Kony 2012. A DIFFERENT Kind of Year

            So hard to believe it has been a whole year since I've written to this beautiful contraption of a blog. Wow. So much going on in life, but something really pushed me to return to you. Today is a renaissance of a movement alive for so long.. the Invisible Children. For those who aren't aware of the organization, it is an organization dedicated to stopping the African child rebel soldier forces from recruiting/ kidnapping anymore innocent children as well as rehabilitating child soldiers addicted to narcotics and psychologically damaged from the wars raging in many African countries over the last 3 decades (Sierra Leone, Uganda, the Congo, etc). The Invisible Children organization was socially revived today by means of mass media coverage exposing the harsh cruelties of child rebel soldier life, and the figurehead of the Uganda movement: Joseph Kony.
          Though I am proud to be apart of a world so avidly and boldly fighting a tragic war on terror, I feel the need to remind us of the "Save an African Child" syndrome we so often have. By this I mean, yes what a wonderful cause and we should "Stop at Nothing," but let this not wash away as new news of celebrity pregnancy or a different, "sadder" natural disaster come into place. Let us truly, truly, truly  STOP AT NOTHING  to ensure where you live, does not determine IF you live. Let us remember Haiti and Japan and starving Americans, Occupyers, impoverished Mexican children, Gay rights, Vietnam veterans, Libyan government, ghettos, pollution, child labor. Let us Stop Kony, let us Stop INJUSTICE, but start it right now. Right here. In school, at work. By helping and loving our neighbors, AS WE LOVE OURSELVES. Everyday we are not a part of the solution we are a part of the problem.