20 Questions with Aaron Harcourt
1. Name: Aaron Harcourt
2. Age: 23
3.Hometown: Alliston, Ontario
4. Where you are on the planet right now: Canada
5: Favourite Book: The Irresistible Revolution
6. Favourite Movie: The Island
7. Favourite Band: Jose Gonzalez
8. Favourite Food: Spaghetti
9. What you wanted to be when you grew up: A Popsicle salesman
10. Your ‘day job’: Barista, Photographer
11. Your dream: To be an adventurer
12. What you do for fun: Play
13. What opened your eyes to the reality of human trafficking: Hearing about it and then seeing it
14: What you are doing to change it: I worked with a ministry that raises awareness about injustice though photography, motivating people to do something about it. I also helped to produce a book about Human Trafficking and I am speaking about it in my home country.
15. Specific justice issue you’d like to address most: Corruption and greed.
16. Country you consider to have the greatest need: Wow, I don’t think I can put my finger on this one. Even the West has so many problems and injustice issues.
17. Literature/ media you recommend to help people get acquainted with the issues: Watch the News; the films Born into Brothels and Trade.
18. Heros you look to for inspiration: Paul and Susi Childers
19. Organizations, groups you know of effectively addressing the injustice of human trafficking: PhotogenX, Call + Response
20. How the modern-day slave trade will be abolished: Ending the demand, countries making stricter laws for violators even when caught in other countries, social aid (counseling and care) to those victims within the sex industry.
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