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Dynamically engaged Human Trafficking Awareness Week Artwork by Tim Hilderbrand “It is Finished”. SDG ’14 stands for Soli Deo Gloria, or To God alone be the glory 6
Every year, Martha S. Lindner High School’s Student Organized Services (SOS) comes together to bring awareness to worldwide issues such as hunger and the lack of fresh water. This spring, SOS chose to bring awareness to the fastest growing issue in our world today: human trafficking. There are 27 million slaves in the world today - 1,078 of them being children in our own state of Ohio. That’s more than the population of CHCA’s middle school and high school combined. Karen Hordinski, Outreach Coordinator/Student Organized Service at Martha S. Lindner High School shared, “ When student leaders chose human trafficking as a topic they wanted to explore, I was hesitant. It felt like a hot social justice issue that’s popular to discuss, but too distant for us to do much about. Difficult issues of social justice can also overwhelm and promote fear. Truthfully, it can just be too scary to think about for young women, and young men tend to think it’s not an issue that impacts them. However, the more we researched, the more we realized we had to talk about it. We realized that we needed to let people know that it’s not just far away in India, Cambodia & Thailand – it’s right here in our backyard. We learned that children in Ohio are trafficked in larger numbers than we expected. We also learned about people who were trafficked for labor in Cincinnati. And, now we believe that it is our responsibility as Christ followers to challenge people to find ways to stop the demand for - and the perpetuation - of trafficking.” During that week, students attended chapels and events where they heard speakers from organizations such as International Justice Mission (IJM) and Destiny Rescue. To balance the heaviness of the stories and statistics the students received, they were provided with opportunities to “do” something about trafficking. SOS students organized homeroom collections of items to send to local survivors of trafficking. Students and guests also had an opportunity to attend Nefarious Night, a documentary event hosted by students and student vendors, where purchased items made by survivors in a fair trade market and movie ticket sales all went to support the rescue of a person being trafficked. For perspective, it costs $1,500 to rescue one child from trafficking. CHCA’s SOS goal is to raise much more. Post event, to help raise funds to rescue a second child, MSL High School’s Fine Arts Teacher Tim Hilderbrand also auctioned off an artwork piece entitled “It is Finished”. “We believe that it is our responsibility as Christ followers to challenge people to find ways to stop the demand for - and the perpetuation - of trafficking.” Students at CHCA have raised over $2,000 (and counting) to fund the rescue of children from human trafficking. This is a cause that is near to the hearts of these students, some of whom have personally encountered and prayed over rescued children on Intercession trips. These students have truly taken action and pray daily over this world issue. 7
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Page 3 and 4: From the Head of School Randy Brunk
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Page 13 and 14: Learn, Lead and Serve Scholarships
Page 15 and 16: and Armenians read the same Bible.
Page 17 and 18: CHCA’s network of global friends
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