Reblog // The unfinished business of the 1963 march on Washington
Interesting infographic via Upworthy:
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Reblog // The unfinished business of the 1963 march on Washington
Interesting infographic via Upworthy:
Reblog // Jay Naidoo on the vision of the Invisible Children
Jay Naidoo spoke at our Fourth Estate Leadership Summit on August 9th. He is the founding General Secretary of Cosatu, former Minister in Mandela Government, and Chair of a GAIN a Global Foundation Fighting malnutrition in the World. Below is an article he wrote for the Daily Maverick highlighting fellow Summit speaker Collines Angwech, as well […]
How I became a secret agent
PREFACE: The following occurred on the final night of the 2013 Fourth Estate Summit. And yes, it’s a true story. I was assigned to the actor/activist/speaker Don Cheadle. By “assigned” I mean I was put in charge of keeping him in my line of sight at all times to ensure he got onstage at the […]
C.J. Campbell receives the 2013 Action Award at the Fourth Estate Summit
Allow me introduce you to C.J. Campbell. A seemingly typical 26-year-old from Rockford, Illinois who enjoys such things as spoken word poetry, watching Fight Club, reading The Prophet, and eating falafels. But that is where any and all typical things end. Because extraordinary people just cannot be referred to as typical. Cerebral Palsy has confined […]
5 things I didn’t see coming at the Summit
As a staff member at Invisible Children, I witness the organized chaos that goes into putting on their events. And an event the sheer size and magnitude of the 2013 Fourth Estate Summit? Well it’s not for the faint of heart. The thought and manpower that went into pulling it off literally took a village. And […]
Reblog // Ugandan newspaper highlights Sunday Okello
The below article was recently published in the Ugandan newspaper, The Observer. As a former Invisible Children Legacy Scholarship Program beneficiary, Sunday Okello went from living in an internally displaced people’s (IDP) camp to heading to the United States to attend Franklin College in Indiana, where one international student each year is given a full-tuition scholarship. And you […]
Beat-Making in Fiji // bringing art and activism together
“I understand that I only have one life. I can’t go about it twice. That’s kind of what brought me to this point. I don’t want to be at 60 and regret having spent my whole life doing something that wasn’t really who I am.” And that’s how the first episode of Heartbeats of Fiji begins. […]
A world divided by walls
German photographer Kai Wiedenhöfer has seen a lot of walls over the past couple of decades. Beginning with the Berlin Wall, which he witnessed collapse in 1989, Kai has photographed many of the world’s most famous barriers, including the Peace Lines in Belfast, the DMZ between North and South Korea, and the U.S. & Mexico border. […]
Books everyone should read
I’m a reader. Books make me incredibly happy and I divide my time between reading new-ish stuff and throwback classics. I want a well-rounded brain, after all. Below is an infographic of classic books that are recommended must-reads (and by that I mean the source says these titles are the UK’s most borrowed library books). […]