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JASON: Right now there
are more people on Facebook

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than there were on the planet
200 years ago.

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Humanity's greatest desire
is to belong and connect.

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And now we see each other.

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We hear each other.

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-WOMAN: Grandpa, I love you.
-BOY: I love you.

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WOMAN: Why --
Why won't it take a picture?

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JASON:
We share what we love,

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and it reminds us
what we all have in common.

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WOMAN: Out alive and well
after 7 1/2 days.

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BOY:
If you believe in yourself,

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you will know how
to ride a bike!

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Rock and roll!

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WOMAN: So, now, technically,
your device is on.

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-WOMAN: #2: [ Laughs ]
-WOMAN: Can you tell?

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Oh, that's exciting.

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JASON:
And this connection is changing
the way the world works.

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Governments
are trying to keep up.

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[ Indistinct chanting ]

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And older generations
are concerned.

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GIGOT: Many people are
very concerned about tomorrow

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because they could get worse
next year.

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JASON:
The game has new rules.

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The next 27 minutes
are an experiment.

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But in order for it to work,
you have to pay attention.

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[ Monitor beeping ]

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NURSE: Oh, he's cute.
He's really cute.

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Wow.

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DOCTOR:
Congratulations.

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MOM: I can hear him.

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[ Baby crying ]

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JASON: Every single person
in the world started this way.

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He didn't choose where
or when he was born.

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But because he's here,
he matters.

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Yeah.

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My name is Jason Russell,
and this is my son, Gavin.

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[ Slides clicking ]

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He loves jumping
on the trampoline,

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being a ninja, and dancing.

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What are you doing?

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GAVIN:
Making a snow angel.

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-JASON: How do you do that?
-GAVIN: You do this.

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♪ Dee-dee-dee, dee-dee-dee,
dee-dee-dee-dee-dee ♪

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JASON: And just like his dad,
he likes being in movies...

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Action.

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GAVIN: Look out!
Look out, people!

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Run! It's a bomb!

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JASON:
...and making movies.

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GAVIN:
Daddy, watch this.

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JASON: But he was born into
a pretty complicated world.

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And as a dad, I want him to grow
up in a better world than I did.

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And because of the course
of events in my life,

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I see a way to get there.

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It has become my job.

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Who are you to end a war?

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I'm here to tell you
who are you not to.

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Hey, Gavin. What's up?

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Years before Gavin was born,

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the course of my life was
changed entirely by another boy.

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And who's this right here?

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GAVIN: Jacob.

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JASON: Who's Jacob?

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GAVIN:
Jacob is our friend in Africa.

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JASON:
It's been almost 10 years since
Jacob and I became friends.

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[ Laughter ]

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It's okay.

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They're nice 'cause
they're different than sharks.

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But when my friends and I
first met him

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in Uganda in Central Africa,

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it was in very different
circumstances.

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He was running for his life.

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-MAN: You go to school here?
-JACOB: Yes.

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MAN: Yes. That's how you know
English so well.

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-JACOB: I know.
-MAN: Yeah.

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How many nights
have you stayed here?

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JASON:
The night I first met Jacob,

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he told me what he and other
children in northern Uganda

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were living through.

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This is absurd.

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Hmm.

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After spending a few weeks
with Jacob,

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he told me something
I would never forget.

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He told me more
about his brother

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and what he would say to him
if he were still alive.

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-Hmm?
-JACOB: [ Sobbing ]

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JASON: Everything in my heart
told me to do something.

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And so I made him a promise.

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JACOB: Yes.

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JASON: Hmm?

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We're going to stop them.

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I made that promise to Jacob
not knowing what it would mean.

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But now I do.

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Over the past nine years,
I have fought to fulfill it,

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and the fight has led me here,
to this movie you're watching,

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because that promise
is not just about Jacob or me.

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It's also about you.

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And this year, 2012, is the year
that we can finally fulfill it.

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And if we succeed, we change
the course of human history.

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But time is running out.

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To level with you, this movie
expires on December 31, 2012,

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and its only purpose is to stop
the rebel group the LRA

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and their leader, Joseph Kony.

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And I'm about to tell you

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exactly how
we're going to do it.

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[ Up-tempo music plays ]

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So, the thing is,
my son, Gavin, has never --

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I've never really explained
to him what I do.

