Invisible Children is a grass-roots organization started by three young male students. They had heard a little about Child Soldiers in the civil war in Uganda…but there was very little information available for the general public. To educate themselves, they decided to fly to Uganda with a video camera and experience the realities for themselves. What they discovered was atrocious. The Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) of Uganda was almost primarily made up of children abducted from their homes (often times parents brutally killed in front of them) and forced to fight for a cause they don’t understand. Creating a documentary, these three men decided to show the world what was going on in Uganda and demand the United States take political action. Many years later, Invisible Children has expanded into an organization that deals with much more than Uganda and the issues of child soldiers. This blog works to keep people up to date with the injustices to human rights occurring all around the world today.
Abducted. Chained. Violated. LIBERATED
Saturday, February 5, 2011
Friday, February 4, 2011
The Story of a Child Soldier
Emmanuel Jal: Former child soldier, now successful musician. Check out this young man's story of enslavement as a child soldier in the Sudan leading up to his escape. A voice of hope, Emmanuel Jal wishes to present his story to the world. Although hopeful, his story remains riddled with sadness.
"A cold heart is my protection mechanism. I don't really feel anything for anyone."
Thursday, February 3, 2011
Global Perpetraters versus the Voices of Children
SECURITY COUNCIL SANCTIONS DRC COLONEL FOR GRAVE VIOLATIONS AGAINST CHILDREN
On December 2, 2010, the United Nations Security Council sanctions one of the Democratic Republic of Congo’s Colonels for violating several of the six grave violations against children. He is being charged with overseeing mass rape of women and girls, with abducting and executing child soldiers, and failure to release child soldiers when it was against the law. These crimes violate four of the six grave violations: recruitment and use of child soldiers, killing and maiming of children, sexual violations, and the denial of humanitarian access.
Peace, Love, Unity, Power, that is the key that you need to life.
Children in the slums of Nairobi, Kenya sing, and make an encouraging video for the struggling children of Haiti. This is more of a general video that can apply to any segment of Project Liberation.
Day 4
Hear what Freshman Savanna Richardson has to say about Project Liberation:
Remember to wear your buttons tomorrow! It will be exciting to see everyone wearing 'Abducted' buttons and eliciting conversations about Child Soldiers!
And if you want a button, stop by the Cage tomorrow 12-2!
Get excited for tomorrow!
Remember to wear your buttons tomorrow! It will be exciting to see everyone wearing 'Abducted' buttons and eliciting conversations about Child Soldiers!
And if you want a button, stop by the Cage tomorrow 12-2!
Get excited for tomorrow!
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
Day 3
As we all enjoy our snow day, I hope you take some time to look over this post from senior Erica McCauley:
In years past, it is common that sex trafficking spikes through the roof during the Super Bowl. Advocacy groups, as well as, NFL football players are simply walking around saying, “I am not buying it”. There have been news broadcasts, and internet updates to encourage all Super Bowl attendees and players to avoid the pressing presence of sex traffickers.
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
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