Bear With Me

I know, I know, this is all I've posted about in my past three posts. Well, let's make it a fourth. I can be biased on my own blog, after all.

So without further ado, here are a few articles/blogs to check out to learn a bit more and make this an actual movement, not just a bandwagon...

Kony Victims and the Kony 2012 Video

Today Show Interviews Kony 2012 Creator Jason Russel on YouTube Effort to Find Warlord Joseph Kony

Invisible Children, Twitter & Not For Sale Founders Debate Social Media

Critiques (Invisible Children's Response)

We Have a Problem: Cynicism 

Kony 2012: Invisible Children and 7 Other Charities Fighting for Child Soldiers 

Child Abductee Featured in Kony 2012 Defends Film's Maker Against Criticism

Huffington Post bloggers have been writing up a storm about this. Check out the Washington Post, New York Times (it made the front page), and Invisible Children's website. The blogger for Visible Children on Tumblr has also been posting criticism of the campaign and Invisible Children.

So read up, be educated before making a decision or judgement.

And realistically, the point of this is to make a difference. Just being critical of Invisible Children does nothing. If you don't like Invisible Children, okay. Make sure you do your research and then find an organization you do care about. I understand that there is a lot of debate/controversy/discussion about Invisible Children and the Kony2012 campaign, whether the organization's money goes to the right place, etc. That's gonna happen with anything like this. But my opinion is that whether one agrees with Invisible or not, injustice should be fought one way or another. The great thing about the Kony 2012 movement is that awareness for the injustice in Africa is being raised, there is an increase in knowledge about the atrocities committed. That is a good thing, and it is due to the efforts of Invisible Children. There's always more that can be done, though, but just criticizing what Invisible Children is doing and focusing on their proposed faults does nothing, helps no one, and doesn't stop the injustice and violence going on in Africa. Bashing the campaign does nothing.

Changing the world takes more than a few Tweets, Facebook posts, posters, or t-shirts. "Be the change you want to see in the world," said Gandhi. So be the change! Find an organization you do agree with and support, whether that be Invisible Children or not, and then help make a difference.