Lighthouse Club to host Christian band Remedy Drive on Dec. 12
Weller Hall.
Photo credit: Nora Betts
By Mi-Ree Zwick
Lighthouse, Concordia’s anti-human trafficking club, is collaborating with Christian rock band Remedy Drive on Dec. 12 to throw an on-campus concert to spread awareness and raise funds for anti-human trafficking efforts and the Dressember campaign.
Lighthouse is Concordia’s chapter of the International Justice Mission, an organization dedicated to stopping human trafficking and helping human trafficking victims. Senior Lighthouse president Brynn Holtmeier said the concert in Weller Chapel will connect the club and the Concordia community with another nonprofit with the same goal.
“Remedy Drive is a Christian rock band who also has their own non-profit [organization] to fight human trafficking,” she said. “They reached out and collaborated with us for this fundraising campaign.”
Students may reserve free tickets using the QR code found on posters around campus, and free-will donations are accepted.
Holtmeier has seen growth in Lighthouse participation throughout her time on campus, and she hopes to reach a wider community with the concert, both on campus and within the Seward community.
The Remedy Drive concert is happening in conjunction with the Dressember campaign hosted by Lighthouse during the month of December. Women wear dresses or skirts, and men wear ties, in order to start conversations, spread awareness about human trafficking and raise donations.
Senior Hayley Miles is excited for the Remedy Drive concert and the opportunities for awareness that it may bring in the future. The funds raised by the concert and the Dressember campaign will be used to prevent human trafficking.
Holtmeier said she is “looking forward to expanding the Dressember movement [through the concert] on campus.”
Miles participated in the Dressember movement last year and is planning to participate again for this year.
“I don’t wear dresses or skirts very often,” said Miles. “I was stepping out of my comfort zone, wearing dresses everyday, and posting on social media to share about it.”
Miles said that there are many ways to be involved with the Dressember campaign. Some students write letters to businesses to ask for financial support. Other students post every day on social media, while some students only join the campaign for a day.
Anti-human trafficking efforts are important because the problem is more widespread than people understand, Miles said.
“A lot of people don’t realize that human trafficking happens all over the world, including the United States and even in Nebraska,” she said.
