Fourth Estate Summit // behind the design
Our second-annual Fourth Estate Leadership Summit is fast approaching. We’re beyond excited to have 1,400 young activists and educators from all over the world gather at the UCLA campus this August to interact with experts and innovators in the fields of film, business, journalism, economics, and international justice. This meeting of minds will bring together […]
A Come Home message to Joseph Kony
In 2011, Invisible Children started working on FM Radio projects across central Africa that broadcast messages from family members and former LRA combatants to encourage current LRA soldiers to peacefully surrender. The group of 28 women and children who recently defected confirmed listening to the Come Home programs that our newest supported project, UBC Radio, broadcasts from Kampala and […]
Heroes get remembered but legends never die // a tribute to John Cleaver Kelly
Today we honor the memory of former Roadie John Kelly, who passed away on March 28, 2011. Below is a documentary about his life and is told through the words of his family, friends, and his own personal journals. The film was directed and narrated by his close friend John Tessitore. “I loved John. John loved […]
ON LOCATION // The ultimate field trip
I recently had the amazing opportunity to travel to Gulu, Uganda with my work wife/partner in crime/cohort/other staff writer, Azy. For 10 days we toured Invisible Children’s Recovery programs, met with our communications team at our IC Uganda office, and loved it all despite hazardous roads and mosquitoes being obsessed with us (we think it’s because […]
From The Resolve blog: Impacting progress against the LRA
The below blog was written by our friends at The Resolve LRA Crisis Initiative and discusses how the international community needs to make sure that recent changes to government in Central African Republic (CAR) does not impact progress made against the LRA. Could upheaval in CAR spell the end for operations against the LRA? A violent […]
The right attitude and one arm
The below post was contributed by Liz Allen, IC’s Director of Information Systems. “We are limited by our beliefs.” Last week I went to see the Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour all four evenings it played at the San Diego Natural History Museum. If you like films, the outdoors, or revel in humans pushing themselves past […]
Today is World Water Day!
Let’s talk about water. It is a basic necessity central to human existence and it may seem inconceivable to imagine living without it. But the UN reports that 783 million people do not have access to clean water and almost 2.5 billion do not have access to adequate sanitation. What? Since 1993 there has been […]
Proof that the world can change when we speak up
Using marketing & media to change the course of history. Something we know a little bit about… The film No premiered on limited screens in February 2013 and was nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar at the 85th Academy Awards. The movie centers around René Saavedra, an ad executive in 1988 who comes up with […]
Making it a night to remember
Raise your virtual hand if you attended your high school prom. People tend to recount their prom experience for years & years afterwards (fine, I’m one of those people) and the big night has become more or less a rite of passage. Before graduating onto college loans and rent and bills comes a night full […]
If you build it, they will come // Gulu classroom completed
Lacor Secondary School, one of the 11 partner schools in Invisible Children’s Schools for Schools program, recently got a new addition. Construction has been completed on a two-classroom block that can accommodate 120 students. The ribbons were cut and the keys handed over during a festive celebration on a sunny day in Gulu (but more on […]