Lewis-Palmer gets involved with Kony 2012
Senior Libby Thompson stands by the Kony 2012 poster she made to raise awareness in her school.
March 20, 2012
Kony 2012. This name has become famous worldwide due to the public finally gaining recognition for a problem that demands to be dealt with.
When the film Kony 2012 made its debut, it was instantly circulating the web. Kony 2012 encourages youth to spread the message that Joseph Kony needs to be captured.
Joseph Kony kidnaps children into his Lord’s Resistance Army where the children are forced to become either soldiers or sex slaves.
Joseph Kony rose to fame with unbelievable speed, and it is important to never forget this name in order to keep the charity alive. The movement has a deadline at the end of 2012.
Senior Libby Thompson defines the Kony 2012 movement as “youth coming together to encourage the arrest of the world’s worst criminal.”
The National Honor Society will be putting donation boxes in classrooms around school. Thompson said the donation boxes will be “an outlet for student s to help through school.”
For students interested, on April 20th there will be a Cover the Night event in Colorado Springs. A group will get together and put up posters to make Joseph Kony’s name even more known. To find out more information on Cover the Night: Colorado Springs, visit www.facebook.com/events/349417778430820.
The movement appears to be a success with our students. “People are paying attention. It will be a success as long as people stay at this level of enthusiasm,” Thompson said.
Every little action will help the captured children, whether it is donating a few dollars, continuing to spread the word through Facebook, or attending Cover the Night.
Find out more at: http://www.invisiblechildren.com/.
