The University of Wisconsin-Superior becomes a relay of the Invisible Children 10-week tour that aims at bringing advocacy to communities around the United States by telling the story of children from a region in Africa terrorized by rebel leaders.

Invisible Children, a non-profit organization founded eight years ago by three filmmakers who traveled in Africa in search of a story to tell, partners up with Superior Middle School and UW-Superior International Peace Studies Association to raise awareness to put an end to what has been called, by the organization, the most neglected humanitarian emergency in the world today.

The Lords Resistant Army (LRA), led by a rebel leader, Joseph Kony, abducts children from Congo, the Central African Republic and South Sudan to become soldiers. The war started in Northern Uganda, but rapidly spread in other parts of Africa. “Northern Uganda is now at peace, but remote parts of other countries are being hit by Joseph Kony,” says Jessica Crawford, a roadie for Invisible Children, in a discussion with the audience.

Multiple movies are shown at schools, colleges and churches across the country.

“17 teams representing Invisible Children are reaching to half a million people across the USA thanks to this tour,” said Jacob Boynton, a representative and a roadie for the organization. Tony's story was told at UW-Superior, in a room at Old Main, speaking about the issue developing in Congo.

The team visits different schools in the Twin Ports area. Mary Anderson-Petroske, a teacher at Superior Middle School has asked Invisible Children to come to the Northland for the last four years.

“It is important for the next generation to be aware of Invisible Children. If they stay ignorant, they won’t be able to do anything”, said Anderson-Petroske before the screening of the documentary. “It took six months in the making of the events.”

Anderson-Petroske says the inspiration to inquire about the Invisible Children program came from an eigth grader.

Harriett Achola, a native of Northern Uganda, was born and lived under the oppression of the LRA for several years as a child.

“I never gave up with life, and I am here for my brothers and sisters of Congo,” Achola said in front of student.

Achola studies Hospitality Management in central Africa, thanks to a scholarship program launched by Invisible Children. She is excused from the semester to tell her story in front of a captivated audience.

Every year since the creation of Invisible Children, roadies and representatives travel around the United States to tell the story of the children soldiers in Africa. The roadies, Achola, Boynton, Jessica Crawford, and Dan Krozner, are high school and college students who dedicate their time to the cause of the organization. They hope to motivate people to become proactive in this issue.

According to Anderson-Petroske, more than 2,000 people will hear the story of Tony by showing the movie in Superior and in Duluth, Minnn. as well.

The team is now leaving for Minnesota, where they will spend their last part of the tour before returning to California, after traveling through Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, Iowa, Wisconsin and Oklahoma.