When Miranda Alger imagines her future, the recent college graduate pictures having a good job and earning enough money to allow her to live comfortably.
But Alger, a member of SweatFree Kalamazoo, said women her age who work in sweatshops in foreign countries do not have that luxury.
Alger, 32, of Kalamazoo, spoke at a SweatFree Communities rally this week outside the state Capitol to raise awareness about sweatshops around the world.
"My peers have no opportunity to imagine what their future will be like," she said.
SweatFree Communities is an organization advocating local action against sweatshops. About 25 people attended the rally.
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