Holy Cross to Host the Invisible Children “Face-to-Face” Tour

WORCESTER, Mass. – The College of the Holy Cross will host the Invisible Children “Face-to-Face” tour with a screening of the documentary film The Rescue, on Thursday, Oct. 7 at 7 p.m. in the Seelos Theater.  The film will be followed by a discussion with Ugandan student Akello Brenda, who will share her experiences with the conflict in Northern Uganda.  This event is sponsored by the student group Peace Around the World and is free and open to the public.

The Rescue is a reaction film to the Invisible Children movement, which began in the spring of 2003 when three filmmakers from southern California traveled to Africa to make a film and stumbled upon thousands of Ugandan children that were being abducted and forced to fight as child soldiers for the rebel army.  Upon their return, the filmmakers created the documentary, Invisible Children: Rough Cut, which exposed the tragic realities of Northern Uganda’s night commuters and child soldiers.  The Rescue was produced to focus on the efforts to end the Lord’s Resistance Army’s war, the “war without ideology.”  The nonprofit organization Invisible Children, Inc. gives viewers an effective means to respond to the war and situation in Northern Uganda.

Akello Brenda, of Gulu, Uganda, is currently completing her final year at Makerere University in Kampala.  At Gulu Central High School, Brenda was elected head girl and advocated for female education.  An experienced public speaker, Brenda has also traveled to Rwanda with Invisible Children to mobilize youth in East Africa.

Peace Around the World at Holy Cross exists to promote activism through dialogue on campus and within the larger higher education community.  The group aims to provide students with a secular yet united foundation for networking as well as the opportunity to practice non-violent action against war and conflict by educating students about global issues.

For more information on the Invisible Children movement, visit www.InvisibleChildren.com.