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Kony 2012

posted on March 7, 2012

I guarantee that if you haven’t already had someone in your social graph share the Kony 2012 video that you will soon.

This video started popping up on my radar yesterday and I didn’t pay it much attention. I figured I’d get to it at some point. With so much going on right now and so many videos flying by in my streams it just hadn’t fully grabbed my attention enough to warrant a click.

But, then this morning an amazing thing happened when Dylan came in to my office and simply said, “Dad you have to watch this video. I want to help. Can I sign up to donate a few dollars a month to catch this guy?”

Now, we share videos all the time. Funny stuff, new movie trailers and anything else that catches our attention. But, I could tell from the look on his face that it was something more. Laura mentioned to me a few minutes before he came in that Dylan was mesmerized by some video that he had been watching since he got up. To capture the attention of a thirteen old for that long it had to be something special. Commit the thirty minutes to watch this from beginning to end.

The story is one that I had heard before. The tradgedy of what is happening in Africa turning children into soldiers, sex slaves or mutilated kids is an extremely sad one.

But, while Invisible Children has been fighting the good fight for years, they’ve decided that during this election year they wanted to take it to a whole new level and go directly after the man behind the horror and make Joseph Kony a famous man and thus have launched the KONY 2012 campaign.

They’ve called for a national night of action on Friday, April 20th and now that Dylan has asked if he could take part in it, how can I say no? Granted I’ve got to have a long talk with him about what this means and how some of the things they encourage doing in the campaign are not quite legal.

But, as a father I’m proud that my children understand that they do have a voice in global affairs. That every bit helps and that if they step up and try to help that it can make a difference.

I just ordered a couple of action kits to help support and raise awareness for the campaign. Tonight when the kids are home from school and Laura from work I plan on asking the kids how much they’d like to make as a monthly donation.

Get educated, share this campaign and do whatever you can to help raise awareness and support.

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  • http://dayngrzone.blogspot.com/ Dayngr

    You can’t watch this and not be moved. You can’t watch this and not be motivated to help. Thanks for doing your part. Now it’s time for me to do mine. 

    • http://www.cc-chapman.com/ C.C. Chapman

      You are welcome.

      I agree with you that it is hard not to be moved because it is a perfectly constructed piece of propaganda. I mean that in the good way, but it is what it is and that is why it works.

      I can’t wait to talk to my son more about it when he gets home from school since I didn’t have a chance to watch it before he left. I’m curious to find out if it stuck with him throughout the day or not.

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  • lucymfel

    My nephew probably first saw it on Twitter and asked someone on Facebook what was Kony. Someone posted the link and I watched the video. When I went back to Facebook, I saw he wrote “That Kony dude is Terrible” He is going to be thirteen on Saturday and I too wondered why is it that all these youngs kids were seeing this before many adults. I have also seen people posting negative articles about Invisible Children. I know there is always going to be a positive and negative side to a story, but in this case, the video plays into my new parent sentiments. 

  • http://twitter.com/AlwardCreative Alward Creative

    Alward Creative 

    There’s no way to watch this video and not be moved, I have Always said if I can do something to change ones persons life, Then I Have Done My Job In Life. But this has an impact on so many lives. In 2012 Lets change the world and stop Joseph Kony!!!

  • http://www.honeybeeconsulting.com startabuzz

    I thought the film was tremendous; as you said, it was a beautifully crafted piece of marketing. I think what they’re trying to do is wonderful & admirable.

    I hate, too, that find myself in a quandary after reading posts questioning the charity’s motives. None of their sources seems to be credited — just people saying things. What’s to be believed? I want to be educated about things, but I am troubled a bit by the fact that my own cynicism is rearing its head in this instance.

    I feel like this is a worthwhile movement. To eradicate such a man, to have him brought to justice is noble, indeed. And I feel like, regardless of critics, this organization has managed in just two days to bring this matter to the forefront of society, to make kids whose lives aren’t really affected by this monster want to take action. That’s impressive.

  • Tyla_sellers

    i cannot stop thing about this ever since i watched the video yesterday all i wanna do is help in any way possible

  • Tyla_sellers

    thinking*

  • Speljamr

    I think peoples hearts are in the right place, but there does seem to be some reason to be skeptical of this. Here is a link to one such critique, with plenty of additional links to research: http://lacigreen.tv/otherish/socialjustice/4019-why-i-dont-support-kony-2012

  • http://www.connectedworldmedia.com davidjacobs

    Same with me. I had not seen the video and it was my daughter who came and said have you seen this yet? She changed her twitter and Facebook profile pic.

    Usually she’s only interested in trivial junk on tv being a newly minted teenager. I was glad to see her take on a real issue.

  • sonja

    Wow lets come together now and show what compassion in  humanity is really all about…so touching.

  • Nikii_786