Friday, April 26, 2019
MEDIA ADVISORY: Students at San Diego School of Creative and Performing Arts Performing a Play Highlighting Human Trafficking
WHAT: San Diego School of Creative and Performing Arts (SCPA) students will perform “TRAPPed,” a play about human trafficking. SCPA was awarded a grant to create, produce and direct a play that focuses on the issues of youth and human trafficking. An initiative of the San Diego/Imperial High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area and the San Diego Human Trafficking Task Force, Project TEACH (Train, Educate, Advocacy, Collaboration, & Healing) conducts outreach on issues related to human trafficking. “TRAPPed,” developed by youth for youth and overseen by critically acclaimed New York playwright, Eduardo Machado, is aimed at grades 6-9, intends to educate youth of the potential risks of cyber communication, human trafficking and drug use in the hopes of saving youth from becoming victims of human trafficking.
Event speakers include Superintendent Cindy Marten; Kraig Chiles, Captain of the San Diego Sockers; Jayme Delano, Policy Analyst, Office of National Drug Control Policy; David King, Executive Director of the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA); Michael Barnett, Undersheriff of the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department; and Andrew Haden, Chief of the U.S. Attorney’s Office
WHEN: Tuesday, April 30, 2019, 10:00 a.m.
WHERE: San Diego School of Creative and Performing Arts, 2425 Dusk Drive, San Diego, CA 92139.
Background: The Underground sex economy in San Diego is estimated at $810 million dollars per year with 85% of cases involving gang-affiliated traffickers. There are an estimated 110 gangs involved in the underground sex economy locally. SCPA students have created a package that includes the play, slide projections, and production needs for any school to be able to produce and present the play, “TRAPPed.”
SCPA is a college preparatory pre-conservatory public arts magnet school for students in grades 6-12. A rigorous academic program is offered in conjunction with a comprehensive study in the Visual and Performing Arts taught by teachers who are active arts professionals as well as credentialed educators. High School students must pass an audition in order to be accepted and attend SCPA.
SCPA counts five Tony Award winners, several Emmy Award winners and a Grammy Nominee among its alumni along with countless others working professionally in the arts and arts-related professions.
SCPA student performers will be available for interviews after their performance.
CONTACT: Maureen Magee, Communications Director, (619) 381-7930.
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