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Finding Kony
Finding Kony
Wear this bracelet for the rest of 2012. Joseph Kony is one of the worlds worst war criminals and I support
Use the unique ID number to register online and track your impact. the international effort to arrest him, disarm the LRA and bring the
child soldiers home.
Goal:
200,000 people wearing the bracelet Sign the pledge online if you havent already, and get all your friends
and family to do the same. The more people on board, the better.
www. ko ny 2 0 12.c o m
Goal:
200,000 signatures by may 1st
www.kon y 2 01 2 .com
Share the film: kony 2012 FAME and power
Share the link. Burn a DVD. Show it to everyone you know.
Weve chosen 20 culturemakers and 12 policymakers who have little
Goal: in common except the scope of their influence. They represent diverse
500,000 online views cultural and political perspectives. But this is one thing they can all
agree on. Lady Gaga and George W. Bush may be unlikely allies, but
that is what KONY 2012 is all about.
www. ko n y2 0 12.c o m
It can feel like celebrities and politicians tell us what to do and how
to live, but in reality they owe their fame and power to us. Whether in
ticket sales or ballot counts their success is measured by our approval.
We will make them notice. We will find common ground. And we wont
quit until LRA atrocities have ended.
Permanently.
CULTUREMAKERS Policymakers
When they speak, the world listens When they agree, change happens
BILL OREILLY BEN AFFLECK ELLEN DEGENRES STEPHEN COLBERT WARREN BUFFETT
@OREILLYFACTOR @EASTCONGONEWS @THEELLENSHOW @STEPHENATHOME @W_BUFFETT
TAYLOR SWIFT RYAN SEACREST TIM TEBOW RUSH LIMBAUGH BONO STEPHEN HARPER JOHN BOEHNER BAN KI MOON ILEANA ROS-LEHTINEN
@TAYLORSWIFT13 @RYANSEACREST @TIMTEBOW @RUSHLIMBAUGH @ONEcampaign @PMHARER @SPEAKERBOEHNER @UN @ROSLEHTINEN
www.kon y 2 01 2 .com
SHOW UP
Posters, pledges, and tweets are going to go a long way, but
nothing is more powerful than meeting with someone face-to-face.
november 3rd
The worlds largest simultaneous dance marathon.
It will break records, last all night, and raise money to rehabilitate the
children who have escaped the LRA. Its happening in cities across the U.S.
He leads a violent cult of abducted fighters called the We are taking action to ensure these two things:
Lords Resistance Army (LRA).
1) That Joseph Kony is known as the Worlds Worst War Criminal.
He abducts children from their homes.
2) That the U.S. military advisers support the Ugandan Army
He forces them to be soldiers and sex slaves,
until Kony has been captured and the LRA has been
to murder and mutilate their neighbors.
completely disarmed. They need to follow through and finish
what they have started.
and in 2005 he became the first man indicted by the ICC. Does Invisible Children endorse a political party or
candidate?
LRA STATS: No. Invisible Children is a bi-partisan, 501(c)3 nonprofit
organization. We have seen that everyone, regardless of political
26+ 30,000+ 440,000 beliefs, can agree that Joseph Kony needs to be arrested.
years of violenCe children abducted people currently What happens if Kony is Captured or killed?
displaced across
This campaign is advocating for the arrest of Joseph Kony so that he
3 countries can be tried for his crimes in an international court.
Konys capture would not only end his ongoing atrocities, but it
would also set a strong precedent for the future of international
criminal justice. However, if Kony is killed during the ongoing op-
eration, it would still be a victory for the hundreds of thousands of
innocent people living in fear. That said, it would not necessarily
result in the immediate end of the LRA. Once Joseph Kony and his
top commanders are removed from the battlefield, and the LRA is
completely disarmed, reuniting families and rehabilitation will be
the first priority.