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\u201cNever doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.\u201d\u00a0<\/em>-Margaret Mead<\/p>\n

Wednesday, January 11th is National Human Trafficking Awareness Day. To participate, we formed the\u00a0Comic Creators for Freedom<\/a>\u2013 a group of over 100 comic book creators who volunteered our artistic talents to raise money and awareness for this cause. You may not know it, but there are currently 27 million enslaved people worldwide- more than double the number of enslaved Africans during the trans-Atlantic slave trade. UNICEF estimates that 1.2 million children every year are sold into slavery, most of it sexual. The US Department of Justice estimates 16,000 victims of human trafficking are brought into the United States every year. Unlike slavery in the past, what is happening today is happening in secret. It won\u2019t end until awareness is raised, and people like you and me take a stand.<\/p>\n

So here\u2019s what we did: each creator contributed an original drawing of one of our own female characters, and combined them into a single wallpaper image! The wallpaper features characters from\u00a0<\/em>all over the web, including Girls with Slingshots, The Dreamland Chronicles, Kukuburi, Earthsong Saga, Looking for Group, Love and Capes, The Dreamer, and tons more!\u00a0Donate today to download this unique, once-in-a-lifetime wallpaper.<\/p>\n

The Donations Drive will last for two weeks, from Monday January 9th \u2013 20th. All proceeds will be split evenly between\u00a0Love 146<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Gracehaven House<\/a>– two organizations working on rehabilitation of victims and prevention of this crime.<\/p>\n

To learn more about the CCA visit\u00a0www.comiccreatorsforfreedom<\/a>. To learn more about the problem, visit\u00a0http:\/\/love146.org\/slavery<\/a>. (Note: contains adult themes and actual accounts of sex slavery.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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