UPDATE: $10,000 matching for #zeroLRA OVER in three minutes
UPDATE: The first matching campaign for #zeroLRA was gone in just under three minutes. WOW. Here is a quick breakdown of who made up the $10,000: Laura Shkouratoff – $534 Monica Scanu – $102 Kristen Pedley – $5,000 Hayley Bengston – $50 Brenna Murphey – $529 Domenic Fish – $55 Nikki Gates – $50 Erica […]
Invisible Children responds to Expedition Kony
We have collaborated and worked with numerous NGOs, government officials, donors, civil society members, and foundations to implement effective, life-saving programs that contribute to the protection of civilians and an end to LRA violence. The LRA is currently being tracked by sophisticated multi-national military teams that in the past month have come closer than ever […]
Loosening Kony’s Grip: Effective Defection Strategies for Today’s LRA
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 […]
Common Good Exchange // Digitaria
In three short weeks, the 2013 Fourth Estate Summit will be taking place. The Summit will also be playing host to the Common Good Exchange, a feature of over 50 organizations and brands. The Common Good Exchange will give participants of the Summit the opportunity to build connections with top organizations and brands at the […]
Common Good Exchange // The Gr818ERS
We are so excited for the Common Good Exchange at the Fourth Estate Leadership Summit this August. The Gr818ERS (pronounced “great one-eighters”) are one of the organizations I’m most excited to see, among 40 other organizations and brands that will be there. The Common Good Exchange will give Summit attendees the opportunity to connect and learn from the […]
LRA Crisis Tracker Quarterly Security Brief
It’s been a quarter of a year since the last time an LRA security report was released. We know, time flies. Co-produced by The Resolve LRA Crisis Initiative and Invisible Children, the January – March 2013 Quarterly Security Brief analyzes patterns in LRA activity in the first three months of this year. The data is derived […]
Water is life
She drinks a glass of water. She fills a tub with clothes to scrub and rinses them out with water. She puts a pot of water on the stove to boil vegetables for dinner. Her six children tramp home covered in dust from school or playing with their friends, and she has set aside plastic […]
Kony’s Ivory: How Elephant Poaching in Congo Helps Support the LRA // IC Citizen
This week, Invisible Children, The Enough Project, and The Resolve LRA Crisis Initiative jointly released a new report highlighting evidence that the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) has been poaching elephants in the Democratic Republic of Congo, under Joseph Kony’s orders, and trafficking ivory as one means to sustain itself and resupply. The multimedia report, entitled Kony’s Ivory: How Elephant […]
Common Good Exchange // Girl Up
At this year’s Fourth Estate Summit, you can can learn about and connect with 40+ top brands at the Common Good Exchange. These organizations are championing social change around the world through a mix of passion, innovation, and global consciousness. One of those organizations is Girl Up, a campaign of the United Nations Foundation that aims to […]
Common Good Exchange // Blindfold Magazine
We’ll be honest – this is a double promotion. 1) We are very pleased to be able to partner with Blindfold Magazine for this summer’s Fourth Estate Summit as part of the Common Good Exchange. 2) We have a feature in the latest issue of the magazine about Invisible Children that we would love for […]