In the News GuluWalk Day 2007 media coverage can be found here:
www.guluwalk.com/inthenews07
GuluWalk has been featured in over 150 different print, television and radio segments over the past two years, translating into an overall audience reach of more than 15-million. Below is just a sample of some of the media coverage we've received, alongside the feature articles and editorials that have been penned by GuluWalk founder Adrian Bradbury.
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Recent News & Editorials
Jan 27/08 - Not so innocent bystanders to Juba talks
by Adrian Bradbury * Peter Quaranto (Sunday Monitor)
Could it be that peace in northern Uganda is once more suffering from the “bystander effect”? In the 1960s, a young woman on the streets of New York was stabbed to death over a period of 30 minutes while as many as 38 witnesses did nothing, despite her pleas for help. Psychologists explain it as the “bystander effect.” In the face of an emergency, a person is less likely to intervene when others are present. It’s our nature to assume that the next person will act, thus relinquishing responsibility.That description sounds a lot like the international community’s response or lack thereof surrounding the faltering Juba peace process. The diplomatic corps, hampered by fatigue and impatience, has adopted a wait-and-see approach as events unfold. Yet, when everyone expects the other to take action, no one will.
Nov 18/07 - Quiet diplomacy or lost opportunity?
by Adrian Bradbury, Paul Dewar and Alexa McDonough (Halifax Chronicle Herald)
Canada is the world’s largest financial contributor to the peace process in what region? Afghanistan? Darfur? Israel-Palestine? You’d be wrong on all three counts. Before you hazard a guess, we can also tell you that Canada has contributed over $23 million towards humanitarian assistance to this same land-locked nation over the past five years, and our efforts haven’t stopped there. In the past 18 months, we’ve also increased our diplomatic presence in this country of 28 million people, opening a Canadian Consulate and sending a delegation to the conflict zone as recently as September, led by Senator Raynell Andreychuk. Still don’t know? You’re not alone.
Aug 21/07 - Rebel Spell: Life after marriage to one of Africa’s most wanted men
by Adrian Bradbury (The Walrus)
“I would be very willing to stay with him, on the condition that he leaves his many wives,” Evelyn Amony (pictured) says, dropping her chin to her chest. She pauses before her next admission, waiting for her daughters Bakita, ten, and Mercy, two, to slip out of earshot and into the scorching sun. “Bakita loves her dad so much,” she whispers. “If there’s a chance for us all to be together, I would do it for Bakita." Bakita’s dad isn’t a father in the traditional sense, though, and not only because of his numerous wives. He is Joseph Kony, commander of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), a group responsible for countless acts of mutilation and murder during a twenty-year campaign against the Ugandan government, and for the abduction of an estimated 38,000 children, of whom Evelyn, now twenty-four, was once one.
Aug 2/07 - Peace in northern Uganda, but whose justice?
by Adrian Bradbury and Dr. Erin Baines (Sudan Tribune)
"The Acholi people are unanimously in support of urgent peace, but a peace that is grounded in local justice mechanisms. They fear that the ICC indictments will be a barrier to peace, and they understand that without a local solution to the ICC, the LRA will return to war. In short, the victims are interested in their justice, not ours. And well they should be."
Feb 21/07 - Northern Uganda's forgotten victims
by Adrian Bradbury (National Post)
"The Acholi children of northern Uganda are prisoners of war, within their own borders. What we are witnessing is a conscious disregard for human life. Where is our 'political, moral, economic and social leadership'?"
Jan 15/07 - Aiming high from the bottom up
by Marla Nobles (NonProfit Times)
The NonProfit Times, the leading business publication for nonprofit management, named Athletes for Africa one of the 'World's Best Fundraisers' for 2006 in its year-end review issue.
Dec 31/06 - Another win for Mr. MVP
by Randy Starkman (Toronto Star)
In a year-end article in The Star's sports section, Canadian NBAer Steve Nash is commended for his off-the-court endeavours, including his support of GuluWalk and Athletes for Africa.
Oct 19/06 - Uganda's forgotten war
by Adrian Bradbury (National Post)
"Jan Egeland, the United Nations Under-Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs, has described northern Uganda as 'the biggest forgotten and neglected emergency in the world today. It's a moral outrage ... that cannot and should not continue for one day more.' "
Mar 22/06 - GuluWalkers face new threats
by John Goddard (Toronto Star)
"Uganda's attempts to protect its northern population from a vicious rebel gang are killing more people than the rebels themselves, a Toronto champion for the region said yesterday."
