Blog Updates and inspiration

For the past year and a half, our world has seen more protests, revolutions and uprisings than ever before. It’s been a time of action, justice and change, and people around the world have been taking a stand to advocate for their right to live as free citizens in their own countries. Though so much […]

Our staff loves a good idea – no matter where it comes from. In a culture that highly values creativity and compassion, we’re always looking for inspiration. When we discovered what Mrs. Debra Barry and her class at Excelsior Middle School were doing, we knew they were on to something that encompassed our core values. […]

I had never been to a Congressional hearing before yesterday. The highlights: * The room was packed. It was standing room only by the time the event started. * Rep. Jim McGovern (D-MA), Chairman of the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission, presided over the hearing. I got the feeling that he really cares about this […]

Picking out music to drown my “inbox is so full I’m paralyzed” sorrows this morning just wasn’t happening. Nothing I was skimming through was working. I was getting highly frustrated because I needed some sort of new muse to get me motivated to get a move on this mountain of replies awaiting to be written*. […]

We are a generation who will not stand for the brutality against our brothers and sisters, wherever that may be. As a part of a global connectivity, there is a responsibility that flows from it. Invisible Children stands behind the Cinema for Peace Foundation in its release of “Siege on Syria”, a new short film […]

Last week, the Legacy Scholarship Program (LSP) held its third inter-regional volleyball tournament under the theme “sports as a tool for mentoring.” It was a one-of-a-kind tournament that saw students from LSP’s Pader and Gulu program areas converging onto one pitch. The students displayed skill, talent, determination and perseverance as they battled it out to win […]

Playing for Change is an organization who believes in connecting the world through music. As they made their way around the world they encountered love, hate, rich and poor, black and white, and many different religious groups and ideologies. It became clear to them that as a human race we need to transcend from the […]

Today Abbe Benoit and Sister Angelique will have the opportunity to speak before Congress on “The continuing human rights crisis in LRA-affected areas.” The hearing, hosted by the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission, is meant to assess continuing atrocities and gauge the impact of currently-deployed U.S. advisers in protecting civilians and disarming Joseph Kony and […]

The fall season has begun here at Invisible Children (we always like to do things before everybody else), which means you can now officially request a fall tour screening of our newest film. And who better to assist you in the process than our wonderful Team Leaders. The 20 Team Leaders (TLs) for the fall […]

Over the past few years we have all witnessed the toppling of dictators and regimes across the world. Where has the credit been given for these movements? Most of the time, it’s been given to masses of concerned individuals, many of whom use social media. Because of this, it stands to reason that criminals, dictators, […]