2 life lessons from Samantha Power
Samantha Power is a boss. Not only is she an Invisible Children supporter and human rights activist, but she’s also the United States Ambassador to the United Nations (no big deal). Last week, Ambassador Power spoke to the graduates of Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government in Boston, MA. That was a mouth […]
Reblog // Can women save South Sudan?
Is peace possible? Here at Invisible Children, we answer that question with a resounding “yes.” We’re investing in the best strategies to end Africa’s longest-running conflict, and we dream of a world where violence isn’t the only solution. This article by Karin Zeitvogel from Voice of America caught our attention, because it promotes female leadership […]
Writing a new chapter // Meet the summer communications team
If you don’t live in San Diego (read as: if you experience four seasons instead of one), then you know that a new season means new changes. This season the weather is getting warmer, students are out for the summer, the days are getting longer, and most importantly, our summer interns have arrived. We are […]
Invisible Children celebrates the life of Maya Angelou
Inspiration at Invisible Children can sometimes seem like a river that never runs dry. Motivating stories, quotes, movies and books are more often than not floating around our office, and revitalizing the way we see the world. However, with the coming and going of fads, Maya Angelou has, season after season, remained a very special and unique influence at […]
A letter from Ben Keesey on Boko Haram and the LRA
For the past week I have been out in Uganda working with our Africa leadership team on program strategy, budgets, and operations. It is in these planning meetings where organizational development occurs and where new plans are created. It was in one of these sessions four years ago that our teams agreed to expand our […]
Mend // It’s not the end, it’s a new beginning
As the Mend program comes to a close, its beneficiaries are models of empowerment. This is a story about 22 war-affected mothers who utilized skills training and education to improve their quality of life, invest in a sustainable future, and grow as leaders within their families and communities. “I am no longer staying in that […]
From the long road south // Jedidiah’s updates from his bike trip to Patagonia, Entry #6
Choose your own adventure – Colombia and Ecuador Maybe the question I get most frequently doing this trip is: ‘how did you plan for a trip like this? I am dreaming up something similar and don’t know where to start.’ The answer is: I chose a destination, a time frame, and beyond that, pretty much […]
On the radar: LRA abducts almost entire community in CAR, and 7 in DRC
The regional dry season in central Africa has historically seen spikes in LRA activity during which the rebel group becomes desperate for food and resorts to more frequent and aggressive looting of communities. Over the last week, groups of LRA in CAR and DRC carried out significant raids on civilians. The incidents: April 25th: At […]
Beyoncé, Hillary Clinton and Sister Rosemary Nyirumbe
Question: what do Beyoncé , Hillary Clinton, and Sister Rosemary Nyirumbe have in common? Answer: this year, they all made it on to Time magazine’s 100 most influential list. Sister Rosemary has spent 30 years serving in the epicentre of violent wars in South Sudan and Uganda. She ‘openly defied’ Joseph Kony while he was committing […]
Monday Mini Mixtape aprilTWO
Happy Monday! Time for a lil mixtape. Each track here has it’s own specific quality that’ll make you take notice. Obviously there’s a ton of stellar songs being discovered every day, but these particular ones have a “special something”, making them stand out in a string of songs. In that case, when they’re put in […]