“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.” – Margaret Mead

Wednesday, January 11th is National Human Trafficking Awareness Day. To participate, three members of the Collective of Heroes (Aidan Casserly, Lou Graziani, Arne Schulenberg) joined the Comic Creators for Freedom – a group of over 120 comic book creators who volunteered their artistic talents to raise money and awareness for this cause.

Currently there are 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’t end until awareness is raised, and people like you and me take a stand.

So here is what the Comic Creators for Freedom did: Each creator contributed an original drawing of one of his or her own female characters – and these were combined into a single wallpaper image presenting the most epic snowfight of all times! The wallpaper features characters from 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! Donate today to download this unique, once-in-a-lifetime wallpaper.

The Donations Drive will last for two weeks, from Monday January 9th – 20th. All proceeds will be split evenly between Love 146 and Gracehaven House – two organizations working on rehabilitation of victims and prevention of this crime.

To learn more about the CCfF visit www.comiccreatorsforfreedom.com. To learn more about the problem, visit http://love146.org/slavery. (Note: contains adult themes and actual accounts of sex slavery.)