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Bring your sleeping bag and join the Global Commute to help the child soldiers of Uganda
Every day, youngsters in Uganda are kidnapped and forced to become child soldiers for the rebel army. To show solidarity with their cause, various groups in Lansing and East Lansing will join the "Global Night Commute" to try to draw attention to their plight. Saturday, April 29 3 p.m. - Code of the Cutz, 317 MAC Ave, East Lansing - Showing of the film Invisible Children. The 2003 "rock 'n' roll" film details what happens when three young people from California visit Uganda and witness the kidnappying of children by the rebel army. (Click here for more information on the film.) 7 p.m. - Trinity Church in Lansing will show the film. After the film, those who choose to do so will be transported to a sleepout at Hawk Island Park (1601 East Cavanaugh Road in Lansing), where they will spend the night camping out to show their support as part of the Global Night Commute. This worldwide event mirrors the trek that young people in Uganda make nightly into the cities. By banding together overnight, Ugandan youngsters try to avoid being kidnapped and turned into child soldiers. According to the Invisible Chidren Web site (www.invisiblechildren.com), more than 400 people in Lansing have already committed to participate in the local event, joining the more than 35,000 people who have signed up worldwide.
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