Today is National Human Trafficking Awareness Day. In KC, there are approximately 1,700 victims. From 7 to 10 p.m., the Leedy-Voulkos Art Center (2012 Baltimore, 816-474-1919) hosts
One Eleven Cocktails for a Cause, which One by One Project Executive Director Andrea Shelton says is "a night to honor those who have been enslaved and now have their freedom." Support them by buying a ticket ($35 for individual, $65 for couple, or $5 more at the door) to this black-and-white event. "We hope that when people leave, they are not only made aware of what is happening here locally, but they felt called to action in whatever capacity that means for them," Shelton says. For more information, see
onebyoneproject.org.
— Berry Anderson