Hello everyone,
My name is Caitlin Cheevers, and I am the president of the Invisible Children RSO on campus. There was been an increase in awareness of Invisible Children thanks to the video Kony 2012 that has been floating around the internet. Because of this, many students, especially on CMU's campus, want to get involved with the organization, namely Cover the Night.
For those of you who haven't seen the video, it can be viewed at www.Kony2012.com. Cover the Night is an event being planned to bring awareness to the campaign and Joseph Kony through street art. Thousands of people will hang posters all over various cities and campuses to bring awarenss to a 26-year-long war where Kony and his army, the Lord's Resistance Army, abduct children and force them to fight in a war older than they are.
We would love to have other RSOs collaborate with us to put on this event. We are very aware we cannot access every student on CMU's campus, and not many students know we already have a group. I would like to extend this invitation to anyone interested in collaborating to put on the event, because we would like to reach to the community outside CMU and Mount Pleasant, but we need a large body of people to be able to do so. Please don't hesitate to contact me via phone, email, Facebook, Twitter, carrier pigeon, etc. We are currently collaborating with Greek Force, but we would like to branch out even more to others on campus.
I am also aware there is plenty of controversy surrounding Invisible Children and Kony 2012. First of all, I would like to make it known that this campaign is not about Invisible Children. It is not about CMU. It is about stopping Joseph Kony and ending the use of child soldiers. If anyone has any questions or concerns about the nonprofit, our group, the campaign, etc., please let me know.
Thanks for your time, and I look forward to hearing from you!
Caitlin Cheevers
Invisible Children RSO President
Central Michigan University
(616) 301-5602
cheev1ce@cmich.edu
