Message the Secretary of State // with Twitter or without
Tweet John Kerry right now, and get your friends to do the same. John Kerry, pls prioritize solutions on CAR overthrow & stand by mission to arrest Kony @StateDept #kerrystopkony http://spr.ly/ker If you don’t have Twitter, send a message to the State Department: Topic: U.S. Foreign Policy, Africa Subject: Stand by LRA mission Dear Secretary Kerry, Please prioritize finding solutions […]
UPDATE // ACTION ALERT: Remind US and Uganda of commitment to arrest Kony
UPDATE: Everyone did such an incredible job tweeting the State Department yesterday. Our voices were heard, and the United States reaffirmed their commitment to stopping Joseph Kony and protecting civilians. Now our sights are set on the African Union for them to continue their counter-LRA efforts and ensure that civilians remain protected. Tweet away: .@_AfricanUnion: […]
Congress passes bill with $45 million to help arrest Joseph Kony // IC CITIZEN
Our IC|Citizen team is excited to report that earlier this week, Congress passed, and President Obama signed into law, budget legislation (known as a “continuing resolution”) that includes a special allocation of $45 million to support efforts to locate and arrest top LRA leaders. More specifically, these funds would likely go towards new intelligence and surveillance equipment […]
Photographing the call of adventure
Adventure is around every corner and for those who seek it, a clash of beauty and complication awaits. Exhibit A: Mike Broadie. After getting his hands on a Polaroid camera as a teenager, Mike’s passion for exploration led him on an adventure that changed his life. Fascinated by train-hopping communities, in 2002, 17-year-old Mike hopped on […]
The art of recycling
Pakistani sculptor Khalil Chishtee uses a unique medium for his work. Rather than clay, marble, or wood, Chishtee creates his life-like images using the remains of used trash bags, grocery bags, and even sheets. The result of this rare, but thought-provoking art form is a collection of stunningly realistic, three-dimensional images. Each unique sculpture shows a beautifully crafted and […]
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 […]
Mapping March Madness
March Madness is in full swing and I’m already near the bottom of our office bracket challenge. But if I believe in one thing during this tournament, it’s the underdog. So here’s to hoping things turn around. Michael Bailey, an economist on Facebook’s Data Science team, compiled an analysis of the more than 1 million Facebook user’s […]
Imposition | an audiovisual experience
Concerts are usually experienced in the masses but even in the largest of crowds, every audience member has a unique experience– the true beauty behind live music. In their second project together, musician Edisonnoside and visual artist Daniel Schwartz have clashed music and light projection together to recreate the concert experience in Imposition. What began as […]
Collaborating with the Congo
You probably wouldn’t know it by looking at them, but Pierce Freelon and his colleague Stephen Levitin are both professors at the University of North Carolina. Together they teach Beat Making Lab at the university, where students learn the basic skills needed to create and distribute beats for various genres including hip-hop. In addition to teaching, both men are […]
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 […]