finding Monsuun | est. 2005

On April 29^th, rain or shine, all across America thousands of people will commute to their city’s downtown, and sleep in the streets for the children of Northern Uganda.

Why should you do it?

Tonight in Northern Uganda, and every night for the past 20 years, an estimated 40,000 children commute to the centers of their towns to escape abduction from a violent rebel army. By taking one night to do the same, we are empathizing with these children, making a statement of unity with them, and demanding that the U.S. government, as well as the UN, take action toward bringing this war to an end.

On February 2, 2006 Senator Inhofe brought the atrocities of Northern Uganda to the attention of the Senate and pushed the conflict to be on high-level attention of the U.S. government. We want to reinforce pressure on the government to act on this initiative.

After a recent trip to Washington D.C., the filmmakers met with key lobbyists, non-governmental organization leaders, senators, and other officials who informed them that a gathering such as this would be instrumental in showing the nationwide support for Betty Bigombe’s peace process, a knowledge and concern for the people of Northern Uganda, and as a priority to us, we are pushing for it to be a priority to the figure heads who represent us.

This evening should be treated with no less urgency; this event has the potential to end a war.

The Global Night Commute will help bring a unity, strength, and voice to those Americans who have been moved by this issue. We are channeling American’s rarely flexed influence, toward the atrocities we saw, and speaking out against the thousands of lives being lost without action being taken.

I hope to see you all there! Check out Getamission’s Blog for the full details!

So I returned from a software convention for my job late last night and have jumped right into the final training sessions for all employees at all of the stores. That basically requires back-to-back training and my travel from one store to the next over the following 2 weeks. Blogging here will probably be a little scarce over the next few weeks unfortunately. I am also ramping up for new Getamission.com development (the blog is here) and for development on several other projects that have been in the planning phase for while. More here on those when there is something significant to report. Until later my friends.

I am excited about this screening tonight and all of the potential interaction with all of the organizations that will be present. So if you live in the valley and aren’t doing anything at 7pm tonight, I hope to see you at Pollack Tempe Cinemas when the sound rumbles and the lights go dim.

This is a powerful film about the HIV/AIDS epidemic that has stricken not only Africa, but the entire world. Read the invitation to our public screening at Getamission.com.

Perhaps, in the near future, I will explain how this screening came to light and how a collective of home groups formed to put this the showing on at Pollack Tempe Cinemas in Tempe, AZ, but for now I will merely ask you to view the trailer, visit Getamission.com and sign up for an email reminder on the day of, and then come to the screening on Thursday, March 30 @ 7:00pm. Starbucks coffee and theater popcorn will abound. As, undoubtedly, will tears and a sense of action.