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S01 E11 – Stories that Inspire Action

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A Georgia woman who was sex trafficked as a teenager shares her story and inspires a kiosk to educate air travelers in the Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, and a woman in Kansas who struggled to feed her children influences the development of an on-campus food pantry

Join us as J.R. and Kelsey discuss Facing Project stories that have created tangible change in communities.

Stories

  1. Daddy’s Little Girl: A story from Georgia that inspired a kiosk to educate air travelers in the Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport. Casey’s story as told to Yewande Austin from “Facing Sex Trafficking: Atlanta’s Dirty Little Secret.” Performed by Yewande Austin. 
  2. The Story of a Mother: A story from Kansas that led to the development of an on-campus food pantry. An Anonymous Story as told to Autumn Snesrud from “Facing Hunger in Manhattan, Kansas,” a Facing Project organized by Kansas State University. Performed by Chandra Ford.

Music used in this episode

  • “Soundboy” by 4bstr4ck3r
    Released under an Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) License.
    From the Free Music Archive.

Original air date: Jul. 22, 2019

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