INVISIBLE CHILDREN: THE RESCUE APRIL 25, 2009 - UPDATE #3

Search and Rescue from Invisible Children Europe on Vimeo.
40,000 families in Northern Uganda, whose small children of ages 6 and up and forced to become child soldiers, are still waiting for them to be rescued and returned home. Unitl Joseph Kony is stopped, these families will never have closure. The Rescue Event started in Gulu with a march of children that had once been Night Commuters leading the way. The walk they once made to save their lives was now being made to save their brothers and sisters. On April 25th, their desire for peace will become our declaration of change.

CLICK HERE for more information on THE RESCUE and CLICK HERE for more information on INVISIBLE CHILDREN.

Click HOME below to see a Live On-Air Broadcast of The Rescue.

INVISIBLE CHILDREN: THE RESCUE APRIL 25, 2009 - UPDATE #2

Rescue Riders from Jason Russell on Vimeo.

We at Invisible Children would like to believe we are pretty self-aware. Words like “young”, “idealistic”, “trendy” and “inexperienced” tend to follow us. We don’t mind though, because the one thing they can’t do is ignore us. And when this war is over, history will speak without bias. History will show what a bunch of dedicated, optimistic youth are capable of.

Here’s the gist of it. Since September 2008,

- Joseph Kony’s army has murdered 1,170 civilians.
- The LRA has abducted 476 children.
- The world has yet to respond.
- We’re ready and willing to change that. Now.

Call us what you will, just don’t forget to call us daring. Talk is cheap, and we're not ones to sleep through a revolution.

We will not return home until every abducted participant in every city across America returns home. We will ride across the nation until we are rescued for the ultimate purpose of raising the banner for the abducted child soldiers. We are the Rescue Riders and you can be one too.

Join us on our most adventurous initiative (EVER).

RESCUE RIDERS. TOGETHER WE’RE FREE.
rescueriders@invisiblechildren.com

CLICK HERE for more information on THE RESCUE and CLICK HERE for more information on INVISIBLE CHILDREN.

Click HOME below to see a Live On-Air Broadcast of The Rescue.

INVISIBLE CHILDREN: THE RESCUE APRIL 25, 2009 - UPDATE #!

But Will It Work? from Behind the Scenes on Vimeo.THE RESCUE is almost here, BUT WILL IT WORK? We at Invisible Children always say, "the proof is in the pudding... and the pudding better taste delicious." In short - we don't want to waste your time or money, and that's why we always try our hardest to show you what your efforts are doing. So Bobby went around the world to talk with a few policy leaders to see if our actions on April 25th will RESCUE the children held hostage in the LRA. (Spoiler Alert! THE RESCUE has every reason to work.) Now, eat up this delicious video, and then call and/or write your leaders to get them to come out and rescue you next weekend. Proof rules... and so do you. CLICK HERE to find the city that you are interested in attending THE RESCUE.

Click HOME below to see a Live On-Air Broadcast of The Rescue.

Easter Greetings

When Easter eggs hatch......

An Easter Message from David Garibaldi

An Easter Message From David Garibaldi.

INVISIBLE CHILDREN: THE RESCUE APRIL 25, 2009

JOIN US - ENTER THE SITE HERE
Click HOME below to see a Live On-Air Broadcast of The Rescue.

Dear Governor Richardson, Senators Bingaman and Udall, Mayor Chavez, Mila Kunis, Drew Stuart, Johnny Chandler and Larry Barker:

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 Albuquerque, NM. We are inviting you to join us. However, if you are not going to be in this city on the evening of April 25th, we would love to have you at another of our 100 event locations. 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 in their city that will serve as their “LRA Camp”. 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.

We would like that person to be you.

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.

Here’s how you can help –

1. Come to the meeting place in any city at 4pm on April 25th and “lead” the group to the event location, a.k.a. “LRA Camp”. This will be about a 2-3 mile walk on foot.
2. Come to the camp anytime between 8pm and 11pm. Get up on stage, show your support and introduce a speaker on behalf of Invisible Children.
3. Be the ‘RESCUER.’ Your arrival would represent global attention to this issue and it would “free” the thousands camping out on this night for the child soldiers.

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.

If you would like to be a part of this event in any way, please email therescue@invisiblechildren.com with SUBJ: (the city you’re interested in). We would be happy to answer any questions you may have or provide additional information on this war along with our initiatives dedicated to ending it. Should you be able to join us on April 25th, we will work with you and your team to coordinate specific times, VIP meeting places and other such details.

ABOVE IS THE LETTER SENT TO POSSIBLE RESCUERS ON THE LIST FOR ALBUQUERQUE, NM. TO OBTAIN THE LIST FOR YOUR CITY, CLICK HERE. OR BE CREATIVE AND SEND THE ABOVE LETTER TO ANYONE YOU FEEL WOULD DRAW ATTENTION TO THE EVENT - A CELEBRITY OR MEDIA PERSONALITY, IT'S YOUR CHOICE AND YOUR CHANCE TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

The Rescue Manual (pdf)


HERE'S A SPECIAL NOTE FROM THE ALBUQUERQUE EVENT COORDINATOR: SARAH DINGMAN
Calling all Albuquerque Invisible Children Supporters!

Hi, my name is Sarah and I'm the event coordinator for the Mountain West region. I don't know about you but the closer we get to April 25th the more excited I get! Can you believe ten different countries are going to rally together to rescue the children held captive in Joseph Kony's army? It seriously gives me chills.

I'm emailing you tonight because I'm looking for 35 people willing to be the Albuquerque street team and facilitate the event. You'll work closely with me to make this event possible because without 35 volunteers, the Albuquerque event can't happen -- we'll have to cancel it. Invisible Children doesn't want to cancel it, I'm sure you don't want us to cancel it, so please speak up and let me know if you're willing to help make this event possible.

Invisible Children wouldn't exist without incredible supporters willing to take action and make things happen. Please email me if you want to be apart of the Albuquerque street team.

In anticipation,

Sarah Dingman
Event Coordinator
Mountain West Assistant
Invisible Children, Inc.
619.562.2799 ex.175
SDINGMAN@INVISIBLECHILDREN.COM

Click HOME below to see a Live On-Air Broadcast of The Rescue.