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He knows I work in Africa,

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but he doesn't know what the war
is about or who Joseph Kony is,

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so I'm gonna explain it to him
for the first time today.

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That's what we're doing.

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-So, Gav.
-GAVIN: Yeah.

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-JASON: Are you ready?
-GAVIN: Yeah.

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JASON: I'm gonna ask you
some questions.

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And you can just look at me
and answer the questions to me.

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GAVIN:
I'm kind of nervous.

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JASON:
What do I do for a job?

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GAVIN: You stop the bad guys
from being mean.

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JASON:
Who are the bad guys?

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GAVIN: Um...

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JASON: Do you know
where they --

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GAVIN:
"Star Wars" people.

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-JASON: "Star Wars" people?
-GAVIN: Yeah.

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-JASON: Those are the bad guys?
-GAVIN: Yeah.

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JASON: Can I tell you
the bad guy's name?

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GAVIN: Yeah.

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JASON: This is the --
This is the guy, Joseph Kony.

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GAVIN:
He's the bad guy?

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JASON: Yeah.

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-Who's this?
-GAVIN:Jacob.

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JASON: Joseph Kony --
He has an army, okay?

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And what he does

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is he takes children
from their parents

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and he gives them a gun to shoot

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and he makes them shoot
and kill other people.

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GAVIN: But they're not
gonna do what he says

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because they're nice guys,
right?

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JASON: Yeah, they don't
want to do what he says,

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but he forces them
to do bad things.

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What do you think
about that?

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-GAVIN: It's sad.
-JASON: Mm.

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I couldn't explain to Gavin

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the details of what Joseph Kony
really does.

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Because the truth is,

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Kony abducts kids
just like Gavin.

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For 26 years, Kony
has been kidnapping children

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into his rebel group, the LRA...

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...turning the girls
into sex slaves...

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...and the boys
into child soldiers.

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He makes them mutilate
people's faces.

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And he forces them
to kill their own parents.

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And this is not
just a few children.

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It's been over 30,000 of them.

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And Jacob
was one of those children.

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As if Kony's crimes
aren't bad enough,

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he is not fighting
for any cause,

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but only to maintain his power.

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He is not supported by anyone,

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and he has repeatedly
used peace talks

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to rearm and murder
again and again.

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This is the head prosecutor

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for the International
Criminal Court.

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In 2002,
when the court was started,

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their job was to find
and demand the arrest

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of the world's worst criminals.

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Although there are
a lot of warlords,

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murderers, and dictators
in the world,

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the perversity of Kony's crimes

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made him first
on the court's list.

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What do you think
we should do about him?

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GAVIN:
We should stop him.

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JASON:
We should stop who?

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GAVIN: Him.

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JASON: It's obvious
that Kony should be stopped.

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The problem is, 99% of the
planet doesn't know who he is.

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If they knew, Kony would have
been stopped long ago.

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When my friends and I
came home from Uganda,

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we thought that
if the government knew,

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they would do something
to stop him.

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But everyone in Washington
we talked to

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said there is no way
the United States

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will ever get involved

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in a conflict
where our national security

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or financial interests
aren't at stake.

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PRENDERGAST:
No administration --
Republican, Democrat,

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Obama, Bush, Clinton,
doesn't matter --

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would do enough

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because it's simply not
an important-enough issue

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on the radar screen
of American foreign policy.

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JASON: Since the government
said it was impossible,

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we didn't know what else to do
but tell everyone we could

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about Jacob
and the invisible children.

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Show this movie
to as many people as possible

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in such a way
that we can't be ignored.

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And when we did,
people were shocked,

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and their awareness
turned into action.

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We started something --
a community.

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WOMAN: I have friends that have
been living in this conflict

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their entire life.

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Fight for that because that is
what is gonna change this world,

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and that is what defines us.

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JASON: We got creative,
and we got loud.

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ALL: It's not over!
It's not over! It's not over!

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JASON: And as the LRA began
to move into other countries,

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Jacob and other Ugandans
came to the U.S.

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to speak on behalf of all people
suffering because of Kony.

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Even though Uganda
was relatively safe,

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they felt compelled
to tell the world

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that Kony was still out there
and had to be stopped.

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We built a community
around the idea

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that where you live shouldn't
determine whether you live.

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We were committed to stop Kony

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and rebuild
what he had destroyed.

