Aggies for Africa night commute

The week after Invisible Children came to USU's campus Aggies for Africa hosted a night commute. In 2006 Invisible Children hosted a global night commute where young people from all across America walked together to a central location and slept overnight symbolizing what the children in Uganda have to do every night to escape the militia. We wanted to do something like that on a smaller scale. About 40 people showed up at the hub with white shirts and red X's on their chests ready to walk. We walked from campus down to a building by mainstreet where we watched a documentary about a boy named Emmy who was orphaned because of the AID's epidemic. Afterward we wrote letters to our congressman urging them to take notice and become involved in the conflicts affecting the African people. We walked back to campus where we slept overnight in the Living and Learning Center. It was a good opportunity to raise awareness and get a little exercise at the same time.