Blog Updates and inspiration

We firmly believe that vulnerability breeds vulnerability. SoulPancake seems to believe the same. We’re watching, we’re crying, and now we’re sharing it with you because sometimes you just need to be reminded about the weight of words.

“Fast Track” is unlike any art installation I have ever seen, and all I want to do is jump for joy. Literally (jump being the key word.) Introducing the 170-foot long trampoline coming to you all the way from Nikola-Lenivets, Russia. I know what you all must be thinking – is this some kind of […]

Prepare yourselves – this blog has nothing to do with anything. I just finished Stories I Only Tell My Friends by Rob Lowe. Yes, the actor Rob Lowe wrote a book. And yes, it’s terrific. The book is so well-written that I kept checking the back of the book that says “…every word of which […]

Remember that presidential campaign? Even though the race was plagued with disagreements, it looks like lunch is something the former opponents could agree on. Meeting around 12:30 on Thursday afternoon, the former Republican nominee Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama shared lunch, their first meeting after the heated election. According to the Washington Post, press were barred from the meal. “Each man […]

London-based artist Slinkachu takes cues from everyday situations and, in plain sight, creates a new reality out of it. But without paying close enough attention, the hidden world could remain unseen. It’s easy to tune out our surroundings as we go about this journey called life, but in doing so we potentially miss out on the little […]

With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation’s wounds, to care for him who shall have born the battle and for his widow and his orphan, […]

From everyone here at Invisible Children, we’d like to applaud the team at Pencils of Promise. Here’s a little note that PoP’s founder Adam Braun posted on Facebook earlier this week: Pencils of Promise came about after its founder Adam Braun handed a pencil to a young boy. Embarking on a backpacking trip across 50 countries where […]

Traveling and reporting in more than 150 countries, Nicholas Krisof has covered a wide range of subjects. From writing for the New York Times to working on the PBS documentary Half the Sky to appearing in our newest film MOVE, Nicholas truly inspires and runs the gamut on all facets of journalism. When Fast Company‘s Rachael Chong recently interviewed […]

While Americans were eating turkey (or tofu turkey) on Thanksgiving day, many documented the day with that very popular smart phone app, Instagram. Users of the social media platform uploaded over 10 million Thanksgiving-themed photos. Getting logistics by using the captions, Instagram was able to track the millions of Thanksgiving-related posts. According to the bell graph above, about 226 photos per second […]

Here is a sneak peek of photos from MOVE:DC. Looking through the footage from the event makes us super nostalgic (Saturday feels like an hour ago and a year ago all at the same time.) The thousands of people who showed up, the positive energy they brought with them, and all the new best friendships […]