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This August, during the Fourth Estate Leadership Summit, more than 40 organizations will join Invisible Children for the Common Good Exchange in Los Angeles. The event is a unique opportunity for participants to engage with and learn from some of the most important organizations in the world. One the organizations that we’re proud to partner with is […]

This August, Invisible Children is proud to partner with more than 40 organizations for the Common Good Exchange. This unique event will take place during the Fourth Estate Leadership Summit in Los Angeles and will be an incredible opportunity for participants to engage with some of the top brands in the non-profit industry, learn about various causes, and discover […]

Over the past few years, social entrepreneurship has elevated the standards for commerce and sustainability. With varying models, many social organizations base there work on a 1 for 1 model – selling goods and investing proceeds back into communities. Taking an amplified approach to the 1 for 1 model, our friends at Project 7 invest proceeds from each of its sold products into […]

Carlie Frye, an English and Religious Studies teacher at San Joaquin Memorial High School in Fresno, CA is joining us this summer at our Fourth Estate Leadership Summit. She is one of several hundred educators that are attending the four-day event to discuss the future of learning, hear from leaders in the field, and help Invisible […]

Born out of the phenomenal global response to the Caine’s Arcade short film, the Imagination Foundation was established to find, foster, and fund creativity and entrepreneurship in kids. Their goal is to give kids the tools to build the things they imagine, and to imagine the world they can build. And that is precisely what Imagination Foundation is […]

The number of organizations participating in the Common Good Exchange at the Fourth Estate Summit this summer is almost as daunting as the quality of their work. We’re hosting the first event to ever convene all of these companies for good under one (quite large) roof, and the excitement about that fact is ever-increasing. Pencils […]

Noah Gundersen is our first confirmed artist ambassador to the Fourth Estate Summit this August. Invisible Children would be nothing without talented musicians who keep us inspired to “fight the good fight,” as they say. Thus, an Invisible Children event would not happen without some incredible musical offerings. That’s where Seattle’s Noah Gundersen comes into […]

Calcutta-born Sugata Mitra has been defying the odds since birth. Statistically, very few people born in Calcutta make it above the poverty line, much less out of the Indian city. Mitra has done both. Currently a visiting professor at MIT, Mitra is revolutionizing primary education. Mitra recently received a $1 million TED Prize for his work to improve education […]

Rock the Vote is an organization dedicated to building the political power of young people by engaging them in the electoral process, urging politicians to pay attention to issues that matter to young voters, and protecting their fundamental right to vote. They are one of many organizations coming on board for the Common Good Exchange, […]

Sometimes all you need is a jump start to pursue your dreams. Luckily, this summer, we’re bringing activists from around the world to our Fourth Estate Leadership Summit, providing them with tools to make a difference in the world and in their own communities. Complete with breakout sessions, workshops, new Invisible Children media, and dance […]