The Rescue
PSU students rally to end war in Uganda
Krystel Pakitsos
Issue date: 4/23/09 Section: After Hours
On Saturday, April 25, thousands of people in about 100 U.S. cities and several other countries are going to "abduct themselves" to represent the children kidnapped in east central Africa by the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA). This worldwide event is called The Rescue and is being put on by Invisible Children, a group that is set out to end the war in Africa.
More than 30 PSU students have signed up to attend the Kansas City rescue location and the Campus Christians are offering free rides to anyone, student or member of the community, interested in attending.
Adam Reynolds, campus minister, first heard about Invisible Children in 2007 and will attend the event in Kansas City on Saturday.
"I've never been to one of Invisible Children's large events, so it will be great to be around that many people who support the same cause," Reynolds said.
Lord's Resistance Army
The LRA, led by Joseph Kony, is an armed rebellion that was formed in 1987 against the Ugandan government and has become Africa's longest war. The rebellion is compromising and taking the lives of thousands of children. These children, many as young as 6, are being taken from their homes while they sleep and being forced to become soldiers.
Invisible Children
The idea for Invisible Children originally began in 2003 when three young men, Jason Russell, Bobby Bailey and Laren Poole, then 24, 21 and 20, traveled to Sudan to find an idea for a documentary and instead stumbled upon the communities torn apart by the LRA. They documented their time there, which ended up becoming much more than an opportunity for a documentary.
When they got back to the United States, they showed their film that documented their experiences, "Invisible Children: The Rough Cut," to their friends and families and it soon began being shown all over the world. This resulted with the creation of Invisible Children Inc., the nonprofit organization that exposes the tragedies in Uganda and assists those is need.
More than 30 PSU students have signed up to attend the Kansas City rescue location and the Campus Christians are offering free rides to anyone, student or member of the community, interested in attending.
Adam Reynolds, campus minister, first heard about Invisible Children in 2007 and will attend the event in Kansas City on Saturday.
"I've never been to one of Invisible Children's large events, so it will be great to be around that many people who support the same cause," Reynolds said.
Lord's Resistance Army
The LRA, led by Joseph Kony, is an armed rebellion that was formed in 1987 against the Ugandan government and has become Africa's longest war. The rebellion is compromising and taking the lives of thousands of children. These children, many as young as 6, are being taken from their homes while they sleep and being forced to become soldiers.
Invisible Children
The idea for Invisible Children originally began in 2003 when three young men, Jason Russell, Bobby Bailey and Laren Poole, then 24, 21 and 20, traveled to Sudan to find an idea for a documentary and instead stumbled upon the communities torn apart by the LRA. They documented their time there, which ended up becoming much more than an opportunity for a documentary.
When they got back to the United States, they showed their film that documented their experiences, "Invisible Children: The Rough Cut," to their friends and families and it soon began being shown all over the world. This resulted with the creation of Invisible Children Inc., the nonprofit organization that exposes the tragedies in Uganda and assists those is need.
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