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And because we couldn't wait
for institutions

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or governments to step in,
we did it ourselves

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with our time, talent,
and money.

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So we rebuilt schools.

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We created jobs.

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And we built
an early warning radio network

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on the front line of the war

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to protect villages
from rebel attacks.

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MAN: To update real time
what's happening on a war zone

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8,000 miles away.

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JASON: All of this was funded
by an army of young people

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who put their money
toward their belief

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in the value of all human life.

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They gave a few dollars a month
of what little they had

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to a program called TRI

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and proved
that a bunch of littles

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could make a big difference.

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And as a result,
the unseen became visible.

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♪ Stars hide your fires ♪

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♪ These here are my desires ♪

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♪ And I won't give them up
to you this time around ♪

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♪ And so ♪

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♪ But you... ♪

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♪ ...rightfully mine ♪

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JASON: So, with hundreds of
thousands of people with us,

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we went back
to Washington, D.C.,

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and we met with congressmen
and senators one by one

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on both sides --
Republicans, Democrats --

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and they all agreed with us.

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Joseph Kony's crimes
had to be stopped.

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INHOFE: With all the problems
that are out there,

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none is more severe
than one that -- that mutilates

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and takes the lives
of little kids.

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DAVIS:
These young members of the
Invisible Children Organization

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know that no child
should live in fear

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of being abducted or killed.

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McGOVERN:
So they were determined
to become their voice.

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They realized that these
African children and families

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were invisible
to Washington policymakers.

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So they decided
to make them visible.

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JASON: And what I was told
would never happen

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suddenly became possible.

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"In furtherance
of the Congress's stated policy,

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"I have authorized
a small number of U.S. forces

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"to deploy to Central Africa

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"to provide assistance
to regional forces

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"that are working toward
the removal

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"of Joseph Kony
from the battlefield.

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Sincerely, Barack Obama."

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[ Cheers and applause ]

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RICE: Through advice
and assistance --

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not putting Americans
into combat --

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to help the countries
of the region

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end this threat
once and for all.

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And that was
a worthwhile investment.

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[ Cheers and applause ]

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[ Ululating ]

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JASON:
After eight years of work,

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the government finally heard us.

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And in October of 2011,
a hundred American advisers

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were sent into Central Africa
to assist the Ugandan army

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in arresting Kony
and stopping the LRA.

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It was the first time in history

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that the United States
took that kind of action

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because the people demanded it.

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Not for self-defense,
but because it was right.

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We've come so far.

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But Kony is still out there.

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He's recently changed
his tactics,

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making it even more difficult
to capture him.

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And international support
could be removed at any time.

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It's hard to look back
on some parts of human history.

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Because when we heard
about injustice,

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we cared,
but we didn't know what to do.

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Too often we did nothing.

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But if we're going
to change that,

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we have to start somewhere,

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so we're starting here
with Joseph Kony

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because now we know what to do.

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Here it is. Ready?

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In order for Kony
to be arrested this year,

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the Ugandan military
has to find him.

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In order to find him,

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they need
the technology and training

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to track him in the vast jungle.

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That's where
the American advisers come in.

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But in order for the American
advisers to be there,

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the U.S. government
has to deploy them.

00:22:02.001 --> 00:22:05.001
They've done that, but if
the government doesn't believe

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that people care
about arresting Kony,

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the mission will be canceled.

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In order for the people to care,
they have to know.

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And they will only know
if Kony's name is everywhere.

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This is the dream.

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Kony arrested
for all the world to see,

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and the abducted children
returned home.

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-Here's the biggest problem.
-GAVIN: Yeah.

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JASON: Do you want to know
what it is?

00:22:36.000 --> 00:22:40.001
-GAVIN: Yeah.
-JASON: Nobody knows who he is.

00:22:40.001 --> 00:22:44.000
GAVIN: Nobody knows, but --
but I know who he is

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because I see him
on this picture right now.

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JASON: He's not famous.

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He's invisible.
Joseph Kony's invisible.

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Here is how we're
going to make him visible.

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We are going to make Joseph Kony
a household name

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not to celebrate him, but to
bring his crimes to the light.

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And we are starting this year,
2012.

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We are targeting
20 culture makers

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and 12 policymakers
to use their power for good.

00:23:16.000 --> 00:23:18.001
Let's start
with the 20 culture makers.

