It’s Wednesday morning and a group of young women at Brittany’s Place sit around a long table filled with art supplies: paints, pencils, magazines, glitter…
Lisa, the Art Therapist, asks the group: How is everyone doing? How do the changing seasons make you feel today? Do you like autumn? What about the falling leaves? The girls pause…then one by one they reach for brushes, scissors, markers and begin their work.
Sitting among the girls each week is one older woman, who follows the instructions and then thoughtfully picks up a marker and begins to draw a stick figure on her page. This is Marquita Clardy, whose daughter was tragically murdered three years ago by a sexual predator and for whom Brittany’s Place is named.
Each week, Clardy spends hours of her own time going on activities, sharing meals with the girls, and participating in Art Therapy with the young women at the shelter ages 10-17 years. Each of these girls has been sexually-exploited, and they stay at the shelter to find a safe environment and develop therapeutic supports.
Please, support 180 Degrees work to help girls ages 10 – 17 who have experienced, or are at risk of experiencing, sex trafficking. Make a gift today.
Lisa, the Art Therapist, asks the group: How is everyone doing? How do the changing seasons make you feel today? Do you like autumn? What about the falling leaves? The girls pause…then one by one they reach for brushes, scissors, markers and begin their work.
Sitting among the girls each week is one older woman, who follows the instructions and then thoughtfully picks up a marker and begins to draw a stick figure on her page. This is Marquita Clardy, whose daughter was tragically murdered three years ago by a sexual predator and for whom Brittany’s Place is named.
Each week, Clardy spends hours of her own time going on activities, sharing meals with the girls, and participating in Art Therapy with the young women at the shelter ages 10-17 years. Each of these girls has been sexually-exploited, and they stay at the shelter to find a safe environment and develop therapeutic supports.
Please, support 180 Degrees work to help girls ages 10 – 17 who have experienced, or are at risk of experiencing, sex trafficking. Make a gift today.
