WEBVTT 00:00:03.088 --> 00:00:05.224 Nothing is more powerful than an idea 00:00:05.224 --> 00:00:07.810 whose time has come now 00:00:24.219 --> 00:00:32.036 Right now, there are more people on facebook than there were on the planet 200 years ago. 00:00:35.066 --> 00:00:39.575 Humanity's greatest desire is to belong and connect. 00:00:39.867 --> 00:00:44.651 And now, we see each other. We hear each other. 00:00:44.651 --> 00:00:46.205 "Grandpa I love you!" 00:00:46.205 --> 00:00:47.187 "I love you!" 00:00:47.187 --> 00:00:49.114 "Why.. why won't it take a picture?" 00:00:49.914 --> 00:00:53.946 We share what we love and it reminds us what we all have in common. 00:00:54.053 --> 00:00:57.771 "Dug out alive and well after seven and a half days.." 00:00:58.064 --> 00:01:03.986 "If you believe in yourself, you'll know how to ride a bike! Watch and learn!" 00:01:03.986 --> 00:01:09.903 "So now technically, your device is on. Can you tell?" 00:01:10.672 --> 00:01:12.482 "Oh! It's exciting!" 00:01:13.451 --> 00:01:18.099 And this connection is changing the way the world works. 00:01:18.099 --> 00:01:20.502 Governments are trying to keep up. 00:01:20.672 --> 00:01:22.424 Now we can test the freedom. 00:01:22.424 --> 00:01:25.836 And older generations are concerned. 00:01:25.836 --> 00:01:30.703 "Many people are very concerned about tomorrow. They could get worse next year. 00:01:31.211 --> 00:01:33.719 The game has new rules. 00:01:33.719 --> 00:01:37.900 The next 27 minutes are an experiment. 00:01:38.469 --> 00:01:43.101 But in order for it to work, you have to pay attention. 00:02:14.298 --> 00:02:15.900 I can hear him! 00:02:19.316 --> 00:02:23.380 Every single person in the world started this way. 00:02:23.472 --> 00:02:27.031 He didn't chose where or when he was born. 00:02:27.539 --> 00:02:30.707 But because he's here, he matters. 00:02:31.307 --> 00:02:36.009 Yeah! We've been waiting for you! You made it! 00:02:36.455 --> 00:02:41.198 My name is Jason Russell and this is my son, Gavin. 00:02:46.259 --> 00:02:53.821 He loves jumping on the trampoline, being a ninja, and dancing. 00:02:54.975 --> 00:02:56.160 What are you doing? 00:02:56.160 --> 00:02:58.075 Making a snow angel. 00:02:58.075 --> 00:02:59.005 How do you do that? 00:02:59.005 --> 00:03:00.489 You do this! 00:03:01.335 --> 00:03:05.315 And just like his dad, he likes being in movies 00:03:05.346 --> 00:03:06.268 Action! 00:03:06.575 --> 00:03:11.089 Look out! Look out people! Run! It's a bomb! 00:03:15.335 --> 00:03:17.276 And making movies. 00:03:17.322 --> 00:03:19.335 Daddy watch this! 00:03:21.258 --> 00:03:23.676 I think we got the video 00:03:24.615 --> 00:03:28.840 But he was born into a pretty complicated world. 00:03:28.840 --> 00:03:33.571 And as a dad, I want him to grow up in a better world than I did. 00:03:33.802 --> 00:03:38.826 And because of the course of events in my life, I see a way to get there. 00:03:39.103 --> 00:03:41.638 It has become my job. 00:03:41.638 --> 00:03:43.275 Who are you to end a war? 00:03:43.275 --> 00:03:46.222 I'm here to tell you who are you not to. 00:03:46.222 --> 00:03:48.368 Hey Gavin, what's up? 00:03:48.368 --> 00:03:54.454 Years before Gavin was born, the course of my life was changed entirely by another boy. 00:03:54.454 --> 00:03:55.848 And who is this right here? 00:03:55.971 --> 00:03:57.470 Jacob 00:03:57.470 --> 00:03:58.951 Who's Jacob? 00:03:58.951 --> 00:04:03.118 Jacob is our friend in Africa. 00:04:03.118 --> 00:04:08.559 It's been almost ten years since Jacob and I became friends. 00:04:10.959 --> 00:04:16.012 It's okay, they're nice. They're different from sharks. 00:04:17.920 --> 00:04:26.938 But when my friends and I first met him in Uganda in Central Africa, it was in very different circumstances. 00:04:26.938 --> 00:04:29.887 He was running for his life. 00:04:33.426 --> 00:04:35.092 Uh, you go to school here 00:04:35.154 --> 00:04:36.039 Yes 00:04:36.039 --> 00:04:37.966 That's how you know English so well? 00:04:37.966 --> 00:04:39.382 I know. 00:04:39.382 --> 00:04:41.531 How many nights have you stayed here? 00:04:41.531 --> 00:04:42.791 Hello 00:04:42.791 --> 00:04:44.784 You are making our work very difficult 00:04:44.784 --> 00:04:47.149 You stop that thing now 00:04:47.611 --> 00:04:53.719 The night I first met Jacob, he told me what he and other children in Northern Uganda were living through. 