The Invisible Children Towson University chapter showed a screening of the documentary The Rescue in the Chesapeke Rooms on Thursday and many students attended. The screening showed students how hundreds of thousands of abducted children are serving as soldiers of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), still waiting to return home. On Christmas Day 2008 alone, rebel militia commander Joseph Kony and the LRA killed 620 people and abducted 160 children to become soldiers, displacing 104,000 citizens of the Republic of Congo.
Many students stayed after the event to donate, buy merchandise and do other things to help end the situation in Uganda, the Congo, and the surrounding areas. One of those measures was to sign a warrant to send to President Obama, persuading him to make a statement on the war before this Christmas. "I signed the card for Obama and I'm definitely going to be looking at the merchandise to purchase to donate," freshman Ali Jarvis said.
Junior elementary and special education major Amanda Cohen said she almost came to tears after the screening. "Just seeing the kids with the guns and finding out that so many people in that country are helpless due to one person they can't even find," she said. "It's heartbreaking."
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