On May 2, hours before the M Street Art Complex opened for ArtHop, Marina Santos gave her students stage directions. Santos is an English teacher at McLane High School. She’s been working with her senior class all year to understand one issue. “What they’re doing tonight is bringing alive the voices of the voiceless,” Santos says. “They’re kind of illuminating all sides of those that are human trafficked and those who do the human trafficking.” At ArtHop, the students represent both victims and perpetrators of sex and labor trafficking in a presentation called “After Dark: Breaking the Chains of Human Trafficking.” The project is part of McLane’s ArtVenture Academy , Santos says. “Most of the time as a teacher, it feels like you’re getting them close to the issue through literature and having them become empathetic by understanding characters,” says Santos. She says the project has been a team effort including art and English faculty at McLane and members of the community. “We started
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