Action Blog: #AdvocacyWorks

It is easy. It is quick. It has the opportunity to make history and best of all it is advocating for a RIGHT.

Tomorrow is Valentine’s Day! Some of you are thinking about what you’ll wear, where you will go and/or if it will go well. Others are thinking about staying in with your friends, hitting up a movie or just forgetting the day is happening. And well, let’s be honest there are a few of you who are just now remembering tomorrow is a holiday and trying to figure out where you can order flowers or get a gift last minute.

My 2015 probably started like many of yours—thinking to myself what can I pledge to do better, differently or not at all this year. Will I travel more, eat better, see my friends more often or will I just promise to do everything a bit better than I did last year?

My memories of childhood are peppered with many things—school, recess, Saturday morning cartoons, friends and more. A few things that are not there are long days, back-breaking, dangerous and hazardous work, abusive and unsafe locations and exploitative situations and people.