Καλη Μεγάλη Δεύτερα, 12 Days.

Hey guys. So, its the first day of the Great Week before Easter, for those of you practicing Greek Orthodoxy out there — Καλο Πασχα.

Last night when I was making posters I was thinking about what it was like to be five-years-old… My favorite thing to do when I was five was to color and run down the street to play Barbies with my friend Michelle.

When I was 12, my favorite thing to do was ride my bike around town (because I was old enough to be free), and follow my older brother around because I thought he was the coolest person in the whole world.

The Lords Resistance Army (LRA) abducts children between the ages of 5 and 12, because they’re big enough to carry guns but young enough to be influenced by fear. Most children in Northern Uganda don’t have the freedom to play outside at all hours because they’re afraid of being abducted. If I were 12 in N. Uganda, I may not even have an older brother to look up to, because he might have already been taken from me.

I can’t imagine being a child that has never known a time of peace. Never knowing what it feels like to go outside and feel safe, or feel completely immortal as most children of that age do — as if the world is our oyster. These children do not have that luxury. But we can give it to them by bringing Joseph Kony to justice and bringing 3,000 child soldiers home to their families.

Then maybe Uganda can have peace.

Thank you for your support — keep it up. Invite your friends to The Rescue on April 25.

We need to talk.

Lets talk. Here’s the deal: The Rescue does not work without you. I know yesterday I was talking about all of these moguls that could show up and make a difference… but the truth is, without you they won’t do anything. If every single mogul in the world showed up on April 25, it wouldn’t matter if it was just me waving my sign around. They need to know that YOU, their constituents, care about this issue. A lot of you.

Right now, there are 16 people committed to attending this event according to facebook. If we make it to 30 people – each one of us will represent 100 child soldiers. Look around the room you’re in, and fill it up with 100 children. Multiply that by 30. Thats a lot of kids who are fighting a war who weren’t even alive to start it. AND, thats 3,000 child soldiers active right now.

66,000 + children have been abducted over the course of the war, with no record of their names or numbers this is just an estimate. How many more will have to be kidnapped and forced to kill, to fight for Joseph Kony, before someone does something?

If we get 100 people into Syntagma Square on April 25, each of us will represent 660 children lost to a war with no apparent cause, goal, or end in sight. This war continues to collect children for its army to protect Joseph Kony from going to trial for war crimes. There is no other rhyme or reason for its perpetuity.

Can we know that and do nothing? I can’t.

13 days.