00:04:53.750 --> 00:05:00.588 We worry the rebels when they arrest us again then they will kill us 00:05:00.926 --> 00:05:06.260 My brother tried to escape then they kill him using Panga 00:05:06.306 --> 00:05:08.305 They cut his neck 00:05:08.305 --> 00:05:10.075 Did you see it? 00:05:10.121 --> 00:05:10.985 I saw 00:05:12.755 --> 00:05:17.359 We fear that if we sleep at our home that we can be abducted by the rebels 00:05:17.359 --> 00:05:21.196 Because our home is far away from town 00:05:21.365 --> 00:05:25.406 They will catch us then they will take us there in the bush 00:05:25.406 --> 00:05:28.119 We come here to save our life 00:05:47.011 --> 00:05:48.949 I cannot believe that 00:05:48.949 --> 00:05:50.725 You cannot believe it? 00:05:50.725 --> 00:05:53.217 This has been going on for years? 00:05:53.217 --> 00:05:57.524 If that happened one night in America, it would be on the cover of Newsweek. 00:05:59.801 --> 00:06:04.197 What is it that you want to be when you grow up? 00:06:04.197 --> 00:06:10.838 For me I wanted to be lawyer but I don't have money to pay my school fees 00:06:10.885 --> 00:06:14.213 So that I learn and then become a lawyer 00:06:14.213 --> 00:06:15.485 Hmm. 00:06:15.562 --> 00:06:16.681 Yes 00:06:16.712 --> 00:06:21.554 After spending a few weeks with Jacob, he told me something I would never forget. 00:06:21.877 --> 00:06:27.380 So if is better when you kill us and if possible, you can kill us you kill us 00:06:27.380 --> 00:06:29.825 For us we don't want now to stay 00:06:29.825 --> 00:06:31.488 You don't want to stay on Earth? 00:06:31.488 --> 00:06:34.574 We are only two, no one is taking care of us 00:06:34.574 --> 00:06:36.526 We are not doing to school, so 00:06:36.711 --> 00:06:39.023 You would rather die than stay on Earth? 00:06:39.023 --> 00:06:39.989 Yes 00:06:39.989 --> 00:06:41.418 Now, even now? 00:06:41.418 --> 00:06:42.542 Even now. 00:06:42.542 --> 00:06:46.330 How are we going to stay in our future? 00:06:46.930 --> 00:06:52.938 He told me more about his brother and what he would say to him if he were still alive. 00:06:52.938 --> 00:06:55.730 I love you but now I miss you 00:06:55.730 --> 00:06:58.527 So it is better when we meet 00:06:58.680 --> 00:07:03.480 Wa are not going to meet but we may meet in heaven 00:07:03.480 --> 00:07:04.462 You see? 00:07:04.462 --> 00:07:05.308 So it is better 00:07:05.308 --> 00:07:06.614 I will not talk much 00:07:06.614 --> 00:07:07.650 I will start something 00:07:07.650 --> 00:07:11.973 Because if I saw my brother once again I don't 00:07:11.973 --> 00:07:12.645 Hmm? 00:07:21.045 --> 00:07:22.539 It's okay. 00:07:22.539 --> 00:07:25.775 Jacob, it's okay 00:07:29.652 --> 00:07:33.606 Everything in my heart told me to do something 00:07:33.683 --> 00:07:36.277 And so I made him a promise 00:07:36.277 --> 00:07:42.497 We are also going to do everything that we can to stop them 00:07:42.497 --> 00:07:44.743 Do you hear my words? 00:07:44.743 --> 00:07:45.243 Yes 00:07:45.243 --> 00:07:46.278 Do you know what I mean? 00:07:46.278 --> 00:07:46.890 Yes 00:07:47.013 --> 00:07:47.513 Hmm? 00:07:47.513 --> 00:07:48.200 Yes 00:07:48.785 --> 00:07:52.222 We are. We're going to stop them. 00:07:53.822 --> 00:07:56.834 We're going to stop them 00:07:59.173 --> 00:08:06.011 I made that promise to Jacob not knowing what it would mean but now I do. 00:08:06.011 --> 00:08:10.116 Over the past nine years, I have fought to fulfill it. 00:08:10.301 --> 00:08:12.392 And the fight has led me here. 00:08:12.392 --> 00:08:14.976 To this movie you're watching. 