What our staff thinks is awesome
Our staff is awesome. By extension, what they think is awesome. Thus, we present to you: Youtube videos our staff thinks are awesome. Our CEO, Ben Keesey, mentioned in a staff meeting how much he liked this oldie but goodie. A classic video for a classy guy. Malorie, our Uganda Program Manager, may or may […]
Redeem the dream // The 50th anniversary of the March on Washington
“I am happy to join with you today in what will go down in history as the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation.” These words were spoken exactly 50 years ago today by Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. during the legendary March on Washington – a demonstration that remains in American history […]
TedxTalk Tuesdays / / The art of asking
We ask a lot of our supporters. In 2012, we asked you to make Joseph Kony famous, and you made him viral. At the 2013 Fourth Estate Summit, we asked you to pledge to fundraise for #zeroLRA – and not only did you promise to raise $2.4 million over the coming months, but you raised […]
What we’re reading / / a chat with Bob Goff, author of “Love Does”
Last Thursday, I was invited with a group of Invisible Children interns and Roadies to meet a local author for donuts. I had not heard of the author, but I knew exactly how I felt about donuts so I said yes (a thousand times yes). We showed up at a nondescript office building in San […]
Kun in America / / A letter from the winner of the 2013 Peace Award
Kunangbangate Belaha (Kun) traveled from his community in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to the U.S. for the first time to attend the 2013 Fourth Estate Summit. While at the Summit, Kun was awarded the 2013 Peace Award for his unwavering efforts to protect his village from LRA violence. On his last morning in […]
Clerk prevents school shooting by sharing her story
When a gunman walked into an elementary school near Atlanta, Georgia on Tuesday, Antoinette Tuff, a school clerk in the same building as the gunman, did not scream, plead, or call for help. She did not even duck under her desk for cover. Antoinette saw in the gunman’s eyes that he was prepared to kill […]
14-year-old activist stands up for GMO food labeling
Allow me to shatter your conception of teenagers by introducing you to Rachel Parent. At age 14, Parent has become an activist for the cause of GMO (genetically modified organisms) food labeling, founding the fundraiser Kids Right to Know GMO Walk. Most recently, Parent gained Internet fame – and international respect – for cooly debating […]
TedxTalk Tuesdays / / The Idea of Charity
As a new intern at Invisible Children, I am getting a crash course in Nonprofits 101 – how they form a mission, how they articulate their mission, and how they implement their mission on a shoestring budget (they don’t call them nonprofits for nothing). There are so many myths, expectations, and, frankly, fantasies about nonprofit […]
Supporter Spotlight / / Sofia Liberti
Sofia Liberti, a ten-year-old girl living in Germany, knows what it means to stop at nothing. After seeing the KONY 2012 video, Sofia spent a year sharing the documentary with anyone and everyone – her parents, her friends, her church, and even her school principal. Against the urgings of her parents to stop obsessing over […]
Fourth Estate Summit according to Instagram (Part III)
The 2013 Fourth Estate Summit ended too soon (the best things in life always do), but thankfully you took some stellar Instagrams that we can look at forever and always. Our livestream of the Summit is also on a continuous loop, so the possibilities for reliving the weekend are endless (cue Hallelujah chorus).