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[fiveeagles]

SAN DIEGO -- Three San Diegans are launching a world-wide campaign to end a little known war in Uganda.

Jason Russell and his friends hope their documentary film and hand made African bracelets will move the masses.

Russell and his friends went into the most remote part of northern Uganda... and what they uncovered changed their lives forever.

Thousands of children, most of them orphans, all victims of a 20-year civil war. When night falls, the children walk for miles to hide from rebels. They sleep practically on top of each other in basements and back alleys.

And what happens to the children who are kidnapped?

And that was what led to Russell's documentary, Invisible Children, which has been getting buzz across the United States through word of mouth.

Donations started pouring into the Invisible Children office in El Cajon, mostly from high school and college students.

Although most of the donations are under $20, the numbers are adding up.

That pocket change has allowed Russell and his friends to open schools in Uganda and they found a way to employ the women, by getting them to make authentic Ugandan bracelets made of ebony root.

And now those bracelets are available for sale, each with a DVD of a personal story of a Ugandan child.

For Russell and his fellow filmmakers, the bracelets are just the beginning.

Their goal is to raise $20 million to build a refuge for the Ugandans, with housing, schools, medical clinics and small businesses.

"Our slogan is be the change you want to see in the world. As Americans, we shouldn't sit back and say... we should do it and make it happen," said Russell.

For more information on the documentary and how you can buy the bracelet, go to Invisible Children.

http://www.invisiblechildren.com/theMovie/

[fiveeagles]

How can I set up a screening in my city? Send us an email at [email protected] with the subject in the form of "(City), (State)" so that your email will get filtered to the right place.

Are you guys holding a screening in my city?The Suburban Safari schedule is posted here

I want to buy the film!!! Where can I get it?You can buy a newly released version of the film on DVD here. It has deleted scenes, Filmmakers Commentary, Extras, Film Length Options, and a teaser for the upcoming Feature Film.

OUR CURRENT PROJECTS:
National Tour: Suburban Safari – Invisible Children R.V.s are driving across the U.S. to bring the ��Invisible Children: rough-cut film to every high school, college, and place of worship in every major city (and some not-so major). Think: MTV��s ��Road Rules�� with a purpose. This tour intends to raise further advocacy and awareness, is being used to promote the ��Global Night Commute�� as well as the ��Bracelet Campaign,�� and educate viewers about the ��Invisible Children Education Program.��

Global Night Commute – Tonight, in Uganda, thousands of children will walk to the center of their towns to sleep. For one night, all across America, ��we are taking this lying down.�� On April 29th, we are gathering. Invisible Children is calling everyone who viewed the film (on our National Tour, and otherwise) to commute, as the children of Uganda do. Each city will have a designated meeting area, where we will lay down for what we believe in.

��Invisible Children�� final-cut – A completed feature-length film to be released in theaters world wide, with a built-in audience/following, who contributed to, and feel personally invested in the story��s end. This film will tell the complete story, from past to present, with a style echoing that of the rough-cut. We believe a theatrical release is the podium, allowing Northern Uganda to garner the international attention it deserves.

Invisible Children Education Program – We have two goals for education in Northern Uganda. Firstly, to give education to kids in Uganda who, because of the war, are not able to attend local schools. And secondly, to improve the quality of education currently available in the region through curriculum development and teacher training.

Bracelet Campaign – ��The Bracelet Campaign�� is a micro-economic program intended to create jobs, in an otherwise unemployable war area, and allowing Ugandans to generate a much-needed income. Each colored bracelet is accompanied by an inspiring short-film, told by an invisible child. Each of these extraordinary stories highlights one of the many ways Northern Ugandans have been affected by this unrelenting war. These bracelets, hand-made from reed and recycled wire in Uganda, will be sold in the United States, and the money raised will funnel right back into Northern Uganda and the ��Invisible Children Education Program.�� Finally, a bracelet that comes full circle. BUY A BRACELET AT: WWW.INVISIBLECHILDREN.COM the first one is already out. it's white, and it's about a boy named INNOCENT.

