Joseph Kony has quickly become a household name ever since charity group Invisible Children took their Kony 2012 campaign viral with a 30-minute film on March 7. And now, celebs are helping spread the word too.
The video depicts the terrible conditions children are suffering through in Uganda and aims to raise awareness about Kony's brutal role in all of it. It's a painstaking reminder of how just one person can create so much evil. Several of Hollywood's biggest stars have tweeted the video out to their millions of Twitter followers, in the hope of making Kony famous enough to receive the justice he deserves.
Check out the tweets below and see what celebs are saying:
Justin Bieber: ""it is time to make him known. Im calling on ALL MY FANS, FRIENDS, and FAMILY to come together and #STOPKONY"" @justinbieber
Oprah Winfrey: ""in talks this minute to interview film makers and talk about the ""viral"" impact of #STOPKONY"" @Oprah
Will Smith: ""Joseph Kony is a violent man who abducts children to use as his sex slaves and pawns of his evil. RETWEET to spread the word to #STOPKONY."" @LifeAsWillSmith
P. Diddy: ""Dear Joseph Kony, I'm Gonna help Make you FAMOUS!!!! We will stop YOU #StopKONY! All 6,000,000 of my followers RT NOW!!! Pls!"" @iamdiddy
Vampire Diaries' Nina Dobrev: ""I'm going to ask EVERY PERSON WHO FOLLOWS ME to Please watch this video: [Kony link]. Its incredibly important."" @ninadobrev
Vampire Diaries' Ian Somerhalder: ""thank you @ninadobrev! I Just watched this.IF there is1thing you do today:PLS WATCH THIS&RT- it just changed my world."" @iansomerhalder
Glee's Cory Monteith: ""Innocent children have been getting abducted and killed for years. Everyone needs to know! Spread the word! #stopkony kony2012.com"" @CoryMonteith
Dancing With the Stars' Mark Ballas: ""I just jumped on the #StopKony train...Let's get it done guys..."" @MarkBallas
Kirstie Alley: ""Celebrities have big mouths and big audiences..it is our privilege and duty to inform people about atrocious injustices...#stopkony#STOPKONY"" @kirstiealley
Rihanna: ""#KONY2012 Spread the word!!!"" @rihanna
Hilary Duff: ""This must end #stopkony."" @HilaryDuff
Kristen Bell: ""ive never tweeted anything as important as this DO NOT SLEEP THROUGH A REVOLUTION. PLEASE RT this video"" @IMKristenBell
Kim Kardashian: ""#Kony2012 Wow just watched! What a powerful video! Stop Kony!!! RT @KendallJenner: please WATCH THIS"" @KimKardashian
Nicki Minaj: ""RT @KidsOfUganda: We hear the silent cries of Uganda. We see the invisible children of Uganda. #STOPKONY"" @NICKIMINAJ
Katie Couric: "@AlexisSharpie: #STOPKONY2012 Please RT for all the #invisiblechildren who are being forced to do horrible things in Africa!" @katiecouric
Lady Antebellum: ""Lady A'ers please take a moment watch this video from @Invisible Children. RT & share. #StopKony"" @ladyantebellum
Here's the video that most of the celebs attached in their tweets. If you haven't seen it already, take a moment and check it out.
KONY 2012 from INVISIBLE CHILDREN on Vimeo.
Source: InvisibleChildren


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