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Artist Statement By Ryan Hanberry
The woman on the cover represents a person who has endured the horrors of being trafficked. For the few who survive their ordeal the psychological damage is catastrophic and they often feel broken and useless. While I was thinking on this I got an image in my head that just would not go away, so I drew it. The illustration is symbolic not of how she looks to the world but rather how she feels inside, broken, perhaps un-repairable. I can only surmise what this really feels like to a survivor, of course, so this drawing will fall short. However, my hope is that through this illustration someone may connect with the pain those enslaved suffer and be inspired to prevent slavery from happening in the first place.
Unbound Magazine
A project of Michigan Abolitionist Project www. michiganabolitionistproject. org
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Editor-In-Chief Julie Slagter
Editors Meahgan Pear Melissa Martin Ryan Hanberry Susie Finkbeiner
Art Direction Mimi P Communications
Layout / Design Laura Parker
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Fiction / Poetry unbound. fiction @ gmail. com is a collection of written and creative work born in the hearts and minds of people who are passionate about the cause of freedom. All contributors are Michigan residents who carry within them the hope that all victims of human trafficking will one day know freedom. With this hope, we join together using our gifts to further the fight for the complete abolition of slavery, in Michigan, in the United States, and around the world. Unbound is an outpouring of a passion for freedom and a love for those who have had their freedom stripped away.
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Bringing Hope to the Voiceless........................................................ 2 Meahgan Pear
The Power of a Thought.................................................................. 4 Adam Ferguson
The Pipe People................................................................................ 5-6 Julie Slagter
Illumination: Shedding Light on Human Trafficking................ 8 Melissa Martin
It Starts with Us................................................................................. 9-10 Brianna DeWitt
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Killing the Thorn.............................................................................. 3-4 Susie Finkbeiner
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Ryan Hanberry.................................................................................... Cover 3, 9
Rebecca May........................................................................................ 5-7
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