Sixteen-year-old Amanda Maratta has been a supporter of Invisible Children for years, and this spring, in the midst of KONY 2012, she took it upon herself to spread the word, fundraise, and take part in Cover the Night.

Amanda and the Roadies cover the night.

In March, Amanda organized the AMPathy Fest benefit concert in Connecticut featuring talented bands from the Northeast (a few of which have played at Bamboozle, we might add). Empathy is a core value here at Invisible Children, and we can appreciate a little wordplay. Named for using the power of music to do good for others, AMPathy Fest brought together over a hundred supporters. Music. Friends. Awareness.

AMPathy Fest

Just a month later, Amanda attended a screening of KONY 2012 at the University of Connecticut where she met some of our dauntless Roadies. Amanda, the Tri State Roadies, and a few talented graffiti artists Covered the Night with the best of them. They painted murals, handed out baked goods, and spread the community service spirit.

Amanda learned firsthand that every mural, baked good, and penny can matter. Thank you, Amanda, for everything you do. You inspire us.

Students in Buffalo, NY clean up Delaware Park.

Handing out food to the homeless in Austin TX. Photo provided by Liz Zermeno.

Cleaning for Kony in Long Beach, CA. Thanks Kaitlyn Nelson for the photo!

Sarah Barnes window washing in North Park, CA.

If we had known, we would have gone. Photo provided by Mary Williams.

The Chapman IC Club washing cars in Orange, CA.

Richmond, VA serves their community using garden tools. Photo provided by Christian Miller.

@taychapman tweeted this picture while donating blood. Now that's what we call dedication to the cause.

Homeless Food Drive in NYC.

Taking part in the Relay for Life in Fullerton, CA. Photo provided by Amanda Gieser.

Lindsey Williams & her friends delivering flowers in Colorado Springs.

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KONY 2012 in Budapest. Tweeted by @alexandramano

Eastern University in Wayne PA. Photo provided by Claire Pinches.

Spotted at the Belgian King Palace in Brussels. Photo provided by Julian Gommers.

Mural in Cambridge, Maine. Instagramed by @JaclynLicht.

KONY 2012 Chalked in Curitiba, Brazil. Photo provided by Heloisa.

Morag Lamond & his son representing KONY 2012 at the Peace Court in Edinburgh, Scotland.

Gainsville, Florida knows what's up. Photo provided by Matt Pesek.

Rockin' KONY 2012 in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico. Photo provided bu Javier Ferrer.

KONY 2012 in Hong Kong. Photo provided by Tony Garwood.

Getting creative in Italian

We love @Ktstj Instagrams.

Spotted in Israel.

KONY 2012 spotted at NMSU in Las Cruces, New Mexico. Photo provided by Jacob Watson.

"Stop Kony" digital sign in Marshalltown, Iowa at the local Taco John's.

Mexico City gets in on the action.

Stop at Nothing mural. Photo provided by Natasha Greendyk.

Spotted in New Orleans, LA. Photo provided by Johannes Oberman.

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DethKills projected street art on the wall of this donated building in SoHo at Bowery and Houston. Photos courtesy of Mike Spear. 

Invisible Children’s New York Street Team consists of Alex and Abby. They are the greatest. They gathered a crew, including Invisible Children’s Uganda Country Director, Jolly Okot, and our Director of Programs, Adam Finck.

They partnered with Build it Green! NYC, a nonprofit that recycles and supplies building materials, and brought a group of 25 people to help out.

The street teams had lined up some incredible street art and super prominent billboards. We are once again overwhelmed by the generosity of people.

On April 20, this billboard showed the Cover the Night trailer once an hour. Photo credit: Kristen Mita

The Liberty Triangle gets a view from the top.

Supporters came to represent.

Posters? Yes please.

Thanks everyone for helping to promote justice in New York City! Great times.

“Today’s event is not about Invisible Children, it is about us,” Norbert Mao, the leader of Uganda’s Democratic Party and native of northern Uganda said at the Cover the Night launch in Gulu, Uganda last weekend.

The event was organized by Gulu District Local Government in partnership with Invisible Children, Northern Uganda Media Club, Gulu District NGO Forum and the Acholi Religious Leaders Peace Initiative. Kony 2012 and Kony 2012 Part II: Beyond Famous were screened on Friday, April 13th, followed by an all-day event on Saturday, April 14th. Events on Saturday featured a Peace March, speeches by Ugandan leaders and representatives from Central Africa, performances from local artists and cultural dancers and ended with a soccer match between members of media and the local government.

