>invisible children.

my final event for the semester and what a great way to end it with invisible children.
most people are aware of the invisible children organization with the newest release of their latest film kony 2012.
back in january i booked the screening for a team from invisible children to come to our school.
with the release of kony 2012 in march it ended up being both good and bad you could say.
good, because some people became supper passionate about the cause and wanted to help.
bad, because some people became supper against invisible children and practically boycotted wanting to go.
here's my take on it all.

get. the. facts.
while i'm happy that invisible children is getting so much attention now, in case you guys didn't know, they've been around for quite awhile now. this problem has been going on for a long time. and just now people are deciding to have an opinion about it all? wake up people. i don't want to come off sounding rude, but the negative criticisms some people voice about invisible children is rude. have your opinion. you're entitled to it. but look up the facts first.

there is one thing i know for sure. they are doing something about the problem in africa. that's more than anyone else can say. i feel it's our duty to help one another. love your neighbor. so why is it that just now we are doing more to help? the publicity invisible children has gotten has been good and bad, but i see more good out of it all. if anything, more people are aware. for the first time i walked past the tv with the news turned on to see them talking about kony. not invisible children. but joseph kony and the problems going on in africa with the LRA. finally. i remember learning about the holocaust in middle school and i always questioned why the united states didn't do more to help? why didn't anyone do more to help? i don't want my children to learn about the attacks going on in africa and ask why we didn't do more to help. now is the time to do something.

we had 5 amazing rhodes come to our school to talk to us. it was so exciting to finally meet all of them, especially sara jane. spending so many months talking over the phone and emailing each other, it was so exciting to finally talk face to face. these people are amazing. i love their ambition and their willingness to serve. i was touched by hearing about pepito's story. he's from uganda and his family was attacked by the LRA. his dad was killed in front of him. his uncle died inside of the house when the LRA burnt it down, and his sister was abducted and later killed. wow. i can't even understand or begin to try and understand what it would be like to go through something like that. he said that it was a miracle that he was even there talking to us. despite all of this, he is probably the most upbeat and happy person i've met. such a positive attitude and friendly guy. he's amazing.

our time was short but fun filled. i'm sorry again for introducing pepito to m&m's because he's addicted now. if you're reading this pepito, easy on the sprite and m&m's... :)

i can't wait for the day when i turn on the news and get to hear about the capture of joseph kony. i pray for everyone that has been hurt by his acts of terror.
peace. that's all anyone wants and all invisible children wants. i can't see how anyone else can't support that.
thank you guys for your trip to our school. i'll never forget the wonderful people you all are.

if you want to learn more about invisible children and get the facts, visit their site and click on critiques.
they have done such a great job at responding to everyone's questions.
when talking to one of the reps, nate, he told me that they encourage people to ask questions.
read the other information out there on the internet. but dig deep. get the facts straight.
xxx
L