3)Dressember Poem by Joanna Marshall

We choose to

Stand,

Share stories,

Show the world,

There is an injustice

This injustice

Slaps you in the face.

More than 35 million

People enslaved.

Could be your sister,

Your brother,

Your daughter,

Your son,

You.

We are the voices

Of the voiceless

For the unpaid

For the exploited

For the vulnerable.

For the silenced

So we choose.

We choose to dress

On Christmas,

In the winter,

Through snow shoveling,

That we may

Teach,

Show,

Love,

Through our dresses.

Dresses and scarves

Layers of leggings

We shiver.

We choose.

We stand.

We commit.

We



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Dressember is an awareness movement that tries to highlight the reality of modern-day slavery.  You can learn more @ http://dressember.org.

Joanna Marshall is a Math Education major at Purdue University who  takes pictures, writes poetry, and crochets.  She's looking forward to finishing her degree soon and enjoys serving in church.