Saturday, Western students in the Invisible Children chapter will be abducted in Nashville. They won’t be alone. Students will congregate in 100 different cities in nine countries to abduct themselves in remembrance of kidnapped child soldiers who are forced to fight in the Lord’s Resistance Army in Uganda.

Joseph Kony, the leader of the rebel army, is responsible for the deaths of countless civilians in the last 23 years, said IC president Paul Sanford, a Franklin sophomore.

Owensboro sophomore Kate Mischel said Ugandan children live an uncertain life, and they are in danger of being kidnapped every day.

“I just don’t understand why people aren’t more involved,” she said.

Those participating in the IC event, “The Rescue,” will remain abducted until a major media source and a celebrity or a politician shows up.

“We will not leave until these two conditions are met, whether it takes three hours or three days,” Sanford said. “Of course, people can leave if they need to, but Invisible Children is asking that no one leave until the two conditions are met.”

At 11:30 a.m. on Saturday, the IC chapter will meet in the parking lot between Diddle Arena and the Downing University Center. They will decorate their cars and carpool to Nashville, said IC member Jordan Quinn, a Paris sophomore.

The event begins at 3 p.m. They will sign in and meet other participants at the Centennial Park in front of the Parthenon before walking to the metaphorical Lord’s Resistance Army camp at the Bicentennial Capitol Mall State Park.

Stephanie Garrett, a Scottsville sophomore, said they plan to spend the night in Nashville, whether they are rescued or not.

The students will march holding a rope, much like how the abducted children are lined up and tied together, Mischel said.

“We welcome everyone to come.” Mischel said that people should go to “The Rescue” with a friend to make them more comfortable. Participants are asked to donate $5. They will write letters and create art projects while seeking media attention.

Sanford said the goal of “The Rescue” is to raise awareness and pressure the nine governments to end the war and bring the child soldiers home.

“Students should go because this is just one night out of the year where they can do something for someone else, for the children,” Sanford said. “And there is strength in numbers, so we need as many people as possible to go.”