Sweet Thursday: a book review
We are storytellers and to feed our mind, we feed it books. Book clubs around here are prevalent and this is a review of one of the latest selections. Let’s play word association. John Steinbeck, go. East of Eden. Grapes of Wrath. Of Mice and Men. If you’re a major Steinbeck fan, you just might […]
A place in the sun
One of the perks of having an office in San Diego is that our staff gets to surf in their downtime. Adam Finck, our Director of Programs for Central Africa and resident surf guru saw a Future Fins ad featuring two-time National Championship and two-time West Coast Championship surfer, John Mel, repping KONY 2012 on his board. […]
KONY 2012 at Mountainfilm
Every memorial day weekend, the tiny mountain town of Telluride, Colorado hosts a film festival called Mountainfilm. If I remember correctly, it was birthed from a pre-X-games love of action sports films, the kind that are a continuous slow motion montage of snow boarding flips, gnarly surf shredding, mountain biking down an erupting volcano, etc […]
Center Elikya nears completion
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. With thousands of kids facing trauma at the hands of the LRA over the the past 4 years in DR Congo, the need for highly-specialized care has been […]
Brace for impact
“And that is how change happens. One gesture. One person. One moment at a time.” -Libba Bray, The Sweet Far Thing After visiting the Holocaust Museum in Washington D.C. last summer, 17-year-old Braden Sweeney became intrigued that “there is still genocide occurring today” and decided he “wanted to make a difference in the world.” After […]
Reuters: The manhunt for Kony continues
Reuters: Africa published the below article about the ensuing manhunt for Joseph Kony. Abou Moussa, head of the U.N. Regional Office for Central Africa, is interviewed about Kony’s believed tactics, whereabouts, and the current strategy to find him. -Krista Uganda warlord Kony on the move as manhunt steps up -UN envoy By Louis Charbonneau UNITED […]
Kim II-Sung’s birthday party
North Korea is another important issue of global justice and an endless source of fascination. A pro-skater named Patrik Wallner filmed a video while he was there during the 100 year anniversary of the Great Leader & eternal president Kim II-Sung’s birthday. If you think anyone has ever thrown you a big party, think again. […]
Discovered: Wooster Collective
What’s ours is yours – so when we find cool things, we like to share them with you. Recently found: Wooster Collective, a website dedicated to pictures of street art found around the world. The art submitted is anything from wall murals to creative art projects to videos. They vary from extreme to innovative to […]
Unsung heroes of the KONY 2012 campaign
This is our version of a giant thank you note. Picture it accompanied with bunches of flowers & signatures from everyone at Invisible Children. When we think of the two months since the release of KONY 2012, several things come to mind: metaphorical explosions of the world, pulling all-nighters, and tears (happy & sad). And […]
Deep South: pictures & poetry
Howdy from the Deep South! When we started out on this journey we decided that our team motto would be “Life begins at the end of your comfort zone”. Little did we know that we would actually experience the meaning behind that phrase. We have learned how important it is to not only look beyond our comfort zones, […]