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Not for Sale:Ending Human Trafficking w/Literature & Writing

My students need 30 copies of the novel Sold, by Patricia McCormick, in order to assist them in becoming social agents of change in the fight to end human trafficking.

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Mrs. B. Maac Community Charter School
Chula Vista, CA Grades 9-12

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This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.

My Students

Being located near the border means being near one of the largest child sex trafficking sites in the U.S.; our students are bombarded with the reality of the illegal trafficking of children into sex slavery. They have no choice but to live this devastation, and are now combating it with education.

Our student created curriculum is designed around becoming agents of change and enabling students to end the illegal trade of humans.

The following are the primary tenants of their mission: 1. Students create and run campaigns, in which they create Public Service Announcements, informational pamphlets, Pod-casts, and documentaries; 2. Students compile a creative writing anthology in which they reflect on personal experiences with human trafficking as well as writing from the point of view of both victims and characters in novels; 3. Students organize and facilitate workshops to educate the community on human trafficking as well as other issues concerning women’s rights. In addition, students read a literary text that aligns with the curriculum. As per their request, it is our goal to obtain a class set of Sold, by Patricia McCormick, so that we can read the text as a whole.

My Project

However, a class of 40 is currently sharing 6 copies of the novel Sold by Patricia McCormick, a novel that they adore and read with ferocity that I can only admire. It is our desire to have a class set of the novel Sold so that we can read the text as a community of readers and better our understanding of the humane element of human trafficking that the narrator’s thirteen-year-old voice conveys. The text allows for a very unique complexity where the reader finds an achingly beautiful peace when faced with such a vulgar and damaging storyline. Sold has such an impact on my students because my students know, first hand, the horrific circumstances in which the main character must survive. We would love to use the novel as our primary mentor text for writing & for analyzing modern literature, voice and social issues. We hope that creating an atmosphere of discourse, similar to that of a university environment, will encourage students to become active agents of change in the community.

Your help will ensure that my students have a common resource within the realm of literature.

Not only will the novels serve to improve social understanding, they will also serve to increase literacy, oral language, and writing technique. It's their responsibility to use their voices to educate and inspire change by passing on their words/insight. And now I ask you to do the same, to give back what you can so that the recipients of your generosity can generate change and empowerment in others.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

More than three‑quarters of students from low‑income households

300 students impacted 11 donors
Mrs. B. Maac Community Charter School Grades 9-12

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Chula Vista, CA View local requests

More than three‑quarters of students from low‑income households Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more

300 students impacted 11donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Sold Patricia McCormick • Barnes and Noble $8.09 30 $242.70

Materials cost

$242.70

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $17.60

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.64

Fulfillment labor & materials

$9.00

Total project cost

$272.94

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$59.91

Total project goal

$332.85

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $332.85

7 Donors

-$166.42

Donations toward project cost

-$136.47

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$29.95

match offer

-$166.43

Match offer toward project cost

-$136.47

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$29.96

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