Joseph Who?

When I was first told by my JOUR1111 Lecturer that I would be required to write a blog, a number of immediate questions popped into my head. For starters, what IS a blog? Don't get me wrong, I haven't been living under that large of a rock - I'd just never ventured into that realm of the internet before. My assumption was that blogs were reserved for only a limited number of people; people who felt (and their readers felt) they had something important to say. Until a few days ago, I didn't feel I had something important to say. Until a few days ago, I didn't see how anything I said or did on this blog could be overly beneficial to anybody. Until the morning of March 5th 2012, I was completely unaware of just how powerful a single action could be. Let's just say, I've recently been converted.

Now, unless you've REALLY been living under a rock, you would have at least heard in-passing the story of Joseph Kony. Without going into great detail, Kony is largely responsible for the abduction of more than 30,000 African children over the past 26 years. Formed in 2005, Invisible Children  is a non-for-profit organisation dedicated to the rescue and rehabilitation of these children. KONY 2012 is a campaign designed to make Joseph Kony a household name; a government-known name. The following video, released on the morning of March 5th 2012, has sparked public interest en masse, sweeping newspapers, radios, television and the internet by storm.

As the old adage goes, where there's a will there's a way, and judging by the overwhelming response to KONY2012, this will has never been stronger. The message is clear. Invisible Children have provided the voice, it's time we provided the action.  It doesn't matter who you are, or where you come from . Come April 20th, let's Cover the Night.

Links:

KONY2012 Video
Invisible Children Organisation
Cover the Night