Comic Creator's Alliance - Fundraising Drive 2011
A group of fellow comic artists and I have joined forces on a fundraiser to help bring awareness to human trafficking. January 11th is National Human Trafficking Awareness Day here in the U.S. The fundraiser will last for two weeks, ending on January 24th.
Human Trafficking is essentially a modern term for an old problem-- slavery. There are actually more people enslaved today than there were during the historic Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade. Most of it is children and women, and most of it is sexual slavery-- forced prostitution, and the girls are usually runaways who are taken advantage of or are kidnapped intentionally for this purpose.
Last year the Comic Creators Alliance: Fighting Together to End Human Trafficking raised $10,000! This year, I think we can do better. We donated 100% of what we raised to charity and will do the same again this year. The money is split evenly between global organization Love 146 and Gracehaven, a faith based safe house being built for girls coming out of sexual slavery here in the U.S. It is only the FOURTH such house in the entire United States, so we think what they are trying to do is very important. To quote Lora (one of the masterminds behind this) "I think all girls deserve the right to grow up healthy and free! And luckily, so do a lot of my friends"
Below is the link to the website where you go to donate. Those who donate will receive a wallpaper that all of the artists taking part in the fundraiser collaborated on (including yours truly). If you can't afford to donate, simply spread the word. The more people who are aware of the problem, the more chances we have of stopping it. Post in forums, blogs, the comments section of your favorite sites, tweet about it, we don't care!
For more details, here is the website:
http://comicalliance.weebly.com/index.html
This is a preview of the wallpaper you will receive when you donate.
"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has."
--Margaret Mead
Human Trafficking is essentially a modern term for an old problem-- slavery. There are actually more people enslaved today than there were during the historic Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade. Most of it is children and women, and most of it is sexual slavery-- forced prostitution, and the girls are usually runaways who are taken advantage of or are kidnapped intentionally for this purpose.
Last year the Comic Creators Alliance: Fighting Together to End Human Trafficking raised $10,000! This year, I think we can do better. We donated 100% of what we raised to charity and will do the same again this year. The money is split evenly between global organization Love 146 and Gracehaven, a faith based safe house being built for girls coming out of sexual slavery here in the U.S. It is only the FOURTH such house in the entire United States, so we think what they are trying to do is very important. To quote Lora (one of the masterminds behind this) "I think all girls deserve the right to grow up healthy and free! And luckily, so do a lot of my friends"
Below is the link to the website where you go to donate. Those who donate will receive a wallpaper that all of the artists taking part in the fundraiser collaborated on (including yours truly). If you can't afford to donate, simply spread the word. The more people who are aware of the problem, the more chances we have of stopping it. Post in forums, blogs, the comments section of your favorite sites, tweet about it, we don't care!
For more details, here is the website:
http://comicalliance.weebly.com/index.html
This is a preview of the wallpaper you will receive when you donate.
"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has."
--Margaret Mead