Last weekend, I and a few others traveled to Washington D.C. to join a revolution called The Rescue. It took place in 100 cities around the world and was hosted by Invisible Children, a non-profit that fights to save child soldiers in Uganda. We joined 2,500 others in D.C. to fight the longest running war in Ugandan history, and marched and rallied outside the capitol. We waited to be "rescued" by the media, celebrity moguls, and politicians. We were rescued, however some cities had to wait days to be rescued. The Rescue: Chicago stuck it out for 6 days and made it on Oprah today. You can watch the performance they did for her here. Despite bad video quality, the clip from the Oprah Show is here.
Invisible Children was started by Jason Russell, Bobby Bailey, and Laren Poole, when they were around 21 years old. They have rallied millions around the world to raise awareness of this issue and I believe that we will see the end of this war.
Our generation has an incredible power to make a difference.
I made a shirt to wear to the event by combining and sewing scraps of different fabrics I had in my room. Photos of it can be seen below.
(Photos of event by Lexi Carson)
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