Natalie Warne is biracial and growing up in a tough south side Chicago neighborhood was not easy. High school was brutal, as she tried to fit in and be accepted. Not helping was the fact that she went to 4 different high schools and suffered from serious identity crisis. Her turning point came when she watched the documentary “Invisible Children”.
This is a movie about Africa’s longest running war. A war that is run by a man named Joseph Kony. This war is fuelled by thirty thousand child soldiers. These are children kidnapped by Joseph Kony, and are brutalized, drugged, and dehumanized to turn into these terrible child soldiers. The story of these invisible children so moved Natalie that she found it impossible to do nothing. In a bold move she postponed going to college to join this movement as an unpaid intern. She became an anonymous extraordinaire. This is somebody whose actions are driven by passionate belief rather than a need for recognition and fame. As Natalie beautifully explains in the video, the future of our world depends on the current generation embracing the idea of being an anonymous extraordinaire. Do you want to be one?
Related:
Kony 2012: Documentary watched by Millions
Invisible Children Web site
Warning: Kony 2012 is inaccurate, out-dated, and leaves one with a distorted picture of the reality in Uganda and the region. It appears to be an attempt to justify US military action, which will only exacerbate the situation and lead to more suffering. We cannot bring peace by killing people.