What is International Women’s Day? International Women's Day (IWD) is a global holiday celebrated annually on March 8 to commemorate the cultural, political, and socioeconomic achievements of women.[3] It is also a focal point in the women's rights movement, bringing attention to issues such as gender equality, reproductive rights, and violence and abuse against women. [...]
Category: Social Justice
2021 Human Trafficking Awareness Day
January is Human Trafficking Prevention Month & today, January 11th is when we wear blue to raise awareness of human trafficking happening locally & globally. Today I encourage you to wear blue, read an article on human trafficking, donate to an organization actively fighting human trafficking through prevention, intervention, or with holistic aftercare for survivors. [...]
2020 Dressember Wrap Up
Dressember 2020 is almost over! There is only one day left, tomorrow, but I wanted to share with you my dresses and a fundraising goal update! For my 7th Dressember, I wanted to raise $700 and we did just that and much more! If you are still looking to make a year end donation you [...]
Mindfulness | Human Trafficking Books & Resources
Last month, we talked about types of human trafficking, modern slavery, and vulnerable populations. While we continue to debunk false narratives of human trafficking, today I am sharing some resources to continue learning and growing, so I am sharing some books, organizations, and articles. https://www.ctdatacollaborative.org/map?type=ctdcOften when talking about human trafficking survivors, we are not talking [...]
Wear it Wednesday | 10 Ethical Fashion Brands that Empower
This post contains affiliate links, when you shop through them I earn a small compensation (at no additional cost to you) through which I am able to support this website and my family. For the first 10 days of August, I was campaigning with 10 Free Days fundraising for an organization called Our Daughters International. [...]
Mindfulness | 10 Free Days 2020
I first became aware of human trafficking in 2014, I'd heard about it but I didn't know a lot about it. I learned so much from my first Dressember campaign, especially the relationship between fast cheap fashion and human trafficking. It was one of the distinct pieces to making the decision to wear and support [...]
Wear it Wednesday | Dressember 2019 Wrap Up
Rabbit Rabbit! (Anyone else say this on the first of every month? Just me. Cool.) Happy 2020! So December took forever to arrive and was gone in a flash! Like I mentioned in my halfway post, there was no reasoning to how I picked my dresses this year. Although looking back on my outfits, I [...]
Finished Reading : Beginner’s Pluck by Liz Forkin Bohannan
This post contains affiliate links, when you shop through them I earn a small compensation (at no additional cost to you) through which I am able to support this website and my family. I received a free copy of the book by being on the Beginner's Pluck Book Launch Team. Pluck (n): Spirited and determined [...]
Finished Reading: The White Devil’s Daughters by Julia Flynn Siler
For the last few weeks, I've been working my way through Siler's non-fiction 300 page book documenting the story of slavery in San Francisco's Chinatown and the women who fought it. The book center's around the story of Donaldina Cameron an Scottish American who runs the Occidental Mission Home from 1899 to 1934 and her [...]
Dressember in July 2019 | Days 1-15
Dressember in July has been a fun way to talk about how I wear dresses all December long. It's also been a lot of fun to wear dresses (and skirts) all month with sandals and cute shoes! Dressember in July is all about raising awareness, bring the topic of sex & human trafficking to the [...]
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