Peacebuilding and reconciliation meeting in Bangui, CAR
A cross-border civil society meeting was organized recently in Bangui, CAR to discuss strategies to stop the LRA. Initiated by the Regional Civil Society Task Force on LRA, leaders and civil society representatives from LRA-affected areas of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Central African Republic (CAR), and South Sudan, and members of the Gulu […]
Recap: Jason Russell on Oprah
Our Chief Creative Officer Jason Russell sat down with Oprah for his first on-air interview since March. No question was off-limits. Did you miss the Next Chapter episode? Fear not, we’re recapping it for you with excerpts. Oprah: The purpose of the film [KONY 2012] was what? Jason: It was actually birthed out of anger, […]
MOVE: what we aim to achieve
KONY 2012 showed the world that Joseph Kony and the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) must be stopped to set a new precedent for international justice and help people in central Africa find peace. In response, world leaders from U.S. President Barack Obama to UN Secretary General Ban ki-Moon made promises to help make it happen. […]
KONY 2012 campaign: the support of local leaders
We hold the local leaders from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Central African Republic (CAR), South Sudan, and Uganda in the highest regard. Their support of our yearlong KONY 2012 campaign has humbled us and proven that collaborative teamwork and mutual respect can literally change the course of history. Abbe Benoit Kinalegu – Director […]
MOVE press release
INVISIBLE CHILDREN ANNOUNCES RELEASE OF “MOVE” A MOVIE ABOUT A MOVIE ABOUT A MOVEMENT ABOUT YOU SAN DIEGO OCTOBER 05, 2012 – Invisible Children, a non-profit organization that seeks to stop atrocities committed by Joseph Kony and his Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) in Central Africa, today announced it will release “MOVE: A Movie About A […]
Uganda: Photo Friday
Richard, an Invisible Children Uganda site supervisor, stands on the second floor of his favorite project to date: the Gulu SS multipurpose hall. Schools for Schools (S4S) partners with 11 schools in northern Uganda to improve the quality of education through ‘hardware’ (construction) projects and ‘software’ (education) projects, like teacher trainings and a program to […]
Dumpster diving at its best
Carolina Fontoura Alzaga has taken the word “recycle” and given it a completely new meaning. Seriously. All of the chandeliers below are produced from old bicycle parts she found at garbage dumps all over Los Angeles. Who knew your old tricycle from 1987 could still serve a purpose? Check out the below interview with Carolina […]
Blessed are the peacemakers
With heavy hearts, our Invisible Children family pauses this week to honor and grieve the loss of one of our own, Sarah Joann Alleman, who tragically passed away on Sunday. Sarah, a Roadie during our Fall ’08 tour, was hit by a motorcyclist on Saturday in Grand Rapids, MI, and died from her injuries the […]
Visionaries
This week the Legacy Scholarship Program (LSP) and the Schools for Schools (S4S) teams joined forces to hold career guidance seminars at four partner schools. While in the past these sessions focused on LSP students, this time they were offered to all students in the targeted grade levels at the schools. This way, not only […]
Jason sits down with Oprah
What do you get when you mix Oprah, Jason Russell, and the OWN network? That’s right. Next Chapter on Sunday, October 7. Oprah is sitting down with our Chief Creative Officer Jason Russell to discuss Invisible Children, KONY 2012, and the whirlwind that culminated with his very public breakdown. She’s asking anything and everything and […]