Your Stories

Thoughts:
i think it was very powerful and sad but most of all it made me angry, why isn't our government doing something about this?????

Inspiration:
that we need to do something about this NOW, its not going to change by itself

Tell People:
You may think, raising $2 isnt going to help... BUT IT DOES every single last penny counts!!!!!!!

Story:
i'm not wealthly. I don't ask for much, and i thought my life my bad because of how many times my mom got married, but when i saw this movie i understood how lucky i am. I was inspired to do this.

Thoughts:
I dont think ive ever felt so needed through a film before. Ive seen it a few times already and each time it still gets to me. It has opened my eyes to something that i can actually do to help a cause.

Inspiration:
At the begining of the year my sister and her friend thought of an idea to hold a Benefit show at a church in a town near us to raise money to send to the Invisible Children. Me, my friend chelsea, and jordan help tremmendesly to help this thing get going. we had posters all over the school, postings through myspace and livejournal, and a bunch of stuff through the town. The show turned out a great succes we had 7 bands play and raised up to 1000 dollars. it was amazing.

Tell People:
This Invisible Children Charity is one you should remember.

Story:
My sister and one of her college friends learned about Invisible Children from when they were couselors in a summer program called PCC. Ever since all they have been trying to do is help this charity. Besides school and family all their free time is spent on helping IC. And now me and a couple of my friend have been helping them out trying to set up evnts to raise money.

Thoughts:
Raw, Passionate, Life-changing, Consuming.

Inspiration:
Right after the video said, "Use your talents to thinks of creative ways to help the children" Anna and I turned to one another and knew that is what we must do.

Tell People:
Use your talents... don't think your inadequate... you are more than capable to help! anything will make a differnce

Story:
My dearest friend, Anna Hurst, and I have begun to put together a benefit concert. Anna of vocals, and two other friends on guitar and djembe. It will be little talking just video clips and passionate music, relevant to the Invisible Children and their hardships and yearning. We don't want our names on ANYTHING, it will only be about the children, for the Ugandan kids from us American kids. We will charge $5 at the door and take up a love offering at the end, ALL proceeds going to the children. We booked a venue yesterday, we are praying for 250 people, a goal of $2500... but the place will hold 510 and we hope it will be overfilled! We prayed for only people to help who are passionate about the the children and will only help for the children and no other alternate reason. God has placed each person we need in our path! We meet with the lady who is in charge of the venue next week. The benefit will be for Saturday, April 21st. We have a good friend who is major in digtal arts and will be desinging amazing flyers and cards to pass our to EVERYONE we see. I have also been emailing and calling radio stations, schools, churches, buisnesses, etc. for support and to get the word out about the benefit.... We are having it 8 days before commute night to promote it! We are kicking off promoting and such March 2nd, the day the Invisible Children group will be coming to our school. we go to a small, private school so we are announcing it to our school body first and getting them all in on it too! Pray for us... we are ecstatic!

Thoughts:
It changed my life forever. It was an emotional roller coaster; one moment I would be laughing, a moment later I would be sobbing. This film changes lives. I have seen it change lives. I am proof.

Inspiration:
The inspiration for my IC Screening was hearing Jason speak at the Passion Conference '07 and seeing the Emmy DVD. He told us that we have the power to do so much, yet we do nothing. I knew that I couldn't ignore what I had just seen and heard. All I could think about was the face of Emmy. That was my biggest motivation of all: Emmy. I had to act. So I called to get a screening at Purdue and now I'm moving full steam ahead into Schools for Schools!

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I am so excited to tell everyone that I am actually traveling to Gulu in May!I will be in Gulu from May10th-May23rd with a team from Purdue Christian Campus House helping the different programs that Invisible Children and other organizations have implemented there.

Story:
I went to the Passion Conferenece 2007 in Atlanta, GA. Jason spoke there and showed different media from Invisible Children. One of the films he showed was Emmy. I couldn't stop crying and I knew that I would never be the same. I couldn't stop thinking about Emmy. All of the sudden all of the problems in my life seemed so small. I was changed forever. So I immediately called you guys to schedule a screening at Purdue University. I was then informed that the Midwest Road Team was already coming! So for two weeks I worked with a small group of people to spread the word about the World Tour coming to Purdue. We made hundreds of flyers, wrote emails, made facebook events, called everyone we could possibly think of, and just did whatever we could to get people to come discover the unseen. On January 19th, 2007 at 8:30 pm, 450 Purdue students came to see Invisible Children: Rough Cut. That night the Midwest Team sold over $2,400 in IC merchandise!!!!! They told us it would be one of the largest events on their tour. We were so exctied!!! By the way, John and Katie, you are probably two of the best dancers I have ever seen! We were also so amazed by how many people wanted to get involved after seeing the movie. We had three full Excel worksheets full of emails and phone numbers of people wanting to joing the movement! And now we're getting Schools for Schools going at Purdue University! We have a feeling it will be a huge success here!!

