KONY 2012 at Mountainfilm
Every memorial day weekend, the tiny mountain town of Telluride, Colorado hosts a film festival called Mountainfilm. If I remember correctly, it was birthed from a pre-X-games love of action sports films, the kind that are a continuous slow motion montage of snow boarding flips, gnarly surf shredding, mountain biking down an erupting volcano, etc […]
Bryce Avary of The Rocket Summer // New Record TODAY
Our great friend and long-time Invisible Children supporter, Bryce Avary of the band The Rocket Summer, independently released his newest record today. Called Life Will Write The Words, the album features a song entitled “Solider”, which is quickly becoming a sort-of anthem in our office today. Bryce had this to say today in a conversation about […]
Center Elikya nears completion
Since January of 2011, Invisible Children has been working diligently with its partners to establish the very first rehabilitation center in DR Congo focused on LRA-affected youth. With thousands of kids facing trauma at the hands of the LRA over the the past 4 years in DR Congo, the need for highly-specialized care has been […]
Cleaning up the town
Normally Saturdays are for staying at home and relaxing, but not for the Invisible Children Uganda staff gathered at the main street round about in Gulu town to take part in the “Plant a Tree and Keep Gulu Clean Campaign” that started in May. A cloud of rising dust welcomed travelers into Gulu that afternoon […]
MEGA Monday Mini Mixtape
MMMs have been a little wonky the past few weeks. Mixtapes were coming out on Wednesdays… Kenny allowed Naser-Hall to include hip-hop on a mix… sheer chaos, clearly. If you are having any kind of abnormal side affects or symptoms, please talk to your doctor immediately. Then stock pile all the mixes you’ve missed this […]
$10M authorized by U.S. Congress
Sometimes – when you ask nicely – U.S. Congress makes $10 million available for protecting families at risk of LRA attacks. That’s good money. Thanks to everyone out there who called, tweeted, or met with their Members of Congress. Nice work. Check out Resolve’s blog post about it. Resolve is our partner in KONY 2012 […]
IC//NYC Review: Julia Stone Album Launch Party
[Photos by Abigail Finck] I first heard of Australian musician Julia Stone during the summer of 2011. I was living in Kentucky trying to avoid any and all things during the horrifically humid days, thus I lived online – scouring the Internet for any new music over which I could obsess. According to my blog, […]
Brace for impact
“And that is how change happens. One gesture. One person. One moment at a time.” -Libba Bray, The Sweet Far Thing After visiting the Holocaust Museum in Washington D.C. last summer, 17-year-old Braden Sweeney became intrigued that “there is still genocide occurring today” and decided he “wanted to make a difference in the world.” After […]
The legendary Newport Folk Festival
We’re excited to announce that Invisible Children will be a part of this year’s Newport Folk Festival at the end of July – for the FIRST time! NFF isn’t just a legendary summer music festival that’s been running since 1959… it has given a platform to some of the most notable American songwriters the world […]
The Debating Spirit
“I like debating because it needs critical analysis which can help unearth solutions to issues in the society,” commented Ben, a debater from Gulu Army School. He said that debating has helped him overcome stage fright and improved his spoken English, a problem he has been fighting since childhood. You could see how engaged the […]