The one dress campaign is an idea started by a woman named Amy Seiffert.
She has been wearing the same dress every day since November 1st, 2010.
The idea is to raise awareness of human trafficking and help raise enough money for The Daughter Project to build a house for recovery in northwest Ohio.
Amy is wearing the dress every day for six months-
I'm only participating for the month of April.
for hope
for freedom
for women who have never been told they're precious
for the daughters
Update:
I finished the one dress campaign on May 1st. You can read about my experiences here, here, here, and here. Something like this, though, doesn't end when I take off the dress.
This is a process and a fight that demands my heart and my attention. Being aware of injustice, praying, helping, moving into action- these are things I will never stop doing.
If anything, the experience has taught me that there's so much more to learn; there's so much more to be done. There are big things- like raiding clubs, shutting down traffickers, and learning to carefully read and thoughtfully develop anti-trafficking legislation. Then there are the smaller-scale things like being aware of the people and environment around you. Talking to your neighbors, noticing businesses that are open 24 hours, and paying special attention to young women who don't speak English very well.
The truth is that trafficking only exists in a culture that's willing to overlook it.
Trafficking only exists in a culture that's willing to overlook it.
Let's change that.
The National Human Trafficking Resource Center (NHTRC) is a national, toll-free hotline, available to answer calls from anywhere in the country, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, every day of the year:
1-888-3737-888
Other great resources include:
International Justice Mission
The Polaris Project
CNN Freedom Project
If you're from southeast Michigan:
Gracehaven House
Michigan Human Trafficking Task Force
UM Human Trafficking Clinic