00:08:14.976 --> 00:08:19.725 Because that promise is not just about Jacob or me 00:08:19.725 --> 00:08:21.960 It's also about you 00:08:21.960 --> 00:08:27.077 And this year, 2012, is the year that we can finally fulfill it 00:08:27.077 --> 00:08:33.154 And if we succeed, we change the course of human history 00:08:33.154 --> 00:08:35.009 But time is running out. 00:08:35.009 --> 00:08:40.186 To level with you, this movie expires on December 31, 2012 00:08:40.186 --> 00:08:44.812 And its only purpose is to stop the rebel group, the LRA 00:08:44.812 --> 00:08:47.444 And their leader, Joseph Kony 00:08:47.444 --> 00:08:50.947 And I'm about to tell you exactly how we're going to do it. 00:09:04.639 --> 00:09:08.370 So the thing is that my son Gavin has never 00:09:08.539 --> 00:09:11.470 I've never really explained to him what I do 00:09:11.532 --> 00:09:12.790 He knows I work in Africa 00:09:12.790 --> 00:09:15.722 But he doesn't know what the war's about 00:09:15.722 --> 00:09:17.083 Or who Joseph Kony is 00:09:17.083 --> 00:09:20.283 So I'm gonna explain it to him for the first time today 00:09:20.283 --> 00:09:22.186 That's what we're doing 00:09:22.186 --> 00:09:24.391 So, Gav, are you ready? 00:09:24.391 --> 00:09:24.891 Yeah 00:09:24.891 --> 00:09:25.971 I'm gonna ask you some questions 00:09:25.971 --> 00:09:26.471 Okay 00:09:26.471 --> 00:09:29.964 And you can just look at me and answer the questions 00:09:29.964 --> 00:09:32.572 I'm kinda nervous 00:09:32.572 --> 00:09:34.821 What do I do for a job? 00:09:34.821 --> 00:09:38.119 Ah! You stop the bad guys from being mean 00:09:38.119 --> 00:09:40.239 Who are the bad guys? 00:09:40.239 --> 00:09:40.827 Um 00:09:42.534 --> 00:09:43.850 Do you know 00:09:43.850 --> 00:09:45.010 Star Wars people 00:09:45.010 --> 00:09:47.558 Star Wars people? Those are the bad guys? 00:09:47.558 --> 00:09:48.194 Yeah 00:09:48.194 --> 00:09:50.020 Can I tell you the bad guy's name? 00:09:50.020 --> 00:09:50.804 Yeah 00:09:51.389 --> 00:09:54.524 This is the guy, Joseph Kony 00:09:54.524 --> 00:09:57.118 He's the bad guy? 00:09:57.118 --> 00:09:58.227 Yeah 00:09:58.750 --> 00:10:01.025 Who is this? 00:10:01.025 --> 00:10:02.419 Jacob 00:10:02.419 --> 00:10:07.276 Joseph Kony, he has an army, okay? 00:10:07.276 --> 00:10:12.070 And what he does is he takes children from their parents 00:10:12.070 --> 00:10:15.358 And he gives them a gun to shoot 00:10:15.358 --> 00:10:17.541 And he makes them shoot and kill other people. 00:10:19.711 --> 00:10:24.207 But they're not gonna do what he says because they're nice guys, right? 00:10:24.207 --> 00:10:27.859 Yeah they don't want to do what he says 00:10:27.859 --> 00:10:31.226 But he forces them to do bad things 00:10:31.226 --> 00:10:33.800 What do you think about that? 00:10:33.800 --> 00:10:34.932 It's sad 00:10:37.470 --> 00:10:42.659 I couldn't explain to Gavin the details of what Joseph Kony really does 00:10:42.659 --> 00:10:47.595 Because the truth is, Kony abducts kids just like Gavin. 00:10:57.287 --> 00:11:04.148 For 26 years, Kony has been kidnapping children into his rebel group, the LRA 00:11:07.641 --> 00:11:10.560 Turning the girls into sex slaves 00:11:12.114 --> 00:11:15.286 And the boys into child soldiers 00:11:17.547 --> 00:11:21.231 He makes them mutilate people's faces 00:11:23.092 --> 00:11:27.098 And he forces them to kill their own parents 00:11:30.283 --> 00:11:33.396 And this is not just a few children 00:11:36.212 --> 00:11:39.424 It's been over 30,000 of them 00:11:41.808 --> 00:11:45.315 And Jacob was one of those children 00:11:50.346 --> 00:11:53.549 As if Kony's crimes aren't bad enough 00:11:53.549 --> 00:11:58.820 He's not fighting for any cause, but only to maintain his power 00:11:58.820 --> 00:12:02.141 He is not supported by anyone 00:12:02.141 --> 00:12:07.101 And he has repeatedly used peace talks to rearm and murder again and again 00:12:07.101 --> 00:12:13.843 Kony, different times, proposed peace and then just regain strength and attack 00:12:13.843 --> 00:12:18.571 This is the head prosecutor for the International Criminal Court 00:12:18.571 --> 00:12:22.603 In 2002 when the court was started, their job was 00:12:22.603 --> 00:12:27.123 To find and demand the arrest of the world's worst criminals 00:12:27.123 --> 00:12:31.935 Although there are a lot of war lords, murderers, and dictators in the world 00:12:31.935 --> 00:12:36.653 The perversity of Kony's crimes made him first on the court's list 00:12:36.653 --> 00:12:39.823 Kony's the first guy indicted by the ICC 00:12:39.823 --> 00:12:41.853 The crimes are basically crimes against humanity 00:12:41.853 --> 00:12:44.190 And war crimes committed against the civillian population 00:12:44.190 --> 00:12:49.170 