Net Impact will be hosting an Invisible Children event in the Union Ballroom on Tuesday at 7 p.m.
The event will consist of a showing of the “Invisible Children: Child Soldiers of Africa” documentary and will end in a discussion about how people can help and further engage themselves in global perspective, as well as how they can further educate themselves on similar conflicts, according to Net Impact’s website.
“Northern Uganda, like many areas of Africa, has been torn apart by unnecessary conflict. Invisible Children brings us awareness and problem solving of these atrocities,” member Paul Hemminger said.
There will be a sleep-out for the cause in the Union Oval today to raise awareness for the event.
Net Impact BGSU is an international nonprofit organization with a mission to inspire, educate, and equip individuals to use the power of business to create a more socially and environmentally sustainable world, Hemminger said.
“This conglomerate of people and organizations span many avenues, organizations, and mission statements,” Hemminger said. “However, our commonalities are our longing for justice, a peaceful world, community, education, action, and critical thought. We hope to provide an outlet for these students to take further action on social issues.”
Last year Net Impact brought together 200 students for the same event and this year they hope to double that.
“The purpose of this event is to engage students in a global perspective and to encourage them to continue to educate themselves on these and similar issues,” member Hannah Simon said. “The structure of the event will be made so to promote networking and further engagement with our partner organizations. We hope you find the value in meeting these students, these potential members of your organizations.”
Environmental science major Gabriel Morgan said he’s excited for the “Invisible Children” showing on Tuesday.
“I think this event will bring together people from all different organizations and has the potential to motivate them into doing something pretty significant for the children in Uganda,” Morgan said. “There has been serious conflict over there for years and it takes more than one person to change that for them.”
Morgan said he hopes that Net Impact is able to reach their goal of bringing double the amount of people to their event compared to last year’s numbers.
“People I think sometimes underestimate the type of change they can make in the world,” he said. “I think this event could inspire people to come together and do that.”
