Invisible Children's #StopKony | News

Trending in Memphis this morning is a powerful anti-child abduction campaign by the non-profit organization, Invisible Children. A video published Monday, March 5, 2012 titled Kony2012 is causing a stir.       The 30 minute long documentary is a "film and campaign by Invisible Children that aims to make Joseph Kony famous, not to celebrate him, but to raise support for his arrest and set a precedent for international justice" says Invisible Children, Inc.     Some groups accuse the organization of over-simplifying the problem. For example, in the most recent video, they failed to mention or criticize the Uganda President, Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, who was in power throughout the terror reign of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA).
  Also, critics say proponents of the movement are unaware or choose to ignore the efforts made by the U.S. government and the Uganda government to try and stop the LRA's violence.       In 2010, President Obama signed the Lord's Resistance Army Disamarment and Northern Uganda Recovery Act, and he presented a strategy to Congress that would required more money to stop Kony and the LRA.  Obama also sent 100 military advisors to help with the recovery movement in late 2011.     Invisible Children is popular among the younger generations; students in local high schools are promoting the cause.