I know that I said I was going to talk about piracy this week but a historical event happened this Friday I have opted to talk about it. This Friday President Obama made the decision to seen 100 troops to Africa to remove Joseph Kony from the battle field. For those of you who don’t know Joseph Kony is the leader of the LRA a group that kidnaps children and turns them into soldiers. The group Invisible Children had a vital role in getting congress to pass this bill.

Invisible Children’s mission statement reads: Invisible Children uses film, creativity, and social action to end the use of child soldiers in Joseph Kony’s rebel war and to restore LRA-affected communities in central Africa to peace and prosperity. Here is video about them:

Invisible Children: WHO WE ARE from INVISIBLE CHILDREN on Vimeo.

This is a movement of digital natives using technology to change the world. It all started with a video, a video that has been shown all over the country in order to raise awareness about his human problem. They have used the internet to rally the movement and create events in support of this cause. This organization does a great job of giving supporters regular updates via the web. They have used technology to spread the word and they were the main force behind getting this done.

The founders used film and their creativity to have an impact on the world. They even used a creative film to declare victory and ask their supporter to thank the President.

They have really shown how the generation of digital natives can use technology to change the world. They have truly used digital rhetoric to impact millions of people.