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In 2012, warlord Joseph Kony captured the world’s attention through a reign of terror across Uganda.

Efforts to end his rampage and capture him - including the memorable and complicated KONY 2012 campaign - were mixed. While he is still at large, his army is extremely diminished today as are his crimes against humanity. Shannon Sedgwick Davis played a key role in this drama and her book, To Stop a Warlord details how people can get involved in ways they never ever expected. A key part of Kony’s strategy was to abduct young children from their villages and force them to commit violent atrocities.

David Ocitti was 16 years old when Kony’s army took him captive, where he remained for six months before he was able to escape. When he returned to his village, he was faced with the challenge of reintegrating into a community that no longer trusted him, leaving him essentially alone and afraid. He persevered and worked assiduously to create a new life for himself that would benefit other refugees who had experienced a similar struggle. The result was an ongoing effort to help others reunite with their own communities while working tirelessly to bring peace to the region. This is not easy but Shannon and David will speak to the real success that they have had for so many of the young people that their work has touched.

Speakers

Shannon Sedgwick

Shannon Sedgwick Davis is the CEO of Bridgeway Foundation, a philanthropic organization dedicated to ending and preventing mass atrocities around the world. As an attorney, activist, and passionate advocate for social justice, she has guided Bridgeway Foundation in pioneering solutions to these seemingly intractable issues. More recently, Ms. Sedgwick Davis and the Bridgeway Foundation have been credited for their pivotal role in mobilizing awareness, civilian protection, and recovery efforts against the Lord’s Resistance Army and its leader, Joseph Kony, the first-ever indictee of the International Criminal Court. She will be speaking in our program “What Wouldn’t You Do?”.

Jane Ferguson

International news correspondent Jane Ferguson is known for front-line dispatches from some of the world’s most intense conflict zones, such as Iraq’s war against ISIS, Houthi-controlled Yemen and battle-torn South Sudan. She will be returning to OT this year to moderate our show, “What Wouldn’t You Do?”.