Including murder, sexual slavery, rapes, abductions 00:12:49.170 --> 00:12:52.663 We need to plan how to arrest Kony 00:12:52.663 --> 00:12:53.511 Start to plan 00:12:53.511 --> 00:12:55.287 And it has to be serious 00:12:55.287 --> 00:12:58.054 In fact, the only way to stop Kony is to show him 00:12:58.054 --> 00:12:59.779 Hey, we're going to arrest you 00:13:02.456 --> 00:13:05.279 What do you think we should do about it? 00:13:05.387 --> 00:13:07.405 We should stop him 00:13:07.805 --> 00:13:08.931 The criminal here is Kony. 00:13:08.931 --> 00:13:11.551 Stop him and then solve all the problems 00:13:11.551 --> 00:13:12.550 We should stop who? 00:13:12.550 --> 00:13:14.003 Him. 00:13:17.126 --> 00:13:19.937 It's obvious that Kony should be stopped 00:13:19.937 --> 00:13:24.502 The problem is 99% of the planet doesn't know who he is 00:13:24.502 --> 00:13:28.867 If they knew, Kony would have been stopped long ago 00:13:28.867 --> 00:13:31.654 Let the world, let the international community 00:13:31.654 --> 00:13:33.650 Take justice to him there 00:13:33.650 --> 00:13:34.579 Follow him wherever he is 00:13:34.579 --> 00:13:36.762 First to rescue our children 00:13:36.762 --> 00:13:39.502 And secondly, to deliver the justice 00:13:39.502 --> 00:13:42.869 We are determined to cooperate with any friend of Uganda 00:13:42.869 --> 00:13:47.977 To ensure that this mindless killing and slaughter is ended 00:13:47.977 --> 00:13:51.762 When my friends and I came home from Uganda 00:13:51.762 --> 00:13:56.371 We thought that if the government knew, they would do something to stop him 00:13:56.371 --> 00:13:58.892 But everyone in Washington we talked to said 00:13:58.892 --> 00:14:01.565 There is no way the United States will ever get involved 00:14:01.565 --> 00:14:07.889 In a conflict where our national security or financial interests aren't at stake 00:14:07.889 --> 00:14:12.822 No administration, republican, democrat, Obama, Bush, Clinton, doesn't matter 00:14:12.822 --> 00:14:16.773 Would do enough because it's simply not an important enough issue 00:14:16.773 --> 00:14:18.941 On the radar screen of American Foreign Policy 00:14:20.356 --> 00:14:22.784 Since the government said it was impossible 00:14:22.784 --> 00:14:24.864 We didn't know what else to do 00:14:24.864 --> 00:14:29.750 But tell everyone we could about Jacob and the Invisible Children 00:14:29.750 --> 00:14:33.047 We're going to show this movie to as many people as possible 00:14:33.047 --> 00:14:35.458 In such a way that we can't be ignored 00:14:35.458 --> 00:14:37.389 And when we did, people were shocked 00:14:37.389 --> 00:14:40.733 And their awareness turned into action 00:14:40.733 --> 00:14:43.132 We started something 00:14:43.132 --> 00:14:44.717 A community 00:14:44.717 --> 00:14:50.190 I have friends that have been living in this conflict their entire life 00:14:50.190 --> 00:14:52.848 Fight for that, because that is what is going to change this world 00:14:53.372 --> 00:14:54.625 And that is what defines us 00:14:55.271 --> 00:14:57.707 We got creative and we got loud 00:14:57.707 --> 00:15:01.979 It's not over! It's not over! It's not over! 00:15:01.979 --> 00:15:05.738 And as the LRA began to move into other countries 00:15:05.738 --> 00:15:08.658 Jacob and other Ugandans came to the US 00:15:08.658 --> 00:15:13.636 To speak on behalf of all people suffering because of Kony 00:15:13.636 --> 00:15:15.725 Even though Uganda was relatively safe 00:15:15.725 --> 00:15:19.836 They felt compelled to tell the world that Kony was still out there 00:15:19.836 --> 00:15:22.088 And had to be stopped 00:15:22.088 --> 00:15:25.466 I'm here so proud advocating for the people who are back at home 00:15:25.466 --> 00:15:27.802 And this change we are going to make is going to last forever 00:15:27.802 --> 00:15:33.034 We built a community around the idea that where you live 00:15:33.034 --> 00:15:34.341 Shouldn't determine whether you live 00:15:34.833 --> 00:15:37.877 We were committed to stop Kony and rebuild what he had destroyed 00:15:37.877 --> 00:15:43.845 And because we couldn't wait for and institutions or governments to step in 00:15:43.845 --> 00:15:46.446 We did it ourselves 00:15:46.446 --> 00:15:50.283 