How Matters / Searching for Closure: A Kony2012 Postscript.
March 16, 2012
By Matt Palmer
Please take some time to read the attached article from a website called “How Matters” that is was sent via Twitter. The interview brings up some excellent points about the Kony 2012 campaign from people who have great knowledge of Uganda and working on the ground.
Where do we go from here and what lessons can we learn from the Invisible Children campaign?
Thanks for sharing this Matt! There’s quite a few great reads out now on the lessons learned from Kony2012. Here’s a great one: http://www.comminit.com/policy-blogs/content/lessons-learned-kony-2012-campaign-0 Ultimately, I hope that people will learn that in order to genuinely help anyone in this world (including your next door neighbor), you must put yourself aside and listen to what is most needed and relevant to them: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rU_1jnrj5VI
Letting go of our ego is often the biggest challenge. Listening should always be one of the first elements of action.