Thoughts:
It was amazing. It changed my life. My heart was touched in so many ways.

Inspiration:
My good friend is the president of the ONE champaign chapter at our school and she told me about the event. I went to support her and am so happy I did.

Tell People:
To donate anything and everything they can to help these children. I want to start a clothing/ blanket drive for these children. donate. donate.donate.

Story:
I'm 22 years old and a student at Middle Tennessee State University. I'm studying Advertising, Marketing. and Spanish. I love promoting any type of event and I think that I may have found my calling. I can't stop spreading the word about this cause.

Thoughts:
Its was so powerful to see what was happening to this poor children how they don't want to sleep at home because they have to constantly have to think how they could be taken.

Inspiration:
This Video

Tell People:
You all need to help out protect these kids from the pain and suffering they go through whlie we sleep in our cozy home.

Story:
I have sold a bunch of my stuff to raise money for underpriviledged people and to donate to church and other good deeds.

Thoughts:
I LOVED THE MOVIE THAT THESE THREE GUYS MADE.

Inspiration:
A SERVICE LEARNING TWO STUDENT AT MY HIGH SCHOOL.

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I WANT TO TELL THE WHOLE WORLD TO GET INVOLVED I ALWAYS TELL PEOPLE THAT I WORK WITH WHAT MY INNOCENT BRACELET MEANS. AND IM CONSTANTLY TRYING TO TELL PEOPLE ABOUT THIS HUGE PROBLEM AND HOW DISPLACE ME IS COMING TO PHOENIX I WANT TO GET PEOPLE INVOLVED TO GET THIS HUGE PROBLEM RESOLVED.

Story:
I HEARD ABOUT IC THROUGH MY SERVICE LEARNING TEACHER BECAUSE WE HAD A SCREENING FOR IT ON FEBRUARY 2ND. I SAW THE FIRST FIVE MINUTES OF IT AROUND 5 TIMES. BY THE TIME IT WAS OVER I CRIED EVERY SINGLE TIME AND WHEN WE HAD THE SCREENING I WAS CRYING THROUGH OUT THE WHOLE THING EVEN THROUGH THE UPDATES ABOUT HOW IC PUT 500 UGANDAN CHILDREN THROUGH SCHOOL . AFTER THE MOVIE ALL THE LIGHTS CAME BACK ON AND EVERYONE WAS WIPING THEIR EYES AND SAYING HOW CAN I HELP.

Thoughts:
it was very good. it inspired me ALOT!

Inspiration:
Getting clothes to the children in africa

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Hi.

Story:
i went to the library after school with my friend Hannah. I was going because i thought i was going to get extra credit (which i did) but i had no idea it was going to effect me as much as it did. I decided to buy a bracelet and i liked it alot. I got home and watched the video. the video was about a boy named Innocent. I noticed that all the children's clothes were torn and dirty, and that it is probably all they had. So i am trying to get a project started at my church that we get all kinds of clothing in all sizes to send to Uganda and other places in Africa. I hope i can accomplish this goal and change some lives. :)

Thoughts:
Amazing. Made me (a guy) cry. Watched it 3 times in a row.

Inspiration:
IC DVD. We want to do something, because something is always better than nothing. When you get a lot of something's together, it really adds up.

Tell People:
Everyone has the ability to do nothing. Everyone has the ability to do something. Which one would you want to be known for?

Story:
Heard about IC two years ago but didn't get sparked. Saw the guys in Relevant Nation and checked out the webpage, ordered the DVD, watched and got inspired to do something. Showed the DVD to my youth group, about 20 kids. This month we are teaming up with 2 other churches to show the DVD at a theater and having a Yard Sale the next day. All the money we raise will go straight to IC. We the Youth of Hilo, Hawaii want to share Aloha Ke Akua with the Youth of Northern Uganda, Africa.

Thoughts:
It changed my life.

Inspiration:
We have been showing it all over north Carolina. Its a story that people don't know, and I feel like this is the only way to show them.

Tell People:
If you have a passion, do something about it!

Story:
I saw Invisible Children for the first time last year, and the next day I started planning and raising money. I bought a plane ticket to Uganda, and will be traveling there this summer.