Here we stand in the 21st Century with all the great wars behind us. All the great causes fought for and won. All the great stands for truth, justice and equality already made. We live in the wake of great men and women who did the unthinkable and changed the world. We have a voice but nothing to speak up for, we have a fight in us but nowhere to take it....at least that’s what we thought.....
Until we discovered that modern-day slavery is the fastest growing and second largest criminal industry in the world... there are more slaves now than ever in past history. There are over 27 million people worldwide who are bought and sold as slaves - predominantly for the sex trade. The overwhelming majority are female and about half of them are children…as young as 4 years old.
Suddenly we have our war, our fight to be won, a stand to make...these times are exciting, these times are dangerous...these times are NOW and they are ours for the taking.
It’s all a bit overwhelming though. Can one person really make a difference? Can one non-rock star, non-celebrity, non-wealthy person actually stand up against this?
Edmund Burke said ‘The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.’ The Freedom For Alice project is about someone deciding to do something. Something small, something ordinary, something simple...but never the less, something that will change the lives of others and thus change the world.
Our project asks the question: if we take a stand, raise our voice and use what’s available to us...can we change the world?
Our purpose is to find out.
the Freedom For Alice project has four steps:
1. Draw, write, and create delightful stationary products ready for adventure.
2. Sell products via online stores, through retail outlets and via market/event product tables.
3. 100% of profits are donated to the A21 Campaign. Bringing freedom to those who are enslaved.
4. To be a voice for those who have none. To tell their stories, report information and bring awareness via zines, print media, blogs & other online avenues.
How can you be involved?
1. Purchase Freedom For Alice products and help us finance freedom for Human Trafficking victims.
2. Read the information on our blogs, website, zines etc. Get informed about these issues, become informed and aware so you can help others do the same...
3. Think of how you can use your creativity so that you too can be an ordinary person doing something, anything, to stand against this injustice.
It’s an adventure. It’s all a bit unknown. It’s never been done...to actually do the unthinkable and abolish injustice in the 21st Century.
...so let’s give it a go.
Fyona
xxx
The A21 Campaign: http://www.thea21campaign.org/
Freedom For Alice: http://www.freedomforalice.com/
Twitter: www.twitter.com/FreedomForAlice
the Freedom For Alice project is an initiative of A Party For Alice, established since 2007.
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