GLOBAL NIGHT COMMUTE THIS WEEK!

The Invisible Children movement is culminating this week with a march to sleep in the centers of the cities of the developed world. 31,000 people and counting. The Portland event will be held in Pioneer Square on April 29th from 7:00 PM to 7:00 AM. I'll be there along with hundreds (possibly thousands) of friends. A couple others from Portland that have visited Lahash projects will be there, and my friend Erik Wecks is an organizer and speaker at the event! Come out, bring your friends, spread the word, pack your sleeping bag, and stand with the kids in Uganda that don't have a voice.



SAVE DARFUR RALLY

As the sun breaks over the Pioneer Square in Portland, we will wake up and attend a SaveDarfur rally - another very important event and cause. Darfur continues to experience "acts of genocide" - the term that gives the international community the severity of the issue without the responsiblity. The question is - if I or if you have had our hearts broken over Hotel Rwanda - why are we letting this happen again? If the holocaust fills us with pain, why do we turn our eyes from the slaughter in Darfur? And does it really have to have a neat label of "Genocide" for all of us to feel ready to involve ourselves?

These are two very important causes. They are going to be acts of community where we stand with our friends in East Africa. The awareness, the political prompting, the prayers, and the connection with the friends in Uganda and Sudan can literally change the newspaper headlines! Will you join us this weekend to change the world?