Sunday, May 1, 2011

Ole Miss Student Raises Awareness for Invisible Children Through 25 Hours of Silence

Invisible Children has been helping raise awareness and money for African children for the past 8 years through powerful documentaries. The documentaries spotlight the children effected by the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) in Uganda and how they constantly live in fear of being kidnapped and forced to become a child solider.
As Africa's longest rebel war approaches it's 25th year, Invisible Children offers help for children to prepare to go into hiding and avoid abduction by the LRA through warning sirens and helps educate them for a brighter future.
One of the main campaigns, '25', ended with Break The Silence, a 25 hour long silence that urged Americans to "Speak Out Without Speaking". One of the participants in this campaign was Ole Miss student, Elizabeth Rainey. Her personal accounts of time spent in Africa brings the mission of Invisible Children right into the Oxford community.
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