Michelle ([info]defybrevity) wrote,
@ 2009-04-10 15:43:00
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Current mood: pissed off
Entry tags:come one and all {public}, i'm not a soldier {invisible children}

invisible children.

    Who has interest in the Ugandans in the Acholis? No one. They have no oil, nothing to win.
    So how much effort do we put there? Not a lot.



      invisible because;
      no records are kept of their numbers or age
      their own armies deny they exist
      they simply vanish.

      In Uganda, there is a war going on. Joseph Kony is abducting children and forcing them to become soldiers -- ruthless soldiers. They obey because if they do not, they die. These children are invisible; Kony's abduction of these children has been referred to as "the most neglected humanitarian crisis facing the world today."

      I've decided to join the 40,000 or so people "getting abducted" on April 25th for Invisible Children. If you have absolutely no idea what I'm talking about, please check this out. More people need to know about this huge issue. And if you think you can participate, please do. There's nobody to care about the Ugandan children but us.

      And please spread the word. I know it seems like April 25th is just around the corner, but it's never too late to help these children in any way possible.


      "We have all the evidence for the case. We cannot deny the crimes. For the last 21 years,
      Kony [has been] abducting children, transforming them into monsters."



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[info]vuitton
2009-04-10 09:28 pm UTC (link)
OMG! :'(

I'M SIGNING UP!

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[info]defybrevity
2009-04-10 09:35 pm UTC (link)
YES, thank you bb. ♥

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[info]afrocurl
2009-04-10 09:58 pm UTC (link)
I'm at the one in LA.

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[info]defybrevity
2009-04-12 03:42 am UTC (link)
It's going to be an uncomfortable, yet amazing, night, I'm sure. (And KB is coming to yours, poo. I know that's not what it's about at all, but I so wish she was coming to the nyc one.)

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[info]snailey
2009-04-12 06:39 am UTC (link)
You'll get Chris Lowell and a few others ;)

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[info]snailey
2009-04-10 10:23 pm UTC (link)
yay! Thanks for joining :D

There's going to be more than 40,000 I reckon. My small city is expecting over 1,000 alone. And with 115 cities involved it shall be many more.

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[info]defybrevity
2009-04-12 03:42 am UTC (link)
I'm pretty positive there's going to be way over 40,000, but I didn't want to overshoot. Get your shirts yet? :)

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[info]snailey
2009-04-12 06:38 am UTC (link)
Sadly the shirts are on backorder for thousands, so those of us in NZ are going with stenciling our own :) A few are being sent over and if they arrive in time, hopefully I'll get my hands on one.

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