With our time, talent, and money 00:15:50.283 --> 00:15:52.204 So we rebuilt schools 00:15:52.204 --> 00:15:56.685 The best you can offer a child is by letting them be independent 00:15:56.685 --> 00:15:59.147 And that was providing education 00:15:59.147 --> 00:16:01.335 We created jobs 00:16:01.335 --> 00:16:05.068 I have seen the lives of those who have been hopeless 00:16:05.068 --> 00:16:07.134 Now they have hope 00:16:07.134 --> 00:16:11.304 And we built and early warning radio network on the front line of the war 00:16:11.304 --> 00:16:15.621 To protect villages from rebel attacks 00:16:15.621 --> 00:16:20.146 So you update real-time what's happening in a war zone 8,000 miles away 00:16:20.146 --> 00:16:26.500 All of this was funded by an army of young people 00:16:26.500 --> 00:16:31.874 Who put their money toward their belief in the value of all human life 00:16:31.874 --> 00:16:34.973 They gave a few dollars a month of what little they had 00:16:34.973 --> 00:16:37.732 To a program called Tri 00:16:37.732 --> 00:16:41.292 And proved that a bunch of littles could make a big difference 00:16:41.292 --> 00:16:46.121 And as a result the unseen became visible 00:16:46.121 --> 00:16:50.138 We've seen these kids 00:16:50.138 --> 00:16:53.946 We've heard their cries 00:16:53.946 --> 00:16:58.267 This war must end 00:16:58.267 --> 00:17:01.957 We will not stop 00:17:01.957 --> 00:17:04.607 We will not fear 00:17:04.607 --> 00:17:09.570 We will fight war 00:17:28.752 --> 00:17:31.175 I've talked to people from Mexico, from Canada 00:17:31.175 --> 00:17:33.025 From every other state that I can think of 00:17:33.025 --> 00:17:34.581 We're all doing this for the exact same reason 00:17:34.581 --> 00:17:37.139 And we're all coming from completely different places 00:17:37.139 --> 00:17:39.716 This is what the world should be like 00:17:44.362 --> 00:17:49.360 So with hundreds of thousands of people with us 00:17:49.360 --> 00:17:53.212 We went back to Washington DC and we met with Congressmen and Senators 00:17:53.212 --> 00:17:55.087 One by one 00:17:55.087 --> 00:18:00.288 On both sides, republicans, democrats, and they all agreed with us 00:18:00.288 --> 00:18:02.781 Joseph Kony's crimes had to be stopped 00:18:02.781 --> 00:18:07.086 Of all the problems that are out there, none is more severe than one that 00:18:07.086 --> 00:18:10.363 Mutilates the lives of little kids 00:18:10.363 --> 00:18:13.342 These young members of the Invisible Children organization 00:18:13.342 --> 00:18:18.389 Know that no child should live in fear of being abducted or killed 00:18:18.389 --> 00:18:21.475 So they were determined to become their voice 00:18:21.475 --> 00:18:24.699 They realized that these African children and families 00:18:24.699 --> 00:18:27.081 Were invisible to Washington policy makers 00:18:27.081 --> 00:18:30.032 So they decided to make them visible 00:18:30.032 --> 00:18:32.486 And what I was told would never happen 00:18:32.486 --> 00:18:35.265 Suddenly became possible 00:18:35.265 --> 00:18:38.784 In furtherance of the Congress' stated policy, I have authorized 00:18:38.784 --> 00:18:42.385 A small number of US forces to deploy to Central Africa 00:18:42.385 --> 00:18:45.518 To provide assistance to regional forces that are working toward 00:18:45.518 --> 00:18:48.606 The removal of Joseph Kony from the battlefield 00:18:48.606 --> 00:18:51.289 Sincerely, Barack Obama 00:18:55.827 --> 00:18:58.387 The surprise announcement came in a letter from the White House 00:18:58.387 --> 00:19:00.564 The US president's decision commits US troops to help 00:19:00.564 --> 00:19:02.329 Through advice and assistance 00:19:02.329 --> 00:19:05.812 Not putting Americans into combat, to help the countries of the region 00:19:05.812 --> 00:19:08.446 End this threat once and for all 00:19:08.446 --> 00:19:11.098 And that was a worthwhile investment 00:19:12.729 --> 00:19:15.196 We used to think that we could not do it 00:19:15.196 --> 00:19:19.187 And now when I see we can do it I am overwhelmed 00:19:21.633 --> 00:19:26.571 After 8 years of work, the government finally heard us 00:19:26.571 --> 00:19:30.750 And in October of 2011, 100 American advisors were sent into Central Africa 00:19:30.750 --> 00:19:36.842 To assist the Ugandan army in arresting Kony and stopping the LRA 00:19:36.842 --> 00:19:41.199 It was the first time in history that the United States took that kind of action 00:19:41.199 --> 00:19:44.218 Because the people demanded it 00:19:44.526 --> 00:19:48.505 Not for self defense, but because it was right 00:20:19.521 --> 00:20:22.221 We have come some far 00:20:22.221 --> 00:20:24.830 But Kony is still out there 00:20:25.199 --> 00:20:28.480 He recently changed his tactics 00:20:28.480 --> 00:20:31.995 Making it more difficult to capture him 00:20:31.995 --> 00:20:36.926 And international support could be removed at anytime 00:20:37.665 --> 00:20:39.691 If we take the pressure off 00:20:39.691 --> 00:20:40.644 If we are not successful 00:20:40.644 --> 00:20:43.242 He is going to be growing his numbers 00:20:43.827 --> 00:20:47.655 People forget and you got remind them 00:20:47.655 --> 00:20:49.498 And it takes numbers to remind them 00:20:49.498 --> 00:20:51.542 And if interest wanes, then 00:20:51.542 --> 00:20:53.277 It will just, it will go away 00:20:53.277 --> 00:20:55.131 And I'd end up standing out there alone 00:20:55.131 --> 00:20:56.635 Trying to do something to 00:20:56.635 --> 00:20:58.877 Support completing the mission 00:20:58.877 --> 00:21:00.913 It got be 2012 00:21:00.913 --> 00:21:02.887 It is not bad for the youth 00:21:02.887 --> 00:21:03.932 It is bad for the world if we fail 00:21:03.932 --> 00:21:06.932 It is not important just for Ugandan people 00:21:06.932 --> 00:21:09.465 It is important for everyone 00:21:11.188 --> 00:21:15.761 It is hard to look back at some parts of human history 00:21:15.761 --> 00:21:19.120 Because when we heard about injustice 00:21:19.120 --> 00:21:20.451 We cared 00:21:20.451 --> 00:21:23.134 But we didn’t know what to do 00:21:23.626 --> 00:21:24.551 Too often 00:21:24.551 --> 00:21:25.353 We did nothing 00:21:26.968 --> 00:21:29.427 But if we're going to change that 00:21:29.427 --> 00:21:32.608 We have to start somewhere 00:21:32.608 --> 00:21:34.629 So we starting here 00:21:34.629 --> 00:21:36.393 With Joseph Kony 00:21:36.393 --> 00:21:39.203 Because now, we know what to do 00:21:39.203 --> 00:21:40.735 Here it is 00:21:40.735 --> 00:21:42.218 Ready? 00:21:42.218 --> 00:21:45.054 In order for Kony to be arrested this year 00:21:45.054 --> 00:21:49.072 The Ugandan military has to find him 00:21:49.072 --> 00:21:51.208 In order to find him 00:21:51.208 --> 00:21:56.037 They need the technology and training to track him in the vast jungle 00:21:56.037 --> 00:21:58.609 That's where the Americans advisors come in 00:21:58.609 --> 00:22:01.820 But in order for the Americans advisors to be there 00:22:01.820 --> 00:22:04.782 The US government has to deploy them 00:22:05.869 --> 00:22:06.369 They have done that 00:22:06.369 --> 00:22:09.087 But it the government doesn't believe the people care about arresting Kony 00:22:09.087 --> 00:22:12.289 The mission will be cancelled 00:22:12.289 --> 00:22:21.535 In order for the people they care, they have to know. And they will only know , if Kony's name is everywhere 00:22:24.766 --> 00:22:26.850 This is the dream 00:22:26.850 --> 00:22:29.474 Kony arrested for all the world to see 00:22:29.474 --> 00:22:34.165 And for the abducted children returned home 00:22:34.550 --> 00:22:36.856 Here is the biggest problem 00:22:36.856 --> 00:22:38.137 Want to know what it is? 00:22:38.137 --> 00:22:38.896 Yeah 00:22:38.896 --> 00:22:40.109 Nobody knows who he is 00:22:40.109 --> 00:22:45.705 But I know who he is 00:22:45.705 --> 00:22:50.749 Because I see him on this picture right now 00:22:50.749 --> 00:22:52.681 He is not famous 00:22:52.681 --> 00:22:55.504 He is invisible, joseph Kony is invisible 00:22:55.504 --> 00:22:59.707 Here is how we going to make him visible 00:23:01.030 --> 00:23:03.966 We are going to make joseph Kony a household name 00:23:03.966 --> 00:23:05.488 Not to celebrate him 00:23:05.488 --> 00:23:08.902 But to bring his crime to the light 00:23:08.902 --> 00:23:10.504 And we are starting this year 00:23:10.504 --> 00:23:12.547 2012 00:23:12.547 --> 00:23:15.868 We are targeting 20 culture makers and 12 policy makers 00:23:15.868 --> 00:23:18.170 