my last blog told you about the Invisible Children. here, i'll tell you how i (and the rest of the world) has been involved over the last week.

on Saturday April 25th, 100 cities world wide took place in "The Rescue". thousands of people kidnapped themselves in solidarity with the children in Africa who are being kidnapped. we met in local areas (including cities in South Africa, the UK, Ireland, Canada, Australia, Mexico, Tokyo,) to sleep overnight on the ground the way we have done once a year for the last three years. the difference this year was that, since these children are not being rescued, we promised not to leave our sites until we were rescued. "Rescued" for us meant that *1* the local media (tv, radio, and newspapers) had to show up and cover the event AND *2* a celebrity or political person had to come and show their support for our cause.

Tucson was rescued at 8:30 PM on Saturday, so i jumped in a car with some of our volunteers and drove immediately to Albuquerque. no sleep, little food, hot sun, and cold wind...  it was incredible!!! New Mexico was finally rescued on Monday morning. A group of "Rescue Riders" left NM and drove to Wichita, Kansas but i had to return home for work.

kansas city had to go underground because of tornado warnings. chicago started out with 3,000 abductees but went down to 300 when a huge rain storm covered them all. they moved from site to site, being kicked out by authorities. the mexico city site was shut down because of the swine flu.

of the 100 cities, 98 of them have been rescued so far. because Rescue Riders from every rescued city travel to the next un-rescued city, we have large groups of people heading to the last two sites (Chicago and Richmond, VA). there were MANY big names supporting us. here is a sample view:


Washington D.C.: Fallout Boy (band) and Val Kilmer (actor)
Atlanta: Jeff Foxworthy (comedian)
Boise: Acii Nancy- a girl rescued from the LRA, going to school in the U.S. now
Boston: reps from Sen. John Kerry & Ted Kennedy; Justin Masterson- red sox
Charlotte: Ken Block (band, Sister Hazel)
Cincinnati: Bangles player Chinedum Ndukwe
Honolulu: Pam Omidyar (wife of Ebay founder)
Houston: Mae (band)
Kansas City: Switchfoot (band)
Las Angeles: Kirsten Dunst, Tom Arnold, Ben McKenzie, Kristen Bell (actors)
Las Vegas: The Spice Girls (band)
Milwaukee: Brady Poppinga, player for the Packers
New York: Ying Chang (Gossip Girl); Chris Lowell (Private Practice) & more
Orange County: Paramore (band)
Orlando: Aaron Gillespie (band, Underoath)
Portland: Amy Roloff (tv show "Little People, Big World")
Phoenix: Steve-O (tv show, JackAss)
San Diego: Vincent Jackson, player for the Chargers
San Fransisco: former mayor Willie Brown
San Luis Obispo: Nate Henry (band, Sherwood Nate)
Santa Barbara: Tom Curren (pro surfer)
St. Louis: Chris Chamberlain, player for the Rams
Tucson, AZ: Congressman Raul Grijalva

Edinburgh: Billy Boyd (actor, played Pippin in Lord of the Rings)
Guadalajara, Mexico: Ely Guerra (singer/songwriter)
Melbourne, Australia: Nat Pa'apa'a (band, Blue King Brown)
Sydney, Australia: Damien Walsh (tv show, Underbelly)
Vancouver, Canada: Alison Mack (tv show, Smallville)