A few years ago, the Enough Project helped the producers and writers at NBC's "Law & Order: SVU" do an episode in which the central character was a former child soldier in Joseph Kony's Lord's Resistance Army, or LRA. The cast of "Law & Order: SVU" was deeply affected by the backstory of the LRA. Mariska Hargitay went on to become an outspoken advocate against sexual violence in Central Africa. Chris Meloni decided to get involved in a different way, but you have to see it to believe it.
Check out the video and keep reading below to find out what you can do to support efforts to end the LRA:
Several months ago, we teamed up with the folks at Funny or Die to create this video about ending the LRA and going after its now infamous leader, Joseph Kony. We want to get as many people as possible involved in helping to support a solution to this crisis, which over 25 years has led to the displacement of millions of people in four countries in Central Africa and the abduction of tens of thousands of kids to be child soldiers or sex slaves. We want people to get involved because Africans from throughout the region are forging a solution, and they just need a little support.
President Obama sent roughly 100 U.S. military personnel to help the governments in the region to enhance their strategy to arrest Joseph Kony and bring an end to the LRA. To ensure that the advisors are successful in their support mission, the Obama administration should:
There is so much we can do to help support efforts to end the LRA and to help the communities affected by the conflict. Go to enoughproject.org/stopkony to learn more and find out how you can get involved. And please share our new video, "Kony Hunter with Christopher Meloni," using Twitter hashtag #KonyMeloni.
John Prendergast is Co-founder of the Enough Project, a project at the Center for American Progress to end genocide and crimes against humanity, and co-author of Unlikely Brothers.
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Serious or Extinct? If actors moonlighting as World Police works, where will it all end? With atmosphere masquerading as Law Officers in Wall Street, taking that Money Mafia down for real?
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There is no debate that Kony and His LRA are evil actors that need to be stopped, but does anyone seriously believe that the problems in Uganda and the Central Africa region started with Kony and will end with Kony? Can Kony and his small army really distabilize an entire region, without being seriously challenged? Is Kony the only Kony or are there other konies in the region? Who else besides Kony is contributing to the instability in that region? Why is Kony the only villain being exposed? And why are other villains being protected from exposure? Who benefits from this selective outrage?
- http://www.prisonplanet.com/a-major-africom-us-state-department-campaign-to-undermine-chinese-influence-in-central-africa.html
Cereally, you are still a dreamboat....when do we sail?
Can hardly wait to see Chris the Fanger....or whatever the heck he plays.