sometimes there’s a lot of love to it too,” Makinzi Greener with CCAHT said. “So, the biggest misconception is that ‘stranger danger’ and snatch-and-grab somebody off the streets, but we know that trafficking thrives on manipulation and isolation and so really when that relationship is involved, you’re going to see it more often.”
Multiple events across East Tennessee are taking place to pour red sand into sidewalk cracks to show the symbolism of the message.
Grainger County:
10:00 a.m.
Wednesday, July 30
Grainger County Courthouse
Blount County:
11:00 a.m.
Wednesday, July 30
United Way of Blount County
Claiborne County:
3:00 p.m.
Wednesday, July 30
Walters State Community College
1325 Claiborne Street
Information regarding human trafficking resources can be found here.
Grow Free TN Hotline:(865) 292-0285
Tennessee Human Trafficking Hotline:(865)-558-6484
Text “BEFREE” To233733
