Cover The Night Research Paper

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The original goal of Cover the Night, as introduced in the viral KONY 2012 video, was to make Joseph Kony famous. That happened in a matter of days thanks to millions of people around the world who shared the KONY 2012 films. The event has expanded into a global day of action, embodied by the idea that our liberty is bound together and that the human connection extends around the globe, but starts across the street. Already, thousands of Kony 2012 supporters have contacted the African Union, the United Nations, global leaders, and heads of state, asking them to support international efforts to end LRA violence. On April 20, 2012, people all around the world served their local communities to promote justice for Joseph Kony in creative and…show more content…
Reports of community service have surfaced in cities around the world including Washington, D.C., Chicago, London, Prague and Tokyo. In San Diego, volunteers picked up trash around Emerald Hills Park, in the southeast part of the city. Invisible Children, the San Diego based non-profit behind the viral video “Kony 2012”, held a worldwide initiative on Friday, April 20th, 2012, called Cover the Night. The purpose was to cover as much public space as possible with posters, stickers, door hangers, and flyers to raise awareness about and advocate for the arrest of Joseph Kony, the leader of the Lord’s Resistance Army. This call to action comes after critics of the movement called supporters “slacktivists” for their digital activism. There was a lot of speculation as to whether or not Cover the Night would take place, given the criticism surrounding Invisible Children and its cofounder, Jason Russell. Police in Pacific Beach detained Russell after a bizarre public outburst that has now been immortalized by the Comedy Central show South

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