To use their power for good 00:23:18.170 --> 00:23:20.994 Let's start with the 20 culture makers 00:23:20.994 --> 00:23:25.321 Celebrities, athletes, and billionaires Have a loud voice 00:23:25.321 --> 00:23:27.759 And what they talk about spreads instantly 00:23:27.759 --> 00:23:34.606 I want. I'd like indicted war criminals to enjoy the same level of celebrity as me 00:23:34.606 --> 00:23:35.916 That seems fair 00:23:35.916 --> 00:23:39.601 That is our objective. Is to just shine a light on it 00:23:39.601 --> 00:23:42.296 If our goal is to get Kony's name known 00:23:42.296 --> 00:23:44.673 The known should join us 00:23:44.673 --> 00:23:48.821 We are targeting twenty of the most divers and influential culture makers 00:23:48.821 --> 00:23:50.988 To speak out about Kony 00:23:50.988 --> 00:23:52.953 And make him famous 00:23:55.445 --> 00:23:57.361 Then we are going after policy makers 00:23:57.361 --> 00:24:01.231 The one that has the authority to see Kony captured 00:24:01.231 --> 00:24:04.629 They decide if the advisors stay or leave 00:24:04.629 --> 00:24:07.548 So we need to remind them that in this election year 00:24:07.548 --> 00:24:09.691 of fighting and the name calling 00:24:09.691 --> 00:24:11.575 No matter what side that you are on 00:24:11.575 --> 00:24:14.370 This is something that we could all agree on 00:24:14.370 --> 00:24:17.905 If a senator and congressmen get twenty five phone calls 00:24:17.905 --> 00:24:18.895 On any issue 00:24:18.895 --> 00:24:19.931 On any given day 00:24:19.931 --> 00:24:20.431 It is noted 00:24:20.431 --> 00:24:26.781 When citizens by the hundreds of thousands start demanding that our government do something 00:24:26.781 --> 00:24:32.736 Suddenly it becomes in the national interest of the United States government to respond to this problem 00:24:32.736 --> 00:24:34.847 We have identified the twelve policy makers 00:24:34.847 --> 00:24:37.685 That could change the game regarding Kony 00:24:37.685 --> 00:24:39.520 So we targeting them 00:24:39.520 --> 00:24:42.303 On our website we have made it easy to write them directly 00:24:42.303 --> 00:24:43.221 Call them 00:24:43.221 --> 00:24:44.243 Meet with them 00:24:44.243 --> 00:24:46.568 And get their attention 00:24:46.568 --> 00:24:48.492 If my son were kidnapped and forced to kill 00:24:48.492 --> 00:24:50.572 It would be all over the news 00:24:50.572 --> 00:24:52.857 So we are making Kony world news 00:24:52.857 --> 00:24:56.898 By redefining the propaganda we see all day, everyday 00:24:56.898 --> 00:24:59.748 That dictates who and what we pay attention to 00:24:59.748 --> 00:25:02.935 a lot of people feel powerless to communicate their ideas 00:25:02.935 --> 00:25:05.977 they think that ok you know i'm not a corporation 00:25:05.977 --> 00:25:08.647 I don't own my own magazine or news station 00:25:08.647 --> 00:25:10.528 I just don't have any say 00:25:10.528 --> 00:25:12.153 but seeing what I've done 00:25:12.153 --> 00:25:15.195 I think it's empowered a lot of people to realize that one individual 00:25:15.195 --> 00:25:16.495 can make an impact 00:25:16.495 --> 00:25:18.058 and I actually want to demystify 00:25:18.058 --> 00:25:20.001 and say here are these really simple tools : 00:25:20.001 --> 00:25:22.062 go out and rock it. 00:25:22.062 --> 00:25:25.493 And that's just what we intend to do. 00:25:29.570 --> 00:25:32.698 our goal is to change the conversation of our culture 00:25:32.698 --> 00:25:36.243 and get people to ask who is Joseph Kony 00:25:36.243 --> 00:25:39.506 We've printed hundreds of thousands of posters , stickers, yard signs 00:25:39.506 --> 00:25:40.661 and fliers 00:25:40.661 --> 00:25:41.750 that are , right now , 00:25:41.750 --> 00:25:42.266 today, 00:25:43.963 --> 00:25:45.660 being put up in major cities all over the world. 