Well it looks like we now have another one on the team! Meet Jana. Some of you may have already met her when I featured her on the blog several weeks ago (Jana and Women’s Rights in Nicaragua). She currently lives in Matagalpa, Nicaragua where she serves as a Peace Corps volunteer. She is someone fiercely concerned about women’s rights and changing the world. I feel privileged to call her a friend.
The other day she sent me a Facebook message telling me she wants to join my Dressember team! I’m so very excited. This simply means that she is going to join me in wearing a dress each day for the entire month of December to help raise awareness about the issue of human trafficking. I cannot be more excited that she is joining myself and my best friend Kayleigh on our A World of Dresses Dressember team. So to say thanks, here are 8 reasons why Jana is awesome.
- The Peace Corps. This girl committed two and a half years of her life to live with a lot less than she has been accustomed to while living in a culture completely new to her. I commend anyone who does that. She will be forever changed for the better from her experience.
- Her sense of justice. Jana has a passion in her about what is right and she advocates fiercely for it.
- How she stands up to the catcalls of men in Nicaragua. She talks about this more in-depth in Jana and Women’s Rights in Nicaragua, but she does not take any of their sh–. As she has become fluent in Spanish, she actually approaches them and tells them exactly how she feels about how they objectify women.
- Her concern for public health. She is so very passionate about it.
- Her curly hair. At times, I wish I had curly hair.
- The fact that that one time we joked that the real hardship to being in Nicaragua was that there are like only three beer choices. She’s from Portland, Oregon, the capitol of microbreweries, so it’s been rough.
- She teaches yoga.
- During the month I spent in Nicaragua, it was just nice to have a pal.
Thanks Jana. If anyone else has interest in joining our Dressember team, make sure you visit www.dressember.org/participatex/ and select A World of Dresses as your team!
