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Joseph Kony Internet Campaign
TomGrant
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Hi guys,
I don't normally post YouTube vids and the such but I thought you'd need to see this.
Joseph Kony is a Ugandan guerrilla group leader and head of the Lord's Resistance Army. He has been kidnapping (an estimated 30,000) kids and turning them in to soldiers or sex slaves.
A HUGE internet campaign is now underway to raise awareness of his crimes and aid his arrest. More information can be found by watching this video, sharing it, and possibly donating if you feel you can.
It's quite long, but well worth the watch.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4MnpzG5Sqc
http://www.kony2012.com
I don't normally post YouTube vids and the such but I thought you'd need to see this.
Joseph Kony is a Ugandan guerrilla group leader and head of the Lord's Resistance Army. He has been kidnapping (an estimated 30,000) kids and turning them in to soldiers or sex slaves.
A HUGE internet campaign is now underway to raise awareness of his crimes and aid his arrest. More information can be found by watching this video, sharing it, and possibly donating if you feel you can.
It's quite long, but well worth the watch.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4MnpzG5Sqc
http://www.kony2012.com
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An outpouring of social media support was gaining momentum on Facebook and Twitter on Wednesday night, sparked by a documentary from US humanitarian group Invisible Children to “make Joseph Kony famous” for enslaving and killing Ugandan children. "
http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=8431494
It's totally worth the 30 minutes out of your day. A very worth while campaign
Nice work
Yeah, I just had a read through that. There are quite a few anti-movement sites, a lot of them respected sociologists etc. I think if this campaign gets going, which it looks like it has, it'll highlight a lot of other issues, which can only be a good thing.
https://submissions.epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/30939
as always 100,000 signatures needed for a commons debate on it.
If social media truly works then I'm sure that can be accomplished
Seems from the video that they've been lobbying their politicians very hard on this in the US - but I'd never heard of him before today so it needs to get into the public conciousness here in the UK too
Thanks for the link
No probs - in the last hour or so it's gone from around 500 signatures to nearly 1,500
Share the link on any social media you may have. I don't know what politicians can actually do - but the more people sign such a petition the more chance the story will get picked up by the national media, and more people will here about what's going on.
I noticed that, just been keeping an eye on it! Have plastered it everywhere
Indeed, and I wonder whether something like this can oversimplify it somewhat? Not that awareness isn't a good thing, but it's gonna take more than a few posters and changing your Facebook profile picture to change anything.
This is a good Twitter account (https://twitter.com/#!/texasinafrica) which offers a different perspective. As with everything it's good to have an informed opinion on these things.
Thanks again for the link, am having a scan through here, plus some of the links they've posted. I can't help but sometimes feel that once something seemingly good happens online, literally around the corner there is someone waiting to destroy it. I agree with a lot of things Texas In Africa is saying, however surely they should aim to work alongside IC and the awareness they're creating, other than mock it in a seemingly jealous way?
Any publicity for this kind of thing is good publicity in my eyes, and they should embrace it. Awareness of this campaign is only going to create interest in others of a similar nature.
You dont have to donate to the charity, in fact they seem very US centric anyway.
But getting this problem out there and talked about and to the attention of the media and politicians can only be a good thing.
Look at what social media accomplished last year with the Arab Spring - it's power is changing the world. If it can help to ensure the capture of someone the the international criminal court wants to get hold of then surly that's a good thing?
I was even more surprised to see that 1180 people are attending the 'Cover the night' even in Belfast :eek: The whole action plan is spreading wildly, and the guy has done a phenomenal job in doing so.
It's so interesting that so many people are jumping onboard for such a thing. I think it's awesome that so many people wanna help this cause:) It's shocking how high up on the wanted list he is but remains 'invisible' to the world!
Good stuff - thank you. Anything that adds to the info is a great thing.
Crazy isn't it? In just 2 days really. I hope the momentum stays until mid-April.
Indeed. I hope to see if celebs will become supportive of something like this. The best start would probably be with someone like Lady GaGa considering she has the most twitter followers. I find this all such a great cause, when everyones coming together for something that they were once unaware off