We’ve been keeping tabs on our Warped Tour Roadies, Nathan and Catherine, as they travel across the country and spread the word about Invisible Children. They’ve met some incredible bands and Invisible Children supporters, and we love hearing their stories.
This week, Catherine reflects on some of the random acts of kindness she’s seen on tour. And from what we can tell, there are plenty of examples to choose from.
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It’s been about two months since I quit my secure job and left my home in safe and sunny Los Angeles to set sail on a tour bus for Warped Tour. I knew little more about what lied ahead than that I was following my dream of touring the country for a cause I love.
Writing from my bunk on the tour bus with less than two weeks left, I can say I still know little of what to expect tomorrow and the day after that. If this tour has taught me anything, it’s that humanity never runs out of surprises.
I worked at Invisible Children’s San Diego office from July to December. I began the internship set in my beliefs and friendships, feeling pretty confident I had an understanding of the world with a college degree in Sociology in my back pocket. The first day I arrived at the Roadie House to join over 40 other interns and roadies, I stood in the back of a spontaneous dance party texting my college friends — I wasn’t sure how long I was going to last.
It took a few months and an emotional roller coaster but those bright eyed, dance party loving world changers broke down my walls — by building me up in ways I didn’t know were possible day after day. I had a roommate who asked me how my day was in the most genuine way every day, coworkers who stayed late just to make sure I didn’t have to drive home alone, and people I barely knew making sure I was happy at all times.
A roadie at the house, Erin Miller started a movement to show people you love them with Random Acts of Kindness, but this seems like a mantra of the Invisible Children staff. Every day working in that office was like a new competition to prove you could make someone’s day better for no reason. There was no winner, just a lot of happy coworkers.
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