VOL.
10, No.
17 SEPTEMBER 25, 2009BATON ROUGE, LA
527NorthBlvd.
BatonRouge,LA
70802-5700
Walk to Washington
Pleasant Valley UMC/ 6
La-UMC Website/ 3
Feeling the Pinch/ 7
BY BETTY BACKSTROM
Starting on May 31 of this year, four
friends backpacked more...
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VOL.
10, No.
17 SEPTEMBER 25, 2009BATON ROUGE, LA
527NorthBlvd.
BatonRouge,LA
70802-5700
Walk to Washington
Pleasant Valley UMC/ 6
La-UMC Website/ 3
Feeling the Pinch/ 7
BY BETTY BACKSTROM
Starting on May 31 of this year, four
friends backpacked more than 650 miles
from Sewanee, Tenn.
to Washington,
D.
C.
Their goal was to bring visibility to
an international tragedy—the plight of
the “invisible” children of Uganda,
Africa.
Through their efforts, the four rising
sophomores at Sewanee: The University
of the South helped to raise awareness of
the practice of child abductions and the
forcing of children to serve as soldiers
in the 23 year old war that has devastated
the African country.
Keri Bryan—a United Methodist from
Baton Rouge, and one of the four students—posted this on the team’s blog
about their walk: “1.
8 million people displaced.
An army composed of over 90%
child abductees (children between the
ages of 5 and 16.
) Because of this, thousands of children walked every d
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