 The " Cover the Night " event took place worldwide on April 20 , 2012 and was to be conducted by supporters who were encouraged to perform some sort of charity work that morning in their local community . Then , that evening , they were to post flyers and posters throughout their city for the Kony 2012 campaign . The turnout for the event worldwide was much smaller than initially expected , with no organized spots officially announced and much fewer people attending than had pledged to attend . A tweet from Invisible Children stated , " There is no official meet @-@ up as we are asking people to act locally with friends + family [ sic ] in their neighborhoods . " One gathering in Vancouver had only 17 people ; another in Brisbane had fewer than 50 attendees . In Kelowna , British Columbia several signs and posters were put up , including two large banners that were " placed on both sides of the pedestrian overpass " . In Canberra , several Facebook groups resulted in a few gatherings of two or three people each ; Pierre Johannessen , a " law firm partner who runs a charity for disadvantaged children " , distributed around 3 @,@ 000 posters to the groups to be put up throughout the city . In Phoenix , 200 posters were put up by " college students and other people in their teens and 20s " , along with a number of chalk and stencil messages . 
