Team Mid Atlantic AND Deep South update from Chattanooga, TN

That’s right, you heard correctly.  We, Mid Atlantic, have had the pleasure of spending all weekend with Deep South; they came up to Chattanooga to take part in a city-wide event for Uganda on Sunday.

The event, called “Move for Uganda,” was hosted by three colleges from the greater Chattanooga area: Southern Adventist University, Lee University and Covenant College.   Led by the exuberant IC alumnus, Adam Litchfield (Roadie Fall ’08), the event was a 5K race/walk as well as an Africa Village exhibit to raise money and awareness about the LRA and its effects in Northern Uganda.

The day and weekend leading up to the event were inspiring and brought together many IC alumni: Laura Kigweba (Roadie Spring ‘09), Allie Kendrick (Roadie Fall ‘07/Spring ‘08), Sarah Chaplin (Roadie Spring ’09), Ellie Morse (Intern Summer ‘09) as well as our two roadie teams.  It also hosted Lisa Dougan (an IC legend) from Resolve Uganda and Bethany Haley from Exile International as guest speakers.  All together we had a blast, raised a ton of money for Invisible Children and Northern Uganda, and made a huge imprint on the Chattanooga community with our teams’ lovely advocates: Amanda Mitchell, Comfort Okello & Norman Okot.

P.S. You might not be able to tell from the pictures, but the sun in Tennessee is overwhelmingly hot and leaves a mean sunburn.  Said best by our dear Deep South Team Leader, Seth Williams, “Comfort, you don’t understand.  The sun HURTS white people.”