I have discovered through MetalsmithsUnite! 2.0, which is a jeweler's group I belong to on facebook, that there is a program called Made By Survivors. This program's aim is to help women and children who are victims of sex trafficking, learn a trade. This is also a place where they may begin to heal and no longer just survive but thrive. Here is a link to a wonderful post made by Dianna at the request of MetalsmithsUnite! http://metalsmithsunite.blogspot.com/2011/07/working-with-made-by-survivors.html I hope you take the time to read.
The director, Dianna Badalament is now conducting her Third Jewelry Tool Drive. She has published a list of the needed tools which you can access here http://www.madebysurvivors.com/content/third-tool-drive. I plan to do my part to help by donating some tools from her list, it's the LEAST I can do.
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Illinois Sky
Height of Land, Maine
has worked as a jeweler in various capacities:teaching,repairing,and selling. Her work appears in "Made in Illinois,an Artist Gallery," and her interests range from fine jewelry to art made from found objects. She grew up on the Illinois prairie, and despite loving those open fields and wooded river banks, she currently divides her time between Illinois and Maine where she is discovering another kind of beauty in the mountains and sea. A good life, all in all.
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ohhh, I totally missed this information.
Thanks for sharing !
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