The uNight campaign is a unique effort, mobilizing people from the grassroots, it challenges millions of people from all walks of life to make individual contributions to stop the slow motion genocide in northern Uganda.

uNight hopes to connect with people where they work, where they live, where they worship, where they study, wherever they come together to remind people that what happens in northern Uganda matters to each and every one of us. With this in mind, uNight has launched:

uNight's nationwide Chapter Campaign: “Ambassadors for Peace”
Through each chapter, uNight provides expertise and guidance to students and community groups, and through which uNight calls on individuals, media and governments to take action to alleviate the suffering of the people of northern Uganda.

Start a Chapter
Help uNight establish chapters at local and community levels and at schools and universities. The purpose of the chapters are to systematically create an active network of concerned citizens in the United States, especially among local communities, college students and school-age children to:

• Petition the US government to hold a full-scale congressional hearing on northern Uganda, and  to appoint a special envoy for northern Uganda to oversee a successful peace negotiation to end the civil war, the dismantlement of the camps, the resettlement and rehabilitation of the displaced population, and a comprehensive program of reconstruction, with a focus on youth

• Raise funds to support a comprehensive program for youth therapy and rehabilitation, education and leadership training, and the revival of sports for the thousands of children who have known nothing but war and suffering. uNight works closely with the local community leaders in northern Uganda to develop grassroots projects to empower these youth to reclaim their lives and fully participate in society.

• Send resources including school supplies, sports equipment and medicine to schools and communities in northern Uganda. uNight is working to working with a network of partners to mobilize humanitarian relief in the US, especially medicine, clothing, and school supplies, to be sent to the victims of this vicious war

uNight ensures that each chapter is able to join forces with communities in northern Uganda and directly assist in their humanitarian relief efforts. Each chapter will partner with a specific school or community in the region.

uNight will also forge linkages between its chapters in the US and the uNight projects operating on the ground in northern Uganda as a way of establishing long-term bonds, thereby enabling communities both here and in Uganda to benefit from cross-cultural exchange.

    » Download a Chapter Starter Kit

JOIN A UNIGHT CHAPTER
uNight supporters have held panel discussions and begun forming chapters at the following schools and universities:

• Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
• The Ross School, East Hampton, NY
• University of North Carolina Wilmingtin (UNCW), NC

To join these chapters, to volunteer as an uNight "Ambassador for Peace" or find out more about uNight activities in your neighbourhood, join our mailing list and email chapters@unight.org.

University chapters anticipated for the fall include:

• American University, DC
• Brown University, RI
• Columbia University, NY
• Duke University, NC
• Pratt Institute, NY
• Shaw University, NC
• Smith College, MA
• Seton Hall University, NJ
• University of Conneticut, CT In collaboration with the UNESCO Chair and Institute for Comparative Human Rights
• Stanford University, CA
• Vassar College, NY
• Yale University, CT

Add to the list - start a uNight chapter near you!

White House and Congressional Petition
uNight is spearheading a campaign to petition the White House to appoint a special envoy for northern Uganda and for Congress to convene a special hearing on humanitarian crisis in northern Uganda.
Write a letter of petition or call your lawmakers urging them to:

• Dismantle the camps and end the war
• Appoint a special US envoy for northern Uganda
• Call for a special Congressional hearing on northern Uganda
• Acknowledge the role of the Ugandan government in perpetuating the war and keeping millions of its population imprisoned in deadly camps
• Provide urgent humanitarian support for the war victims, especially the children who have lost their childhood and failed to get a proper education

    » Download Sample Petition Letter