friday's Oprah opened with a huge crowd holding up peace signs, crowding the streets and dressed alike in shirts with machine guns on them. with that being the 'opener', i thought, "well, what is this going to be?"
when Oprah came on, she began speaking about her experience, as she was greeted, when she arrived at the studio. basically, it was not planned, but the Invisible Children crew got air time, to promote Northern Uganda and the plea to help rescue the children soldiers, 1 hour prior to her going live.
this movement is extreme. there are a lot of followers raising awareness and funds to help.
i think they've been at this for 6 years...
back in '06, matt and i actually took part.
i heard about this Global Night Commute and just felt called to act instead of just feeling. we were to wear a yellow t-shirt and meet to walk 2 1/2 miles, in silence, to raise awareness for these children in Uganda, along with others doing so all over the US. we walked to a field (some barefoot) with packs to stay the night (which we actually bailed mid way through the night, as the field's sprinklers came on and walked 2 1/2 miles back to our car). the point was to mimic (and respond to) the walk many of these children make every night, in the dark, for fear of attack. while there we wrote awareness letters to congress, as well.
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