Wearing a Dress Is Helping to End Human Trafficking - Blythe Hill

Blythe Hill is the CEO and Founder of the Dressember Foundation, an anti-trafficking nonprofit organization that engages women and men in the fight to end modern-day slavery. Through their annual campaign, thousands of people across six continents commit to wearing dresses or bow ties for the month of December as a way to bring awareness and raise funding for anti-trafficking work. In six years, Dressember advocates have raised $7.5MM USD. Dressember has received press attention from the likes of Forbes, Glamour, InStyle, Good Housekeeping, Cosmopolitan, the TODAY Show, Relevant, among others. Originally hailing from Seattle, Blythe now lives in Los Angeles with her husband and their dog, Friday. She loves a good red wine, a good cheese and, clearly, a good pun.

In This Episode, You Will Learn:

How Blythe started Dressember as a style challenge...and then connected a cause.Why human trafficking isn't just a problem overseas.Why human trafficking captured Blythe's heart.The growing pains that Blythe experienced as a volunteer and then a part-time CEO.How Dressember collaborates to design, market, and sell their own dresses.How you can get involved in Dressember's efforts to end human trafficking.

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Connect with Dressember:

2nd Annual ‘You Can Do Anything in a Dress or Tie’ 5k RunDressemberFacebookInstagramTwitterPinterest

Connect with Blythe Hill:

How a Dress Can Change the World - Tedx TalkFacebookInstagramTwitterPinterest

In Plain Sight Resources:

In Plain Sight: Stories of Hope and Freedom (documentary) produced/directed by David TrotterIn Plain Sight: 31 Day Devotional & Small Group Study Guide by Stacia Freeman and David TrotterStart Something to End Trafficking: A Practical Guide to Help You Start a Project, Event, Campaign, or Organization by David TrotterHeroes of Hope: Intimate Conversations with Six Abolitionists and the Sex Trafficking Survivors They Serve by David Trotter

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