What can I do to help? use your TIME,TALENT, and MONEY to think of creative ways you can help the invisible children of Northern Uganda. Leave what��s comfortable, and throw an IC event in your sphere of influence and watch yourself come alive. Live for something more. And have fun doing it.

STILL HAVE QUESTIONS? check out our F.A.Q. on our website.

[travel zen]

Excellent.

[fiveeagles]

Anybody interested in making this happen?

[fiveeagles]

Hey guys... we're gearing up for our biggest night, our best opportunity to join together and be heard as one loud voice.

The filmmakers were just in D.C. meeting with many government officials. And what the government wants (NEEDS) to see is an interest from the public. I know it sounds awful, but if the public doesn't seem interested, our government isn't interested. That's why we need the Global Night Commute to be HUGE!

The Global Night Commute takes place on April 29 in YOUR CITY. So no matter where you are, you can join us.

We've started gathering myspace pages for each city... most of them are in the form myspace.com/ic(city), so an example would be "myspace.com/icsanfrancisco"

Sign up for the town you'll be in, meet others who will be joining you, and keep updated on this one night that could change the world.

You can also sign up and get information at http://www.invisiblechildren.com/theMovement/globalNightCommute/

Imagine: ONE NIGHT THAT CAN CHANGE THE WORLD. And YOU have the opportunity to be a part of that...

[Hobophobic]

Wouldn't it be easier to make your own BLOG and link to it from here?

[Tiberious aka Sparkles]

[fiveeagles]

I personally don't like hitting links, so I thought I would make it easier for others.


The NUMBERS are Huge!!! Almost to 10,000 signed up!
From: Invisible Children GNC SAN DIEGO

To all GNC leaders,

The numbers are what's most important and the only way we can track how many are involved is through the sign-up form at http://www.invisiblechildren.com/theMovement/globalNightCommute/

Make sure everyone clicks on the confirmation email or their names will not be registered. If we want our voices heard we MUST be able to prove the numbers!!! Please make sure everyone gets signed-up. The movement is here and the numbers are quickly progressing and lets keep it that way! We have a bit over a month left so lets make sure our voices are heard!! The government will be interested in the numbers for each city so lets show them how much we all care about this situation!

p.s all these bulletins can be seen in our BLOG...

pass the message along!

-gnc san diego

[fiveeagles]

This thing is gaining momentum!

Check it out!
http://www.myspace.com/invisiblechildren

[fiveeagles]

Some good news...for awhile,

THE number of children who every evening commute to the 19 night centres in Gulu town has reduced to 6,367 due to the relative prevailing peace. In a report, the UN agency for children, Unicef, said as a result, two night centres had been closed down. The centres are Koro and St. Jude.

Over 40,000 children originally were trekking to Gulu town every evening, fearing attacks and abduction by LRA rebels at night.

But the report said the number of children night commuters reduced from 7,313 in January to 6,611 in February and then 6,367 in March.
The number of boys who commute every evening to the centres is 3,185 and for girls, 3,182.

Martin Ojok and Kevin Ajok, who commute every evening to Noahs Ark, one of the 19 night commuters centres, said they still make the journey to the town because of lack of accommodation and electricity to read their books.

Ojok said he stays with his father and step mother at Kanyagoga parish in Bardege division, Gulu municipality, in a one-room house.

Ajok said her mother rents a small room at Laliya, about 1km from Gulu town. This and the fear of abduction forced her mother to send her and her two siblings to Noahs Ark after supper.

According to a baseline survey carried out by Gulu district on the night commuters with support from Unicef and MSF, 61.8% of the children who night commute are from families with only one or two huts.

It said the girls who spend the night at AMREF Bus Park night centre do so because of insecurity and lack of accommodation in their villages.