Acholi people
Slacktivism works to make the invisible visible
Facebook and Twitter users have often been accused of being ‘slacktivists’, a term for social media users who use “feel-good” methods, such as clicking or ‘liking’ in support of an issue or social cause. These methods have been criticized as having little or no practical real-life effect, but others disagree.
Show Producer’s Blog: Kony 2012
I have written for years about heartbreaking issues of war and atrocity and the shortfall between international rhetoric and action. I’ve often struggled with the apparent mismatch between the horror of what’s going on and people’s blithe ignorance of it. But knowledge isn’t everything […]
Video about Ugandan Rebel Leader Joseph Kony Goes Viral
An American NGO called Invisible Children has made a video that tells the story of Ugandan rebel leader Joseph Kony, who was indicted for war crimes by the International Criminal Court in 2005 but remains at large. Since the video was released on Tuesday, the video has been viewed over 30 million times. Michael Wilkerson […]