It’s easy to take for granted all that we have if we are not informed about what others lack.
The People Exploring Active Community Experience (PEACE) Center is now working with the Invisible Children Program to inform students of issues going on outside of our country.
“Invisible Children is a nonprofit organization that is working with children and children soldiers in Uganda,” said Christine Merry, coordinator of the Invisible Children Program.
“There are over 100,000 children soldiers in Uganda, so Invisible Children puts on this huge tour, where teens normally speak,” Merry said. “We’re actually going to be bringing back people from Uganda to speak about their personal experiences.”
As of yet, no students from The University of Tampa are going to be visiting Uganda to help, according to Merry.
However, PEACE is very determined to inform students.
“We’re putting up fliers and banners and hopefully when we email professors they will be able to tell their students about the event,” Merry said.
The event will be held on March 2 in Martinez Sports Center from 6 p.m. until 7:45 p.m.
“We’d like to get over 300 students from campus to come check it out,” Merry said. “There will be a really intense movie first and Ugandans will speak based on personal experiences.”
For more information on the cause that is rarely touched upon, students can go to invisiblechildren.com and click on Legacy Tour.