Dear Reader
Dear Reader,
You hold in your hands the 4th issue of Michigan Abolitionist
Project’s Unbound Magazine. This issue is a special one, as
its release coincides with the Unbound Project, an event
encompassing everything MAP believes that the creative arts
can mean to the fight against human trafficking.
Freedom, the theme of this issue of the magazine and the
Unbound Project, is an often talked about yet rarely understood
concept. As we advocate for the freedom of victims and survivors
of human trafficking in Michigan and around the world, it’s
important that we listen to a number of voices as they speak
about their freedom and the freedom of others. A collective
experience, freedom occurs in and through a community of
people. Contributors to this issue of the magazine engage with
freedom through poetry, essays, short stories, and personal
reflection. As you read your way through the magazine you will
meet a Union soldier dreaming of freedom while held captive
in a Confederate POW camp; you will feel the dust and dirt of
renovation under your fingertips as you encounter the birthing
of HQ, a place for youth experiencing homelessness to get a
new start; and you will learn to see through the exterior and
into the interior, encountering the freedom in another’s soul.
Welcome to the 4th Issue of Unbound Magazine.
Sincerely,
Kathy Maitland
Executive Director of Michigan Abolitionist Project
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