Mar 14/06 - Gulu camps in harsh conditions
by Dennis Ojwee (New Vision - Kampala)
"The co-founders of GuluWalk, Adrian Bradbury and Kieran Hayward, have described the situation in the IDPs as incredible."
Mar 14/06 - Uganda's night walkers
by John Goddard (Toronto Star)
"The Toronto duo campaigning against mass child abuse in northern Uganda have caught their first real-life glimpse of the region's desperate young night commuters."
Feb 9/06 - The man behind the activist
by Matt Somers (The Varsity - Toronto)
"The attention that GuluWalk received isn't about us, it's about the kids," said Adrian Bradbury in a recent email. He may be good at dodging the spotlight most of the time, but just this once he is going to be the centre of attention."
Jan 31/06 - Stepping up to challenge
by Nina Dragicevic (Metro - Toronto)
"Adrian Bradbury and Kieran Hayward drew worldwide attention to their cause by walking. But just as important, Bradbury knew how to get the media talking."
Dec 26/05 - Maclean's names GuluWalk founders 'Newsmakers of the Year'
Maclean’s, Canada’s only weekly news magazine, GuluWalk co-founders Adrian Bradbury and Kieran Hayward were honoured in the ‘Heroes’ section of the publication’s year-end double issue titled ‘Newsmakers 2005’. Bradbury and Hayward were recognized alongside 18 other notable international recipients including Bono and Nelson Mandela, as well as Canada’s soldiers in Afghanistan and Justice John Gomery.
Nov 11/05 - A Ugandan Steps Out of Powerlessness
by Juliane O. Bitek (The Tyee - Vancouver)
"In July, (Adrian Bradbury and Kieran Hayward) walked 10 kilometers every day to sleep at the verandahs of Toronto's City Hall. Every morning, they returned home, on foot, mimicking the nightly walk of the children in Gulu. As they walked this summer, they garnered interest from other Canadians and people across the planet. In one month, Bradbury and Hayward managed to inspire more than 15,000 people in 40 cities worldwide to walk together - - something that we Acholi have failed to do for nearly twenty years."
Nov 3/05 - Changing world opinion for northern Uganda children
by Julius Mucunguzi (Daily Monitor - Kampala)
An op-ed that ponders the impact of the GuluWalk not just globally, but most specifically at home in Uganda. "Something very important happened on the streets in Kampala and Gulu last Saturday. A multitude of Ugandans from all shades of opinion, tribes, ethnic and academic backgrounds walked through the city to show solidarity with the children of northern Uganda..."
Oct 20/05 - World to walk for Ugandan war children
by Daniel Wallis (Reuters - Kampala)
An article that ran worldwide two days prior to Global GuluWalk Day.
Oct 16/05 - GuluWalk goes global
by John Goddard (Toronto Star)
"They let their walking do the talking." A full-feature in one of Canada's largest newspapers, the Toronto Star article.
