#dressember2022

#Dressemberbound Prompt: Mystical Creatures #Disneybound: Ariel 🧜🏼‍♀️ There’s just one more day to donate to my 2022 Dressember campaign! I’m finishing this bounding series with my favorite mermaid, Ariel. Link to give is in my Instagram bio and pinned to the top of my Facebook profile. To those who’ve donated, thank you. To those who’ve followed along, I hope you’ve learned something new. Together, we can all do our part to put a stop to human trafficking. Many everyday products, like chocolate bars and t-shirts, are potentially made by people who are not earning a living wage or working in safe conditions. The Dressember Network is working to prevent exploitation in supply chains and educate the public on conscious consumerism to reduce the demand for products and services made by forced labor. I'm on a journey to becoming a more conscious consumer and am committed to learning more about how I can support fair trade in my everyday purchases. Follow @Dressember to learn more about conscious consumerism, and consider giving to my Dressember campaign to help end exploitation in supply chains for good. #Dressember #Dressember2022 #humantrafficking https://www.instagram.com/p/CoEOkLOuP4i/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#Dressemberbound Prompt: Year of the Rabbit 🐰 #Disneybound: Oswald the Lucky Rabbit 💙 According to the Global Slavery Index, 71% of human trafficking victims are women and girls. The same report indicates that women and girls account for 99% of victims of forced labor in the commercial sex industry, 58% in other sectors such as domestic work, 40% of victims of forced labor imposed by state authorities, and 84% of victims of forced marriage. Dressember is committed to ensuring the protection and empowerment of all victims and survivors worldwide. Take a stand for the freedom and dignity of all people with me this year when you give to my Dressember campaign. You can donate at the link in my Instagram bio or the link pinned to the top of my Facebook page. #Dressember #Dressember2022 #humantrafficking https://www.instagram.com/p/Cnuut8eOD-h/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#Dressemberbound Continued Prompt: Disney Pigs 🐷 #Disneybound: Piglet in Christopher Robin Human trafficking is an issue that impacts the most vulnerable in our society, in this case: the foster care system. According to the Child Welfare Information Gateway, approximately half a million youth in the United States experience foster care placement each year. The risk of trafficking increases when an individual runs away from a foster care placement, and youth who have experienced trafficking are grossly overrepresented by those in the child welfare system. The Dressember Network provides vital research and resources to the anti-trafficking movement and also supports prevention programs among vulnerable youth in the U.S. and beyond. By giving to Dressember, you help provide training and support to prevent children from becoming victims in the first place. Some of the ways Dressember does this is through foster care support programs, LGBTQ+ youth training and care, and more. Thank you for taking a stand with me to protect vulnerable youth. Link to donate is in my instagram bio and pinned to the top of my Facebook profile. #Dressember #Dressember2022 #humantrafficking https://www.instagram.com/p/CnisFa8ujMD/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#Dressemberbound Continued Prompt: Silly Symphony #Disneybound: Sugar Cookie Girl 💕 Criminal records hold survivors back, impacting their ability to obtain employment, housing, custody of their children, pursue education, benefits and financial assistance, immigration relief, or adjustment of status and family stability. A criminal record also acts as a constant reminder of their trafficking experience and confronting that can cause retraumatization. Survivors are routinely burdened with numerous records in multiple jurisdictions, requiring a comprehensive national approach to ensure that survivors have access to the full range of relief in a trauma-informed and strategic way. I stand with survivors and hope you will consider joining me in advocating for criminal record relief for those forced to commit crimes while under the control of their trafficker. Support my Dressember campaign to help survivors reach the future they deserve. Link to give is in my Instagram bio and pinned to the top of my Facebook profile. #Dressember #Dressember2022 #humantrafficking https://www.instagram.com/p/CnODBzpOC1j/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#Dressemberbound continued Prompt: Thrifted #Disneybound: WALL-E 🪴 Children all over the world deserve to live free of exploitation. The International Labour Organization shares that for 160 million children that is, sadly, not the case. Child labor is more than working long hours or doing day-to-day chores. The ILO describes these actions as actual labor, often conducted under the minimum working age, that is directly depriving boys and girls of their childhood and keeping them from gaining an education—and in many ways, it is stripping children of their dignity, personal freedoms, and safety (as these forced actions are often very hazardous). I am committed to taking a stand against the exploitation of children everywhere and that is why I am doing the Dressember style challenge. The Dressember Network is committed to restoring dignity to children around the globe through prevention and intervention. There’s still time to commit to this cause by supporting my Dressember campaign! Until the end of January, you can donate using the link in my Instagram bio or pinned to the top of my Facebook profile. #Dressember #Dressember2022 #humantrafficking https://www.instagram.com/p/Cm-inUmO4RY/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#Dressemberbound Day 31: Dedicated to.. #Disneybound: Minnie Mouse in Soundsational. This bound is dedicated to the ladies in my church who pitched in together to buy me my first ever ticket to a Disney park (Disneyland) in 2017. It was the sweetest gift, and I still think about it to this day. This picture of Minnie is one I took on that trip. I’m returning to posting at the end of December to remind you that even though Dressember is technically over, the fight to end human trafficking never truly stops. Throughout the month of January and into the future, I will continue to advocate for a world where slavery is a thing of the past! Traffickers prey on society’s most vulnerable members. The Dressember Network protects vulnerable populations through prevention programs in the United States and works with local officials to provide culturally appropriate care. In addition, one of the Dressember Network partners actively works to support criminalized victims of trafficking who are often wrongly accused due to bias and discrimination. I am taking a stand with Dressember to advocate for the dignity of all people, especially society's most vulnerable. Join me by making a donation to my Dressember campaign today. #Dressember #Dressember2022 #humantrafficking https://www.instagram.com/p/Cm2uK3PLYYW/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#Dressemberbound Day 25: Soul Characters 🎶 #Disneybound: Dorothea Williams COVID made vulnerable Ugandan children even more vulnerable. In some cases, parents exploit their children in forced labor and sex trafficking to supplement family income lost as a result of pandemic-related job loss. When you support Dressember, you support aftercare programming in Uganda that empowers each survivor to heal from trauma, be free from revictimization, reconcile with family and community relationships, and eventually reintegrate into the community. The care survivors receive is comprehensive, including family counseling and community awareness to support safe and supportive reintegration. Support the care of survivors in Uganda when you give to my Dressember campaign today. #Dressember #Dressember2022 #humantrafficking https://www.instagram.com/p/Cmmk38juM4I/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#Dressemberbound Day 24: Characters who are/wear green 💚 #Disneybound: Sarge from Toy Story 40% of sex trafficking victims in the United States identify as Black women. Studies show that traffickers believe trafficking Black women would land them less jail time than trafficking White women if caught. Black women and girls are often targeted by traffickers and profiled as dangerous, criminal, and guilty by the police. Traffickers have learned to exploit vulnerabilities, and statistically, black women and children have more compounding vulnerabilities than other populations, making them an easy target for exploitation. The Dressember Network fights discrimination through prevention programs in the United States and works with local officials to provide culturally appropriate care. Dressember Network partners actively work to support criminalized victims of trafficking who are often wrongly accused due to bias and discrimination. Join me in advocating for the dignity of all people, especially society's most vulnerable. Make a donation to my Dressember campaign today. My fundraiser page is linked in my Instagram bio and pinned to the top of my Facebook profile. #Dressember #Dressember2022 #humantrafficking https://www.instagram.com/p/CmlKUMbOV5y/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=