One Small Step Towards Peace..

On April 25th, 2009, people from 100 cities around the world gathered together for one purpose and one purpose only: to free Joseph Kony's child soldiers.


Salt Lake City had over 1500 people gather at the President's Circle on the U of U campus. From there, we symbolically abducted ourselves and marched to the Gallivan center, or the "LRA camp".


We all held on to a rope while traveling the distance, demonstrating our unity.


After we arrived, we patiently waited to be rescued by the Media and the Moguls. Simply because this is seemingly the only way these abducted children will have a chance at being brought home. Through the media and moguls, we will raise awareness about the sad fate of these children, and bring them to safety.



At only 7:30PM, we were rescued. The red flag symbolizing media attention, and the purple flag showing that we had at least one mogul show up and give a speech on behalf of the children.


The next mission: travel to the next closest city who has not yet been rescued, and increase the numbers until they are unavoidable. Many people traveled to Idaho and Nebraska soon after we had been rescued.


We were lucky to have been rescued so quickly. It was due to the effort that so many compassionate people had put into the event. Previously, we had emailed, mailed, and telephoned countless news broadcasters, governors, senators, mayors, etc. We made sure they were going to be there.


Our job wasn't done, however. We still had three flags that needed to be raised. Green: showing that we had raised an equivalent of five dollars per person that were attending the event. White: showing that each person had written at least two letters to a local or national mogul. Black: showing that at least 45 people had signed up for Lobby Days held in Washington DC on June 23rd and 24th.


It was due to these countless compassionate people that our goals were reached. I began to feel so thankful. I was thankful for everything; my family, friends, strangers, compassion, love, peace, freedom, everything. I couldn't begin to imagine what it would be like to have these things taken away.


I am extremely glad that the night was a success. This just proves my point even further that a good cause is nothing without good people to follow along with it.


Let 'em go, Jo.