Team Midwest & their dance party of justice
The night we found out we were all on Team Midwest, we connected on Facebook and the magic began almost immediately. Within minutes of being friends on Facebook, something became very clear. We all love dancing, justice, and parties… so our motto was birthed: #dancepartyofjustice. And ever since, we have been dancing. We have been […]
Street Savvy 5.0
The Cover the Night photos keep coming in and we are only impressed. Can’t get enough? Check out our CTN live feed below:
The perils of indifference
Indifference is not a beginning, it is an end. And, therefore, indifference is always a friend to the enemy, for it benefits the aggressor – never his victim. In 1944 Elie Wiesel, along with his family, was taken to Auschwitz extermination camp. Nearly all of his family was killed while held and brutalized by Nazis. […]
Covering the Night with the official NYC street team
Invisible Children’s New York Street Team consists of Alex and Abby. They are the greatest. They gathered a crew, including Invisible Children’s Uganda Country Director, Jolly Okot, and our Director of Programs, Adam Finck. They partnered with Build it Green! NYC, a nonprofit that recycles and supplies building materials, and brought a group of 25 […]
Delta Spirit helps revive dying art of polaroids through The Impossible Project
[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.] We’ve joined forces with one of our favorite bands on their current Spring tour. The […]
The crisis between Sudan and South Sudan
Sudan and South Sudan have had a tumultuous and bloody history. Too long and too bloody to recount properly here. A ceasefire took effect in 2005 and there was a tenuous peace until a referendum made South Sudan into an independent state in July 2011. But the violence has been on the rise since then. […]
Cover The Night: Artist Ambassadors
In case you missed it, a few of our Artist Ambassadors took time out of their busy touring schedules to participate in Cover The Night internationally too. Check it out.
D.C. is directing serious attention to Joseph Kony and the LRA
Washington, D.C., has really stepped up its game this week in regards to the LRA. Meaningful conversations are happening and we hope that informed action will follow. This uptick in Congressional attention is largely thanks to attention and pressure from citizens like you who have called, emailed, and met with your Members of Congress. Thank you, […]
Uganda: Peace here, peace everywhere
“Today’s event is not about Invisible Children, it is about us,” Norbert Mao, the leader of Uganda’s Democratic Party and native of northern Uganda said at the Cover the Night launch in Gulu, Uganda last weekend. The event was organized by Gulu District Local Government in partnership with Invisible Children, Northern Uganda Media Club, Gulu […]
Into the jungle
“I am sure it will happen one day but the man is a coward and he just keeps on running and running.” These are the words of Private Feni, a member of the Ugandan army (UPDF) who is in pursuit of Joseph Kony. Max Delany, for CSM, spoke with Feni and his squadron, 77-Juliet, made […]