Jana’s Campaign has released a promotional music video to inspire people to be “the hands of change.”  Eric Sader, Jana’s Campaign Executive Director, told Hays Post that the song was written several years ago by Lance Stafford and his sister Jill Arsendorf, who have a connection to Jana’s family.  Because October was National Domestic Violence Month, the group thought it was an appropriate time to put the video together and release it.

Sader said that the song, which was performed by Cloverton for the video, was originally written for a project called 1100 torches to honor the legacy of Jana Mackey, who was an advocate for women’s rights and had spent years volunteering to aid victims of sexual assault and domestic violence.  In 2008, Mackey was found dead in her ex-boyfriend’s home.  Jana’s Campaign uses the story of Jana’s life and the story of her death to help reduce violence against women.

Sader added that while this music video has a lot of pictures of Jana in it, the video isn’t just about her.

“Jana is kind of featured in this video. Our organization isn’t simply about Jana, but Jana is such an unlikely victim (having worked in domestic violence and sexual assault herself) that we really use Jana’s story to show that these acts could happen to anyone.”

According to Sader, the goal at this point is to spread the video and the message it contains.  He added that in the future, it would be nice to be able to release it on iTunes or a similar venue and use proceeds to help prevent domestic violence, but right now the goal is to promote the song’s message.

Lance Stafford and Jill Arsendorf had this to say about the song on janascampaign.org

“Jana Mackey left a legacy of courage and strength.  She spent her entire life fighting for justice and equality for all. Jana dedicated her life to social change and making this world a better place.  Jana’s Light Will Shine was written to encourage every one of us to carry on where Jana left off and find the courage to defeat injustice.  We don’t have to let the world tell us who to be.  We can be the feet and hands of change.  It is our deep desire that this song will inspire you to carry on Jana’s work…to let the light move beyond yourself.  Carry on, carry on, til all your strength is gone.”