MOVE:DC – History in the Making
I don’t know if you realized, but this weekend at MOVE:DC will be monumental. Because of you, leaders are traveling to Washington, DC from all over the world to participate in the Global Summit on the LRA. In the past, similar meetings of world leaders have shaped history – both for bad and good – but MOVE:DC […]
MOVE:DC – it takes a village
The countdown is on. There are three days until the start of the largest, most complicated event Invisible Children has ever conducted, and we’re bringing the heat from every department. Our Movement department is still bringing in new registrants through phone calls, emails, and carrier pigeons. Our Art department has been working tirelessly on posters, […]
Centre Elikya in final phase of construction
Invisible Children has partnered with local leaders and international rehabilitation experts in northeastern DR Congo to develop the region’s first rehabilitation center for children affected by the LRA. Centre Elikya provides holistic care for children who have been abducted by the LRA and have suffered high-levels of trauma. Children receive psychosocial support as they return […]
We’re going to MOVE:DC
Collines, a university student in the Legacy Scholarship Program and the Director of Operations for Hope for Humans in Uganda is well aware of the power that advocacy has to change hearts and expand minds. She was an Invisible Children Roadie for the Frontline and Congo tours in 2011, and while she inspired many with […]
Vietnam Veterans Memorial 30 years later
Three decades ago, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington DC was officially dedicated on Nov. 13th 1982. Consisting of two reflective walls that span 246 feet long, the memorial’s ends point to the Washington Monument and the Lincoln Memorial. In Optima typeface, the names of over 58,ooo soldiers killed in the war are etched into the reflective granite surface. If you go […]
UPDATE // We’re on Team Summer
With heavy hearts we say goodbye to Summer Dale who passed away last Sunday. We were honored to be part of her story. ____________ Summer Dale seems like your average teen: she attends high school, loves animals, and her favorite hobbies are photography, modeling, and horseback riding. But what’s not average about her: she’s a […]
The LXD is more than a dance group
One of our MOVE:DC special guests is not just a dance group. They’re a dance group shaped by culture, the internet and sometimes Maximus Prime. Inspired by Michael Jackson’s music videos and his work on Step Up 2: The Streets, Jon Chu started to write, direct and produce a web series about two rival dance groups. While not calling himself a choreographer, Jon […]
Legacy Scholarship: measuring progress
Mentors for Invisible Children Uganda’s (ICU) Legacy Scholarship Program (LSP) work full time following up with students and helping them to navigate the challenges they face as they pursue secondary and university education. Last week the ICU Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) team sat down with mentors to train them on how to record quantitative and […]
Veterans Day – honoring all who served
Today the United States celebrates Veterans Day – a day set aside to honor all U.S. armed service veterans and ensure that they know we deeply appreciate the sacrifices they have made to keep our country free. “This nation will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of […]
Nurse Alphonse at Centre Elikya in Dungu
Since January of 2011, Invisible Children has been working diligently with its partners to establish the very first rehabilitation center in DR Congo focused on LRA-affected youth. Centre Elikya is currently in its final phase of construction, and serving 53 youth with psychosocial treatment. Meet Alphonse, a Central African nurse who traveled to Dungu to shadow […]