Jazz Cannon  Speaker. Mentor. Author. Activist.

Jazz Cannon is an Afghan-American who fled her war-town country in the 90’s. In Afghanistan, Jazz spent years fearing for her life as missiles flew by all around her. Jazz didn’t have rights as a woman and only left the home while covered and when escorted by family members. That all changed in 2002 when Jazz made the long journey out of the Middle East to seek safety and a new life of freedom in the West.

Jazz is an inspiration to women and immigrants from all over the world who are seeking the life-changing freedom that being an American brings. She’s a motivational speaker, a mentor, and soon-to-be author. She’s an activist’s for women’s rights and seeking to empower women living in crisis.

Statistics:



It is estimated that up to 90% of women never leave the home in Afghanistan.

The female literacy rate in Afghanistan is just over 53%, compared with 79% worldwide.

In 2015, researchers found that 46.1% of Afghan women aged 15-49 said they had been subject to physical or sexual violence by a current or former intimate partner within the previous year.

In the last two decades, more than 97,000 Afghans have been resettled in the U.S.

At least 50,000 Afghans will be admitted into the U.S. this month (October), and around 31,000 have already arrived and are being processed.