Savannah Sanders, a recent graduate from ASU's School of Social Work and a former sex-trafficking victim, works along with other state programs to help victims of human trafficking regain their footing.
The 7-foot teddy bear installation, titled "I Bearly Give a Scrap," is just one of the many temporary art projects present throughout the Roosevelt Row area downtown. With the bear, creator Tara Logsdon hopes to inspire people to reuse old materials that may otherwise go into landfills.
Haley Ritter, a 37-year-old who has epilepsy, was inspired early on to pursue her passions of American Sign Language and bicycle advocacy. Despite the hardships she endures living with epilepsy, Ritter has become a catalyst in several Phoenix bike programs.
The Office of Sex Trafficking Intervention Research, or STIR, started within the College of Public Programs on ASU's Downtown Phoenix campus in January 2013. Its initiatives include combating sex trafficking through awareness and education.
The Roosevelt Street Improvements Public Art Project will bring sustainable, solar-powered shade structures to three areas on Roosevelt Street: one on the east side of Carly’s Bistro on Second Street, one on the west side of The Nash on First Street and multiple in the right-of-way triangle between Third and Fourth streets.