Mao spoke at Pece stadium on Saturday, encouraging the audience to take the moral challenge posed in the Kony 2012 films. “It is important not to forget our responsibility to fight for what is right.”

The event’s theme “Our liberty is bound together: Peace here, peace everywhere,” was chosen to bring the local community together and show support for those in Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Central African Republic (CAR) and South Sudan who are currently affected by the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA). Northern Uganda has enjoyed peace since the LRA was driven out in 2006, and many were not aware of the extent of continued LRA activity across borders in Central Africa. Guest speakers from LRA-affected communities in DRC shared their stories and experiences with the audience in Gulu – stories that the people of northern Uganda could identify with.

“The community there feels like there is a general lack of volunteerism or willingness in human nature to help bring an end to this war,” Lea Mbikaza Alphonsine from Dungu, DRC explained. “They feel like the world has let them down and nobody is looking at them.”

Public officials, religious leaders and other stakeholders attended the event and shared their support for the capture of Kony and the spread of peace in the region. Representing the Office of the Prime Minister, Deputy Speaker of Parliament Jacob Oulanyah was supportive of the cause, advocating that “the search for peace should continue and we must also remember what we went through.”

Ben Keesey, CEO of Invisible Children, was in Gulu for the event and emphasized IC’s commitment to support development in northern Uganda for the long haul.

“The world is more malleable than we think it is,” Keesey said. “The better world we want is coming. It’s just waiting for us to stop at nothing.”

The people of northern Uganda have overcome great tragedy, and although they face challenges as they rebuild, their strength is evident as they call for justice and the same opportunity for peace for their neighbors in DRC, CAR and South Sudan.

Thousands turn out for the film screening on Friday

Our liberty is bound together. Peace here, peace everywhere. Kony 2012.

Spectators at the event on Saturday in Pece stadium

Singer Pamela Peace performs onstage during the event

Gwen in Tucson, Arizona

Ready. Set. Kony.

Christina in Brisbane, Australia

Buffalo, New York

Spotted in England

9 Weeks Old in Yorba Linda, CA

Caio in Raleigh, NC

"It is important that our kids learn that we can act for the liberty of others." Liam Covering the Night in Cape Town, South Africa

No No Kony spotted in Tennessee

The family in Sydney Australia. Photo by Leah Unal.

KONY 2012 dress in Franklin, Tennessee

The Ryan kids are ready to go.

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Students in Halifax, Canada take that scene in "Huck Finn" to a whole new level. Photo from Danielle Howe.

George Mason University's Invisible Children club raises awareness on campus. Photo via twitter.

Coordinating a car to its garage with painter's tape in El Cajon, CA. Photo from Emily McBride.

Tape in Tokyo. Easily removed. Resourceful. Photo credit: JP Kwak

Perth, Australia. Photo credit: Bethany Walkemeyer.

Buenos Aires, Argentina sure knows how to use stencils creatively. Photo from Alycia Harrah.

The family that covers the night together, stays together. Photo from Grant Guthrie in Oklahoma City.

A beach in Los Angeles, California gets cleaned and then turned into street art. A win-win. Photo from Raxon Cho.

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Tuscany, Italy: Employees at a global courier purchased 10,000 KONY2012 stickers to adhere to outgoing packages for 3 days of pick-ups and deliveries. If you live in Pisa, Livorno, Lucca, Massa Carrara, or La Spezia, you just might receive your parcel adorned with KONY2012 stickers, reminding you to stop at nothing.

Juarez, Mexico: A production crew from TV station XHIJ-TV channel 44 are using their broadcasting voice to spread awareness. Spotted on the TV show El Cafecito de la Mañana. Making the difference in our world .

Long Beach, New York: From 10:00am until 4:00pm, Geoff Overfield & his group cleaned up a big part of the beach in Long Beach, NY, and then went from town to town driving down main roads putting up posters. They asked to put fliers in store front windows, outside of schools, & local businesses. And then found time for fun with stenciling. No one can say they’re not productive.

Cleaning Long Beach, NY

Kony is side by side with official city messaging.

KONY stencil

Support from friends

Chicago, Illinois: His liberty is bound to him permanently.

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Monique Sandhu and her team clean-up in Austin, Texas leading into Cover the Night.

A KONY 2012 team in Queensland, Australia courageously tackle litter in their community.

Krissy Gain and her friends conduct a food drive in Ontario, Canada.

Cameron and Stella, part of the LA KONY 2012 Cover the Night team, tackle some yard work for neighbors.

In Nashville, Tennessee @ericadpope made bag lunches with her friends to serve refugee kids in the city.

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