Blog Updates and inspiration

We are storytellers and to feed our mind, we feed it books. Book clubs around here are prevalent and this is a review of one of the latest selections. Let’s play word association. John Steinbeck, go. East of Eden. Grapes of Wrath. Of Mice and Men. If you’re a major Steinbeck fan, you just might […]

[Invisible Children Music: We firmly believe that music has a necessary role in giving social movements tremendous amounts of momentum. It is a universal language, and at Invisible Children, it’s important for us to be a part of that language.] After listening through this mix a couple times, I’ve noticed that it reflects ideas and […]

One of the perks of having an office in San Diego is that our staff gets to surf in their downtime. Adam Finck, our Director of Programs for Central Africa and resident surf guru saw a Future Fins ad featuring two-time National Championship and two-time West Coast Championship surfer, John Mel, repping KONY 2012 on his board. […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

[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, […]