The Blind Project: Open Your Eyes

AnnaLynne McCord, from the CW's 90210, is doing exactly what she was meant to do: draw attention and open eyes to child sex trafficking. Her involvement with something called The Blind Project is being talked about in the press, and it's how I found out about the organization. TBP is partnering with indigenous organizations in Southeast Asia to protect potential victims of trafficking and provide restoration through education and vocational skill training to those who have been rescued from it.


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I see all of these amazing organizations working toward the same goal, to eradicate the event of child sex trafficking and the root causes that feed it, and I hope that they are doing the best they can to overlap and work together to fill in the pieces. As is the case with organizations like Chab Dai, and the work of TBP to partner with existing groups, a united front will be much more effective than each individual fighting its own little battle.

Something I think is really cool is that the Blind Project is making plans for a clothing and jewelry line called "We Are Biographers." Each item will tell a real-life story of someone affected by trafficking, and the shirt or necklace will have a wearable, standing opportunity to talk about trafficking.

Today I'm feeling that restlessness of not doing enough, of wanting to be there or working more to help. I wish I could just drive to the airport and get on a plane, to bring some bit of purpose to this problem, to play a little more of my part.