According to the “End It Movement,” 27 million people are in slavery today. College students across the country are partnering to raise awareness by stand for 27 hours next week.

On Monday, ACU students will set up in the McGlothlin Campus Center to stand together from 11:30 a.m.-6:30 p.m. as part of the “Stand for Freedom” event. They will do the same on Tuesday until they’ve stood together for 13 and a half hours. Hardin Simmons University students will do the same, at the same time of day, on Wednesday and Thursday so that the groups together reach 27 hours.

Megan Thurman, freshman Bible and ministry major from Cedar Park, said the students’ goal this week is to raise awareness and get 1,000 signatures, which they will send to President Obama. They are also planning to host a benefit concert on April 9.

Thurman said all the money they raise in the events will go to to the International Justice Mission, the group that organized the event.