Kony

     I know I am a little late in blogging about the Kony issue I had no internet at home over the break :) But this is a topic that impacted me a lot! When I first watched the video, I watched it with Desiree and our first reaction was, "we need to help! We have to raise awareness and put an end to this man!" I immediately wanted to buy the kit to help out. When more and more people started hearing about it there were a lot  of negative comments about the issues. All their comments were really hurting me. I understand that people have different opinions about the issue but why make so many negative comments when people are dying?
    Now there is controversy about how the funds for the charity are being used and about the creator being arrested. Many people are now against this whole movement. Professor Gerstenblatt mentioned in class today that people are feeling offended with everything. With all of these controversies I still want to help. I can't help with money but I feel that it is important to raise awareness and let the government know that we care about this issue and that they should so something about it. And like I mentioned in class today, we shouldn't just step in but instead get together with the people of Uganda and see what they want from us. We must work together with them and figure out an intervention. i feel that as social work students we should create a plan for the movement that will take place on April 20th.