KONY 2012
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So, I thought about this even more after my comment above last night and felt I wanted to put something on Facebook - that's the place I've seen so much instant interest by people that i know didn't think much of it even 24 hours later. I got some really good responses to this:
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I wonder if anyone who fleetingly watched the Kony video (I didn't, actually, but get the gist of it) and was inspired for half a day had the same take-away as I did: What do we do in our own community? Who do we help? Who do we care about that's suffering? What do we do about it? What proof can we see of our efforts if we do?My answer, admittedly, is that I don't do anything. And I probably sho...uld. Id like to. If a video about one of numerous atrocities across the world is enough to move me to do something supportive, I feel that I owe it to myself and my community to look first at what I can do here to make a difference, however small it may be. There is suffering, murder, etc in all corners of the world; Kony is not unique or any more worthy of focus than anyone else. He's just the one that a group chose to focus on (and I think donating to them is pointless and wont likely help their goal much at all).
Brilliant social media effort for sure, but all I walk away from it with is the feeling that beside being totally unsure of what my donation might do, it's worth my time to look at what I can support close to home. Unless the Kony group can 1,000% guarantee what the donations do, and show proof of the outcome, it doesn't seem logical to support it financially. And, not to offend anyone in any way, but the Kony group clearly benefited from that marvelous Internet/social media phenomenon: of-the-moment bandwagon hopping. I didn't jump on. Sorry world.