Through My Lens

Oh, Chicago! You were the last city left to be rescued in the Invisible Children Rescue Rally.

Why?

You’re a huge city.

You host countless celebrity appearances.

You have The Cubs. The Bears. The Bulls.

You have OPRAH!

After 6 nights sleeping on the streets, “abductees” from around the nation must have been wondering what was up with Chicago.

You’ve got to hand it to them. They pulled it off in the end. They shot this video as a last call for Oprah to rescue them. It gives me goosebumps each time I watch it.

Despite other attempts to contact her, Oprah responded to the song and dance routine.

Invisible Children founders Bobby, Laren, and Ben were interviewed live on Oprah today, along with the hundreds of other IC reps who made the journey to Chicago to wait for their rescue. Oprah encouraged everyone watching the show to go to invisiblechildren.com and watch the documentary.

Although they were the last to come through, Chicago has become the grand finale of this year’s Rescue demonstration. The fact that it brought everyone together in the end and successfully gained the support of a media giant like Oprah is incredible.

Finally, everyone can go home.

For those who still want to do something, plan on coming to the IC lobby day in Washington DC June 22 – 23, 2009. There IC reps will present senators with letters written as a result of The Rescue. This will pressure them to do whatever is in their power to end the ongoing Ugandan war.