GuluWalk 2005 News (Canada)
Calgary, AB
Oct 22 - City TV News (GuluWalk Feature)
Halifax, NS
Oct 23 - Gulu Walk shows support for victims of Ugandan strife by Neal Ozano (Halifax Daily News)
Kitchener, ON
Oct 19 - Waterloo woman organizes local Gulu Walk to raise awareness for endangered African children by Andrea Bailey (Waterloo Chronicle)
Oct 22 - Kitchener-Waterloo Record (Text to follow)
Montreal, QC
Oct 18 - 41 cities worldwide confirmed for 'GuluWalk Day', October 22 by CNW Telbec
Oct 23 - Marchers denounce atrocities in Uganda by Debbie Parkes (Montreal Gazette)
North Bay, ON
Oct 21 - Nipissing University students leading GuluWalk (Nipissing News)
Oct 24 - Walk raises awareness of ‘war with no end’ by Maria Calabrese (North Bay Nugget)
Ottawa, ON
Sept 30 - Ottawa Citizen (GuluWalk Feature)
Oct 1 - Advocates for peace in northern Uganda speak at the U of O by Melanie Wood (The Fulcrum)
Oct 22 - CTV News (GuluWalk Feature)
St. John’s, NF
Oct 21 - CBC ‘The National’ (GuluWalk Feature)
Oct 21 - NTV News (GuluWalk Feature)
Oct 23 - St. John’s Telegram (Front Page story; Text to follow)
Thunder Bay, ON
Oct 23 - Students make statement with city’s first GuluWalk by Jonathan Wilson (Thunder Bay Chronicle Journal)
Oct 24 - Ugandan civil war gets attention here (Thunder Bay Source)
Toronto, ON
Sept 26 - Walking the walk by Elaine Smith (UofT News)
Oct 16 - GuluWalk goes global by John Goddard (Toronto Star; Text to follow)
Oct 20 - Night walk to raise awareness of plight of Ugandan children (National Post; Text to follow)
Oct 20 - World to walk for Ugandan war children by Daniel Wallis (Reuters)
Oct 20 - A walk to resuscitate hope by Morris Komakech (The Monitor)
Oct 20 - CBC Newsworld – World Report (Adrian Bradbury, In Studio Interview)
Oct 21 - Walking the walk by Antoine Tedesco (SceneandHeard.ca)
Oct 21 - CBC Morning News (Adrian Bradbury, Off-site Interview)
Oct 21 - CBC Canada Now - Toronto (Adrian Bradbury & Kieran Hayward, Off-site Interview)
Oct 21 - Marching for children of Uganda by Mike Adler (Toronto Community News)
Oct 22 - CBC Radio 'Fresh Air' (Adrian Bradbury & Juliet Kilpin Interview)
Oct 22 - BBC World News Service (Adrian Bradbury Interview)
Oct 22 - BBC 'Up All Night' Radio Program (Adrian Bradbury Interview)
Oct 22 - Walk This Way (City TV News Feature)
Oct 24 - U of T activism goes international by Tyrone Darby (The Varsity)
Vancouver, BC
Oct 18 - Life no walk in the park for Ugandan kids by Cheryl Rossi (Vancouver Courier)
Winnipeg, MB
Oct 23 - Winnipeg Free Press (Text to follow)
GuluWalk 2005 News (USA)
Boston, MA
Oct 24 - Students Walk for Ugandan Children by Noah A. Rosenblum (The Harvard Crimson)
Charlottesville, VA
Oct 25 - Grieving for Gulu by Danielle Brundell (Cavalier Daily)
Grand Rapids, MI
Oct 28 - G.R. responds to Uganda's plight by Amina Yakubu (Chimes)
Oct 28 – GuluWalk Editorial (Chimes)
Lawrence, KS
Sept 22 - KU4Uganda Club to educate, encourage peace by Malinda Osborne (Daily Kansan)
Oct 19 – 6 News Lawrence (Feature)
Oct 21 - Take a walk on the caring side by Rebekah Heacock (Daily Kansan)
Los Angeles, CA
Oct 22 - Fox 11 News (GuluWalk Feature)
Minneapolis, MN
Oct 20 - Minnesota Christian Chronicle (Text to follow)
Oct 20 - Walk in solidarity with Uganda's children by Catie Burgraff (Star Tribune Op-Ed)
New York, NY
Oct 17 - GuluWalk: On foot for the children of Uganda by Chloë Schama (HappyNews.com)
Oct 21 - Walk against ‘slow’ genocide (Black Star News)
South Bend, IN
Oct 18 – Walking for a good cause (Fox 28 News)
Oct 19 - GuluWalk Day is for Uganda by Maddie Hanna (South Bend Tribune)
Oct 24 - Gulu walkers support Ugandan children by Gene Stowe (South Bend Tribune)
GuluWalk 2005 News (International)
Beijing, China
Oct 19 - Over 40 cities worldwide to embark on walk for suffering children in Uganda by Xinhua
Gulu, Uganda
Oct 19 - Gulu readies for global walk by Charles Etukuri (New Vision)
Oct 24 - Night commuters join walk (New Vision)
Oct 27 - Cities across the world walk for the suffering children of northern Uganda by Simon Richard Mugenyi (Alternet)
Oct 28 – Consider north as your own tragedy by Brenda Kamulegeya (Daily Monitor)
Kampala, Uganda
Oct 25 - Guluwalk Resounds Peace Cry by Gaaki Kigambo (Daily Monitor)
Oct 26 - Canada pleads for the kids of northern Uganda by Opiyo Oloya (New Vision)
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