Blog Updates and inspiration

Our partners at The Resolve LRA Crisis Initiative recently released a comprehensive report entitled “Loosening Kony’s Grip: Defection Strategies for Today’s LRA”. The report was written by Phil Lancaster, PhD and Ledio Cakaj and edited by Paul Ronan. As part of their research, they interviewed 22 former Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) combatants and abductees. The […]

Inspiration can come from anything, whether it be a good movie, a good meal, a good conversation, or anything in between. When one of our film editors, Jay Salbert, needed inspiration for the epic opening video of Fourth Estate Summit, he turned to the impressive work of filmmakers Salomon Ligthelm and Dan DiFelice. This talented duo […]

Because we’ve seen so much progress in the decrease of LRA violence in the past year, some leaders in Washington think we’ve now done enough. But enough doesn’t cut it. The mission is #zeroLRA. As we speak, these leaders are meeting to reevaluate counter-LRA operations and if those operations don’t get reinstated, we are blatantly abandoning communities in central Africa still targeted […]

We believe in the equal and inherent value of all human life. We believe that a worldview bound by borders is outdated and that stopping injustice anywhere is the responsibility of humanity everywhere. We call this ethos the Fourth Estate. AND IT BEGINS NOW. Over the next two weeks, we need you more than ever […]

This week we’re launching an urgent advocacy campaign aimed at Members of  the United States House of Representatives and U.S. President Barack Obama. After hearing word that the U.S. led counter-LRA operations were once again in jeopardy, we had no other choice but to act. We’ve come so far and to give up now, when we are […]

Baratunde Thurston is a man connected. In 2012 alone, the bestselling author, comedian, and CEO had a daily average of 4 Facebook posts, 32 Tweets, 163 Gmail conversations and 10 SMS threads. Collectively that’s 81,194 individual conversations or posts over the course of 365 days. A bit of technological gluttony by modest standards. Baratunde is not […]

We recently started a new tradition here at the office. At the beginning of our bi-weekly staff meetings, a member of our management team begins the gathering with a five-minute speech highlighting something they’ve learned or find interesting. Think of it as a mini-TED talk if you will. After exceptional speeches from CEO Ben Keesey, […]

In the words of Jeffrey Gettleman, “Africa is in the midst of an epic elephant slaughter.” In a report released last week, Invisible Children and our partners at The Enough Project and The Resolve LRA Crisis Initiative offered a similar sentiment. The report, entitled “Kony’s Ivory: How Elephant Poaching in Congo Helps Support the Lord’s Resistance Army“, focuses solely on […]

Cassidy Myers spent two years with Invisible Children as a Roadie, then a Team Leader, and then as a member of our Austin Street Team during KONY 2012. Cassidy left Invisible Children this past December and is now living out her lifelong dream of working at Nike Headquarters in Portland, Oregon. The following is an […]

Meet James. He hails from Seattle. After graduating from the University of Washington with a degree in Biology he moved to San Diego to help us make films after seeing and an ad on Craigslist. Yes, Craigslist. The strange recruiting tactics seemed to have worked, because he’s been with us for nearly a year. I […]