00:25:45.660 --> 00:25:48.446 We have thousands of Kony 2012 bracelets 00:25:48.446 --> 00:25:50.698 that we want everyone to wear 00:25:50.698 --> 00:25:52.115 this year only. 00:25:52.115 --> 00:25:54.808 Each bracelet has a unique ID number 00:25:54.808 --> 00:25:59.406 Input that number and you enter the mission to make Kony famous 00:25:59.406 --> 00:26:03.729 You can geo-tag your posters and track your impact in real time 00:26:03.729 --> 00:26:07.695 Everything you need is in a box called the Action Kit 00:26:07.695 --> 00:26:09.943 It has 2 bracelets, one for you and one to give away 00:26:09.943 --> 00:26:14.615 And if you want to help fund our life saving programs 00:26:14.615 --> 00:26:17.262 donate a few dollars a month through "Tri" 00:26:17.262 --> 00:26:19.955 And you can have the action kit for free 00:26:19.955 --> 00:26:22.556 Start making Kony famous today 00:26:22.556 --> 00:26:25.292 But all of these efforts will culminate on one day 00:26:25.292 --> 00:26:27.021 April 20th 00:26:27.021 --> 00:26:29.435 when we cover the night 00:26:29.435 --> 00:26:31.935 This is the day when we will meet at sundown 00:26:31.935 --> 00:26:34.114 and blanket every street 00:26:34.114 --> 00:26:35.007 in every city 00:26:35.007 --> 00:26:36.183 till the sun comes up 00:26:36.183 --> 00:26:38.761 we will be smart and we will be thorough 00:26:38.761 --> 00:26:41.517 The rest of the world will go to bed friday night 00:26:41.517 --> 00:26:44.104 and wake up to hundreds of thousands of posters 00:26:44.104 --> 00:26:46.774 demanding justice on every corner 00:27:06.989 --> 00:27:10.196 It's always been that the decisions made by the few 00:27:10.196 --> 00:27:12.882 with the money and the power , 00:27:12.882 --> 00:27:16.426 dictated by the priorities of their government and the stories in the media 00:27:16.426 --> 00:27:20.848 they determinate the lives and opportunities of their citizens 00:27:20.848 --> 00:27:24.790 but now there's something bigger than that 00:27:25.667 --> 00:27:28.647 the people of the world see each other 00:27:28.647 --> 00:27:31.150 and can protect each other 00:27:31.150 --> 00:27:34.320 it's turning the system upside down 00:27:34.320 --> 00:27:36.886 and it changes everything 00:27:37.424 --> 00:27:40.439 we are living in a new world , Facebook world 00:27:40.439 --> 00:27:44.174 in which 750 million people share ideas , 00:27:44.174 --> 00:27:46.264 not thinking in borders 00:27:46.264 --> 00:27:48.145 it's a global community bigger than the U.S. 00:27:48.145 --> 00:27:52.092 Joseph Kony was committing crimes for 20 years 00:27:52.092 --> 00:27:53.579 and no one cared 00:27:53.641 --> 00:27:54.805 we care 00:27:56.574 --> 00:27:59.478 we have reached a crucial time in history 00:27:59.478 --> 00:28:01.930 where what we do or don't do 00:28:01.930 --> 00:28:05.060 will affect every generation to come 00:28:06.921 --> 00:28:09.358 arresting joseph Kony will prove 00:28:09.358 --> 00:28:11.481 that the world we live in has new rules 00:28:11.481 --> 00:28:15.068 that the technology that has brought our planet together 00:28:15.068 --> 00:28:19.097 is allowing us to respond to the problems of our friends 00:28:19.097 --> 00:28:23.076 When it ends finally by bringing Joseph Kony to justice 00:28:23.076 --> 00:28:26.456 it should be celebrated like, worldwide 00:28:26.456 --> 00:28:29.097 We are not just studying human history 00:28:29.097 --> 00:28:30.285 We are shaping it. 00:28:32.116 --> 00:28:33.842 At the end of my life 00:28:33.842 --> 00:28:37.230 I want to say that the world we have left behind 00:28:37.230 --> 00:28:38.884 is one that Gavin can be proud of 00:28:38.884 --> 00:28:42.642 a place that doesn't allow Joseph Konys and child soldiers 00:28:43.974 --> 00:28:45.307 A place where children no matter where they live 00:28:45.307 --> 00:28:49.228 have a child hood 00:28:49.228 --> 00:28:51.285 free from fear 00:28:51.285 --> 00:28:53.623 I'm gonna be like you dad 00:28:53.623 --> 00:28:54.925 when you grow up? 00:28:54.925 --> 00:28:55.791 Yeah 00:28:55.791 --> 00:28:58.623 I'm gonna come with you to Africa 00:28:59.854 --> 00:29:03.466 The better world we want is coming 00:29:03.528 --> 00:29:05.467 It's just waiting for us 00:29:05.467 --> 00:29:07.449 to stop at nothing. 00:29:16.311 --> 00:29:18.173 Nothing is more powerful than an idea 00:29:18.173 --> 00:29:19.771 whose time has come 00:29:19.771 --> 00:29:23.810 now 00:29:23.887 --> 00:29:29.941 There are 3 things you can do right now 00:29:29.941 --> 00:29:34.731 1. sign the pledge to show your support 00:29:34.731 --> 00:29:39.090 2. get the 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