Georgia Southern University’s Black Student Alliance shed light on a good cause at the Invisible Children benefit concert Friday night.

Students came together in the Russell Union Ballroom to witness a performance from their peers and raise awareness. The Invisible Children documentary filmmaking organization fights to take child soldiers in Uganda out of war and educate them for a bright future.

The Lord’s Resistance Army and the Government of Uganda have been in a 23-year war that has put their own young citizens in the line of combat.  According to their website, the members of Invisible Children “are supporting and equipping a generation ravaged by war so that they can finally know peace.”

BSA’s philanthropy for this semester is to get the word out about this issue. The group picked up the inspiration for giving back by putting on a concert in hopes of raising funds.

“I feel that it’s vital to serve people every way we possibly can,” Breana Mitchell, a senior sociology major and member of the BSA executive board, said.

Set up with a 91.9 “The Buzz” table at the left and a band to the right, the show kicked off in low light with a heart-felt slideshow presentation about the history and goals of Invisible Children. The evening featured eight performances by singers, dancers and rappers, all of who are students at GSU. Performers like Euphoria, The Commotions, and Khrys Dent raised the spirit of the audience as they raised awareness.

“(The performance) was slightly about promotion, but it was definitely for a good cause. I’m always up for charity,” Dent, a senior public relations major and rapper, said.

Euphoria started the line of performances for the evening. After, well known campus organizations like Adrenaline Show Choir and Soul’d Out Campus Choir took the stage. With their collection of voices, the groups reminded the audience of the original purpose for the concert.

“We love doing philanthropy, especially for Invisible Children, because it’s something people should know about,” Katie Crenshaw, senior early childhood education major and vice president of Adrenaline, said.

The viewers of the show found it to be stimulating. Each of the acts kept students singing and clapping along to the music. Nothing but positive energy resonated the walls of the ballroom that evening.

“They were pretty entertaining. Especially Soul’d Out, I believe they were very motivational,” Rai Gethers, sophomore journalism and public relations major who attended the show to support BSA and Invisible Children, said.

The event turned out to be a way to bring entertainment to campus while making GSU students aware of the Invisible Children.