This post originally appeared on Dressember.org on September 25, 2018. I’ll be upfront with you, as a college student struggling through finals while maintaining a part-time job as a barista, I’m convinced that my veins pump more coffee than blood through my body. Starting my day with four shots and then stopping for a mid-day…

This post originally appeared on Dressember.org on August 21, 2018. As an undecided undergraduate student I was thrilled that my schedule allowed me to squeeze in an Intro to Global Studies course. I had been plowing through pre-reqs left and right while meeting with academic advisors, career counselors, and professionals in a variety of fields…

This post originally appeared on Dressember.org on June 13, 2018 Alright fellow advocates, today we are pushing past social norms and speaking about the unspeakable: pornography. What you perhaps believed should never be talked about in polite conversation is about to become the main point of this post. Today we are highlighting Fight the New Drug (FTND), anorganization…

This post originally appeared on Dressember.org on April 2, 2018. Alright, men, this one’s for you. We spend a lot of time here at Dressember highlighting the work that women are doing to take a stand against human trafficking, but today we are talking to the guys! We are here to acknowledge the special role…

This post originally appeared on Dressember.org on February 28, 2018 It can be hard to feel like you can help end human trafficking when Dressember is still months away. How can you have an impact without the consistently classy outfits that double as conversation starters? There are many ways to stay involved, however, and because…

This post originally appeared on Dressember.org on February 27, 2018. The relationship between racism and slavery isn’t something that can be covered in one blog post. It would be an injustice to pretend that we can unpack all of the prejudices this world has ever seen, how they all relate, and how they persist in…