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Team Mid West put this video and challenge together.  They’re encouraging every student at the schools they toured to to bring one dollar in for Schools for Schools on December 1st.  They figured that if everyone did it, we could raise over $60,000 in one day, which got us to thinking…

The average American school has 535 students.  Multiply that by the 1484 schools signed up for Schools for Schools at the moment and you get 793,940 students.  If each of those students brought just one dollar in for their partner school, we would raise nearly $800,000 in one day.  Like Brian O’Neill at Capuchino High School said, “if a lot of people do something small, it becomes something big.”

Watch this video: Sen. Inhofe props the bill on the Senate floor

Thanks to senators like James Inhofe, we’re starting to see this bill move forward. Keep it up!

Enough: Accountability vs. Amnesty – the case of Charles Arop

This Enough post brings up some pretty intense questions - What do you think?

Last week, LRA commander Charles Arop surrendered to the Ugandan Army. But what will happen to him now? Read this Enough Project blog and tell us what you think.

You Should Watch This Trailer

Our collective friends at Jedidiah and my personal one, Kahana has put together an amazing documentary on surfing in Bangladesh. Watch and be amazed.

Yesterday’s Hometown Shakedown was ____________!!! (insert preferred superlative)

Speakin' at the House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office. Ain't no thing.

Preliminary results: at least 7 new bill sponsors in the Senate, and 5 more in the House. You guys make it happen.

We’re not doing something huge…

A lot of Mugsies add up to a Manute

“We’re doing something small. But if a lot of people do something small, it becomes something big.”

Your Hometowns are Shakin’! Check out some pics

We’re seeing it all over the country – these meetings are working. Check out some of these pictures, but be sure to check out our Facebook page for tons more.

The Schools for Schools Diaries

Volleyball is huge in Uganda, but Sam was able to hold her own on the court

It was one of the most exhilarating experiences of the trip. What other American can say they played in a Ugandan High School volleyball tournament?

HOMETOWN SHAKEDOWN is TODAY

This is our chance to get this bill the support it needs to pass by early next year. This is the most important thing you can do with your wednesday… read on.

San Ramon Valley High Schools for Schools

Sunee, Kaylee and Andrew in no particular order

The San Ramon Valley community came out in force and committed to getting more involved when the film ended. Since then, parents, local businesses and entire teams have gotten in on the fundraising action.

1st step a success! This is huge. Read this!

The LRA Disarmament Bill passed unanimously before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee this afternoon. This means that it has better chances than ever at getting passed before the Senate and House!

The Bill: What you need to know…

We never thought we’d become law makers, but I guess this is what being a grown-up millennial looks like: keeping your converse sneakers on while you storm the White House. Read this and learn about this incredibly important Bill…

Big banks to young Americans: Friendsies??

Can you smell post-banking crisis PR campaign? A new Chase Bank Facebook campaign gives money to the charities with the most votes. Help support Invisible Children by racking ‘em up.

Germany arrests top Rwanda rebels

Police in Germany have arrested two Rwandan militia leaders on suspicion of crimes against humanity committed in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo.

From GOOD Mag: Actions > Words > Thoughts > Ignorance > Apathy

With his new book Actions Speak Loudest, Bob McKinnon has brought together some disparate names to explain how change is fueled by action.

Vote for mtvU’s GoodWoodie awards, namely… Jamie.

Jamie.

Jamie Tworkowsi (from To Write Love on Her Arms) has been nominated for an mtvU’s “Good Woodie.” Go to their website and vote for him!

Schools for Schools by the Numbers

Things have changed drastically at Anaka as you can see

In just three years, the Schools for Schools program has grown from a simple idea into the largest scale effort to rebuild secondary schools in all of northern Uganda.

Biz groups oppose ban on goods made by children and slaves

Dear big-business, why are you the devil? love, Invisible Children.

Remembering our friend Robert Stone

Thank you Rob for your unending love and dedication to the people of northern Uganda, and to others. We all will remember you. A life lived with purpose. A legacy left in love. November 23, 1989 to November 13, 2009.

S4S Update: New Textbooks!

When delivered, all of our 11 partners will have every chemistry and physics textbook they need, meaning that Schools for Schools has hit another one of its exit targets.