Global Night Commute

Hello! Remember my 'Invisible Children' blog a few months back (check it out in the archives to the right). Well, the cool thing is that there is always something going on with the movement in which to participate. The most current upcoming event is the 'Global Night Commute,' which is happening all over the world on the night of this Saturday, April 29th. It's also happening at the Courthouse square in Morgantown, WV! What is it, you say? Well, you can visit invisiblechildren.com (also featured in my links to the right) to find out everything you need to know. But in brief, we (as in the public in general) are being asked to 'commute' to somewhere in our city (it's happening at various locations in various cities in the U.S.), in our case the Courthouse square, at 7 PM with our sleeping bags and spend the night there until 7 AM Sunday morning. WHY in the WORLD do THAT??? Well, it's what children and families in northern Uganda have to do EVERY night (i.e. commute to a place many miles from their homes on foot to find a safe place to sleep so that they will not be kidnapped by bands of militia in the night and forced into service as a soldier and told to kill their friends and family or else they will be killed), and we want to show our support of their necessary hardship. The more awareness is raised about this injustice in the world we share, the more action will be taken to help make it right, and the less necessary it will be for these children to have to flee their homes every night just to feel safe. Come out for a while even if you can't spend the whole night.