This is actually plastered pretty much everywhere at this point, so I'd be a little shocked if people haven't heard of Joseph Kony and the LRA by now:
Link to the video
I won't bother explaining it, since the description/video covers everything .. but needless to say, I'm in full support of this. I could really see it as being a historical event that will bring the world together, at least for a while.
Thoughts? Opinions?
ANDY-EDIT: Since you have to watch a 30-minute long video to fully understand everything here, here's the tl;dw version -- Joseph Kony is the leader of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) in Uganda, which over the past few decades has abducted at least 30,000 children from their families and forced the boys to fight as child-soldiers and the girls to be sex slaves. The children are forced to fight in the LRA as Kony's personal soldiers, for no other goal other than to keep Kony rich and in power. They are forced to kill other children (and adults), steal other children like themselves, and are raised in a culture of violence and rape.
Invisible Children, the group behind this video, wants to put a stop to Joseph Kony by raising awareness of his crimes against humanity. They want him to become a household name so that the people put political pressure on their governments to support efforts to arrest him and put an end to the LRA. So, they are asking everyone who watches the video to spread the word by reposting it online, telling people about it, and putting up banners, stickers, posters, etc. everywhere they can. They want him to become a "celebrity" so that his crimes can't continue unseen.
That said, watch the video.
Link to the video
I won't bother explaining it, since the description/video covers everything .. but needless to say, I'm in full support of this. I could really see it as being a historical event that will bring the world together, at least for a while.
Thoughts? Opinions?
ANDY-EDIT: Since you have to watch a 30-minute long video to fully understand everything here, here's the tl;dw version -- Joseph Kony is the leader of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) in Uganda, which over the past few decades has abducted at least 30,000 children from their families and forced the boys to fight as child-soldiers and the girls to be sex slaves. The children are forced to fight in the LRA as Kony's personal soldiers, for no other goal other than to keep Kony rich and in power. They are forced to kill other children (and adults), steal other children like themselves, and are raised in a culture of violence and rape.
Invisible Children, the group behind this video, wants to put a stop to Joseph Kony by raising awareness of his crimes against humanity. They want him to become a household name so that the people put political pressure on their governments to support efforts to arrest him and put an end to the LRA. So, they are asking everyone who watches the video to spread the word by reposting it online, telling people about it, and putting up banners, stickers, posters, etc. everywhere they can. They want him to become a "celebrity" so that his crimes can't continue unseen.
That said, watch the video.