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Celebrities, athletes, and
billionaires have a loud voice,

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and what they talk about
spreads instantly.

00:23:37.000 --> 00:23:40.001
If our goal
is to get Kony's name known,

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the known should join us.

00:23:42.000 --> 00:23:44.000
We are targeting
20 of the most diverse

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and influential culture makers
to speak out about Kony

00:23:48.001 --> 00:23:50.000
and make him famous.

00:23:50.000 --> 00:23:51.000
-MAN: Oprah.
-WOMAN: Mark Zuckerberg.

00:23:51.000 --> 00:23:53.001
-MAN #2: Ryan Seacrest.
-WOMAN #2: Bono.

00:23:53.001 --> 00:23:55.000
JASON: Then we're going
after policymakers --

00:23:55.000 --> 00:23:59.000
the ones that have the authority
to see Kony captured.

00:23:59.000 --> 00:24:02.000
They decide
if the advisers stay or leave.

00:24:02.000 --> 00:24:05.000
So we need to remind them
that in this election year

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of fighting and name-calling,
no matter what side you're on,

00:24:09.000 --> 00:24:13.000
this is something
we can all agree on.

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FEINGOLD:
If a senator or congressman
notices 25 phone calls

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on any issue on any given day,
it is noted.

00:24:18.001 --> 00:24:21.001
PRENDERGAST: When citizens
by the hundreds of thousands

00:24:21.001 --> 00:24:24.001
start demanding that
our government do something,

00:24:24.001 --> 00:24:27.001
suddenly it becomes
in the national interest

00:24:27.001 --> 00:24:30.000
of the United States government
to respond to this problem.

00:24:30.000 --> 00:24:32.000
JASON: We've identified
the 12 policymakers

00:24:32.000 --> 00:24:35.000
that could change the game
regarding Kony,

00:24:35.000 --> 00:24:37.001
so we're targeting them.

00:24:37.001 --> 00:24:40.000
On our Website, we've made
it easy to write them directly,

00:24:40.000 --> 00:24:43.000
call them, meet with them,
and get their attention.

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If my son were kidnapped
and forced to kill,

00:24:46.000 --> 00:24:48.001
it would be all over the news.

00:24:48.001 --> 00:24:51.000
So we are making Kony world news

00:24:51.000 --> 00:24:55.001
by redefining the propaganda
we see all day, every day

00:24:55.001 --> 00:24:58.000
that dictates who
and what we pay attention to.

00:24:58.000 --> 00:25:01.000
FAIREY:
A lot of people feel powerless
to communicate their ideas.

00:25:01.000 --> 00:25:04.001
They think that, "Okay,
you know, I'm not a corporation.

00:25:04.001 --> 00:25:07.001
"I don't own my own magazine
or news station.

00:25:07.001 --> 00:25:08.000
I just don't have any say."

00:25:08.000 --> 00:25:10.001
But seeing what I've done,

00:25:10.001 --> 00:25:12.001
I think it's empowered
a lot of people to realize

00:25:12.001 --> 00:25:14.000
that one individual
can make an impact.

00:25:14.000 --> 00:25:16.001
And I actually
want to demystify and say,

00:25:16.001 --> 00:25:17.000
"Here are these
really simple tools.

00:25:17.000 --> 00:25:19.001
Go out and rock it."

00:25:19.001 --> 00:25:22.001
JASON: And that's just
what we intend to do.

00:25:22.001 --> 00:25:25.001
♪ I can't stop ♪

00:25:25.001 --> 00:25:30.000
JASON: Our goal is to change
the conversation of our culture

00:25:30.000 --> 00:25:33.001
and get people to ask,
"Who is Joseph Kony?"

00:25:33.001 --> 00:25:36.000
We have printed hundreds
of thousands of posters,

00:25:36.000 --> 00:25:40.000
stickers, yard signs, and fliers
that are right now, today,

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being put up in major cities
all over the world.

00:25:44.000 --> 00:25:46.000
We have thousands
of "Kony 2012" bracelets

00:25:46.000 --> 00:25:49.001
that we want everyone to wear
this year only.

00:25:50.001 --> 00:25:53.001
Each bracelet
has a unique I.D. number.

00:25:53.001 --> 00:25:57.001
Input that number and you enter
the mission to make Kony famous.

