EVERYONE! On April 25th 2009 Invisible Children is hosting The RESCUE, a rally in 100 cities across ten countries, to bring attention to the plight of the children abducted and forced to fight as soldiers in Central East Africa. For the past 23 years, the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) and the Government of Uganda (GoU) have been waging a war that has left nearly two million innocent civilians caught in the middle. We are asking governments and international bodies to develop a strategy and support existing efforts to rescue the child soldiers abducted by the LRA. The evening of April 25th, we will be hosting a Rescue event locally in downtown Houston. We are inviting you to join us. Thousands of young people will be at each of these events, and your attendance will strengthen our voice to inspire a generation into action. The RESCUE is a radically unique event, requiring supporters to ‘abduct themselves for the abducted’. Participants will travel by foot to a pre-determined location, from U of Houston downtown to Sesquicentennial Park Common, in their city that will serve as their “LRA Campâ€. There, they will remain ‘abducted’ until a person of great influence or cultural significance arrives and ‘RESCUES’ them by making a public statement on behalf of the child soldiers. The call to action: rescue the child soldiers and help finally bring Joseph Kony to justice for his unspeakable crimes against humanity and his continued unwillingness to sign peace. We simply invite you to stand with us and make these children visible. The Rescue on April 25th follows the success of Invisible Children’s previous events, the Global Night Commute in 2006 and Displace Me in 2007, which included nearly 150,000 people collectively. The attention generated from these events widely contributed to the start of the peace talks between the LRA and the Government of Uganda, supported by special envoys from the United States and other nations. The political impact of The RESCUE is anticipated to be historical not only for northern Uganda and its surrounding areas, but for the world as a new generation of activists set a precedence for justice and change through a simple unified act. WWW.INVISIBLECHILDREN.COM ...go check it out! ♫♪ I'm heaven sent
don't you dare forget
I am all you've ever wanted
what all the other boys all promised...
So I'm Jeremy
also known as Jer (like bear with a J)
I'm known as spontaneous
and quiet around most people
Indiana is my home... I miss all my friends there
where I came from is always a part of me, for good or bad
it has brought me to where I am... and I'm liking the view so far
I enjoy the company of my friends even if it's not full of excitement or tons of conversation
I make coffee for a living... yes, starbucks
I'm taking classes at San Jacinto South... just basics so far
drawing/painting and my music mean the world to me
RANDOMNESS makes me happy
doubt and deception are my enemies
I need reassurance
I don't talk badly of anyone... it's not my place
I can't stand plans falling through even though I am the worst as making and keeping them
stability is something I will probably never have... I'm not sure if I'd even like having it :)
