Global Freeze Project: Heros and Sidekicks Wanted

by Sarah Parker · 2010-04-13 10:00:00 UTC
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If everybody around you is suddenly frozen mid-step on April 17th, don't worry. Mr. Freeze isn't on the loose. It's the Global Freeze Project. But if a certain Mr. Bale as Batman still wants to rescue me, I won't protest. I will, however, protest injustice, which is what the Freeze Project is all about.

On Saturday, April 17th, the Freeze Project will put its super powers to good use once again to draw attention to the injustice of human trafficking and modern-day slavery. All over the world, groups of people will gather at every-day locations like shopping centers, train stations, museums, parks, and beaches, inserting themselves into the crowd at large, doing ordinary things among them. At exactly the same moment, the group will "freeze" mid-action, whatever they are doing, and hold the pose for five minutes. Yep, five whole minutes. You may need real super strength if you're going for a one-legged pose!

The idea, inspired by New York's Improv Everywhere group, is to get people's attention. Can you imagine the scene? One hundred people frozen in time for five minutes in a busy shopping center would certainly make me stop and wonder what the heck was going on. Most people react the same way, which is how the Freeze Project plans to save the world from evil-doers. Once the five-minute freeze is over, participants approach curious onlookers, who oftentimes approach participants first, and hand out literature or talk about the injustice they are protesting. On April 17th, curious bystanders all over the world are going to learn about human trafficking and what they can do to fight it.

The Freeze Project is partnering with fellow justice super-heros One Voice to End Slavery, Stop the Traffik, The Sold Project, JustOne, and Doma to make the global project a reality. Currently the majority of the participating cities are in the U.S. with Mexico and England joining the fight. If you'd like to bring the Global Freeze Project to your city or see if it's already coming, check out the list of participating locations and how-to's here.

If you can't make the April 17th project, you can always fight evil on another day by organizing your own Freeze Project event or other awareness project. The key is to keep fighting the good fight no matter what. Super villains of the slave trade beware, because in this world of do-gooding, we're all Batman.

(For a first-hand look at the project, check the Freeze Project Hollywood video below.)

Photo by: Robert Thomson

Sarah Parker is a film industry pro, photographer, and avid abolitionist in L.A.’s faith community and abroad.
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