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Hey all! Someone recently told me about an event going on to raise to raise awareness about modern slavery, and asked me to mention it on my blog. Here’s what the site’s front page says:

Slavery is illegal in every country in the world, but there are still 27 million people enslaved. Slavery today is even worse than it used to be because food shortages have made it easy for traffickers to trick people into slavery by pretending to offer them jobs. This has led to enslaved people being treated as disposable. However, it is easier to end slavery now than ever before. Slaves make up a smaller percentage of the world population than they used to, no industry relies on slavery to continue, and it is generally accepted that slavery is wrong. Now is the time to abolish slavery.

Art Marathon is a 24 hour art-making session to raise awareness about modern slavery and raise money for Free the Slaves, a nonprofit organization that liberates slaves and teaches them jobs skills so that they do not fall back into poverty. The artists will do their marathons at various times between Saturday, December 26 and Friday, January 1. Many of the artists will stream live video of their art as they create it.

Visit art-marathon.org to learn more about modern slavery and Art Marathon or donate to Free the Slaves.

The site’s officially back up and running! The only thing I still need to get up are the Character and Links pages, but that’s no big.