00:25:57.001 --> 00:25:59.001
You can geotag your posters

00:25:59.001 --> 00:26:02.000
and track your impact
in real time.

00:26:02.000 --> 00:26:06.001
Everything you need is in a box
called the Action Kit.

00:26:06.001 --> 00:26:09.001
It has two bracelets -- one
for you and one to give away.

00:26:09.001 --> 00:26:12.000
And if you want to help fund
our lifesaving programs,

00:26:12.000 --> 00:26:15.000
donate a few dollars
a month through TRI

00:26:15.000 --> 00:26:18.001
and you can have the Action Kit
for free.

00:26:18.001 --> 00:26:20.001
Start making Kony famous today,

00:26:20.001 --> 00:26:24.000
but all of these efforts
will culminate on one day --

00:26:24.000 --> 00:26:27.001
April 20th --
when we cover the night.

00:26:27.001 --> 00:26:30.000
This is the day
when we will meet at sundown

00:26:30.000 --> 00:26:32.001
and blanket every street

00:26:32.001 --> 00:26:34.000
in every city
till the sun comes up.

00:26:34.000 --> 00:26:37.001
We will be smart,
and we will be thorough.

00:26:37.001 --> 00:26:39.001
The rest of the world
will go to bed Friday night

00:26:39.001 --> 00:26:42.000
and wake up to hundreds
of thousands of posters

00:26:42.000 --> 00:26:44.001
demanding justice
on every corner.

00:26:44.001 --> 00:26:51.001
♪ I can't stop ♪

00:26:51.000 --> 00:26:58.000
♪ I can't stop ♪

00:26:58.001 --> 00:27:00.000
♪ I can't stop ♪

00:27:04.001 --> 00:27:08.000
JASON: It's always been that
the decisions made by the few

00:27:08.000 --> 00:27:10.000
with the money and the power

00:27:10.000 --> 00:27:12.000
dictated the priorities
of their government

00:27:12.000 --> 00:27:15.000
and the stories in the media.

00:27:15.000 --> 00:27:20.000
They determine the lives and the
opportunities of their citizens.

00:27:20.000 --> 00:27:23.001
But now there is something
bigger than that.

00:27:23.001 --> 00:27:26.001
The people of the world
see each other

00:27:26.001 --> 00:27:29.000
and can protect each other.

00:27:29.000 --> 00:27:32.001
It's turning the system
upside down,

00:27:32.001 --> 00:27:35.001
and it changes everything.

00:27:52.000 --> 00:27:56.000
We have reached
a crucial time in history

00:27:56.000 --> 00:28:01.001
where what we do
or don't do right now

00:28:01.001 --> 00:28:03.001
will affect every generation
to come.

00:28:03.001 --> 00:28:07.001
Arresting Joseph Kony will prove

00:28:07.001 --> 00:28:09.001
that the world we live in
has new rules,

00:28:09.001 --> 00:28:13.000
that the technology that has
brought our planet together

00:28:13.000 --> 00:28:17.001
is allowing us to respond
to the problems of our friends.

00:28:23.001 --> 00:28:26.000
We are not just studying
human history.

00:28:26.000 --> 00:28:28.000
We are shaping it.

00:28:28.000 --> 00:28:31.001
At the end of my life,

00:28:31.001 --> 00:28:34.001
I want to say that the world
we've left behind

00:28:34.001 --> 00:28:37.001
is one that Gavin
can be proud of,

00:28:37.001 --> 00:28:41.000
a place that doesn't allow
Joseph Konys and child soldiers,

00:28:41.000 --> 00:28:45.000
a place where children,
no matter where they live,

00:28:45.000 --> 00:28:47.000
have a childhood free from fear.

00:28:47.000 --> 00:28:49.001
GAVIN:
I'm gonna be like you, Dad.

00:28:49.001 --> 00:28:51.000
JASON: When you grow up?

00:28:51.000 --> 00:28:52.000
-GAVIN: Yeah.
-JASON: Are you sure?

00:28:52.000 --> 00:28:56.000
GAVIN: I'm gonna come with you
to Africa.

00:28:56.000 --> 00:29:00.001
JASON: The better world we want
is coming.

00:29:00.001 --> 00:29:05.000
It's just waiting for us
to stop at nothing.

00:29:10.001 --> 00:29:14.000
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