Hey all-
As some of you may have heard, our interns and some of our staff are jumping in a van and roadtripping to Oklahoma City tonight. They’re on the move to support the activists staked out in front of Senator Coburn’s office.
Senator Coburn has put a block on the LRA Disarmament and Northern Uganda Recovery Act. The bill authorizes $40 million to post-conflict recovery efforts in Northern Uganda and directs President Obama to come up with a peace and recovery plan for war-ravaged Northern Uganda.
The number count varies, but people from all over the country are gathered in OKC, sleeping outside in the freezing cold to request a meeting with the Senator to state their case. There are a wide variety of opinions on the bill and here’s a small taste of both sides. We’d love your thoughts.
Regardless of your opinion on the bill, the people standing outside Coburn’s office are our brothers and sisters. They are true heroes for putting themselves on the frontlines for other human beings half a world away.
To The Holdouts: We salute you and many of us will soon be joining you.
Love
FW
For: http://www.undispatch.com/coburn
Against: http://tinyurl.com/yjj8pto
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