Here is a little more information (which I stole from Crystal's email):
"Invisible Children: Rough Cut" is a documentary that was filmed in 2003 by three aspiring film makers in their twenties who ventured to Africa to find a story. What they found was shocking and terrifying. The war in Africa had forced families out of their homes in fear for their lives. This, in itself, is something that we, as Americans, can't really often wrap our heads around, but the ones who suffer most are the children. In Northern Uganda, children were being abducted by rebel soldiers and trained to become soldiers themselves. Children as young as six years old were being stolen from their families and trained to KILL.
The organization (www.invisiblechildren.com) was formed to stop this from happening. In recent years, since its inception, Invisible Children has made great strides to save these children and to educate, not only THEM, but US and it is an organization that I stand firmly behind and hope that you will too.
"Go" is a film which documents a group of young American students who get to visit Northern Uganda and meet with some of the child soldiers who were able to escape the rebels and hear their stories of war. I have had the opportunity to host a screening of this film and see it for the first time (hopefully along with all of you) on October 24th at 5pm and meet two Ugandan women who want to share their stories with us."
I hope my friends and family will join me for the FREE screening. If you cannot attend, I urge you to spread the word about not only the event, but the cause itself. You can log onto their website invisiblechildren.com for more information, or if you're interested, get your own copy of the documentary. I must warn you though, you won't get through it without being inspired to DO something. Also, you will cry. A lot.
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