"Renting Lacy:" A Rainy Day Reading Recommendation

Do you ever find yourself wondering what book you should read next? Well, look no further, I recommend making yourself a cup of tea and settling in with a fuzzy blanket on a rainy day to take a crack at a page-turner written by Linda Smith, a U.S. Representative who founded Shared Hope International. The book is titled, “Renting Lacy, A Story of America’s Prostituted Children,” and it covers the clandestine subject that does not get nearly enough coverage: human trafficking of the United States of America’s children.

DressemberJuly 1, 2019Mrinalini Nagarajan, renting lacy, Books, shared hope, human trafficking

KnowTheChain: The Importance of Knowing the Supply Chain in a Company

KnowTheChain is a project undertaken by Humanity United in partnership with the Business & Human Rights Resource Centre, Sustainalytics, Thomson Reuters Foundation, and Verité that acts as a valuable resource “for companies and investors to understand and address forced labor risks within their global supply chains.”

Swipe Right For a Loss of Freedom

When we open a dating app and swipe right, we typically never imagine a scenario where we are going to be communicating with a trafficker. As the digital age has progressed, the use of dating apps has become a norm. This rise in dating app usage has also been linked to numerous cases of human trafficking across the market.

DressemberMarch 11, 2019human trafficking, Mrinalini Nagarajan, modern day slavery, dating apps, online dating

The Journey of Journey Out

Formerly known as The Mary Magdalene Project, Journey Out is an LA-based nonprofit organization that advocates for, and provides services to, survivors of human trafficking and sexual exploitation of any kind.

Seven Ways to Advocate Beyond Dressember

At Dressember, we say that wearing a dress and tie throughout the month of December are the training wheels for year-round advocacy. With that being said, “taking off the training wheels” and finding ways to fight injustices can be difficult, but with just the right amount of guidance, advocacy never has to stop!

DressemberJanuary 28, 2019Mrinalini Nagarajan, Advocate Resources, Dressember2018

Ethical is the new "black"

In a world with a global economy where imports and exports are a daily occurrence, it is vital for us to be informed and aware of where our products originate. It can be easy to look at these labels once and then never look back. We are all guilty of not taking a few minutes to think deeply about where the clothes we wear every day come from.

DressemberNovember 23, 2018Mrinalini Nagarajan, Ethical Fashion, human trafficking, fashion revolution

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