On the job at IC Uganda
It’s Monday morning. It’s time to go to work. Again. But instead of letting the days blur together, what if you were to pick out the highlights, the days that remind you why you always show up? Remembering you are part of something bigger might give you the energy you need to seize the day. […]
Uganda: Photo Friday
A graduate of the Functional Adult Literacy course signs her name to an attendance list after a meeting of their Village Savings and Loan Association. Before taking the literacy classes, many members of the group could only sign with a thumbprint. Now they can all write their names.
Common Good Exchange // Digitaria
In three short weeks, the 2013 Fourth Estate Summit will be taking place. The Summit will also be playing host to the Common Good Exchange, a feature of over 50 organizations and brands. The Common Good Exchange will give participants of the Summit the opportunity to build connections with top organizations and brands at the […]
Schools for Schools: bringing teachers to students
The Schools for Schools team recently handed over several finished buildings to the authorities at Awere Secondary School. During the Lord’s Resistance Army conflict, the school was displaced and by the time it was safe to return they had only an empty shell of a structure for classrooms. Everything else had been completely destroyed. Schools […]
TedxTalk Tuesdays // J.J. Abrams: The mystery box
I’ve always loved mysteries. I love the endless possibilities. I love being afforded the opportunity to get involved in the story and construct theories as complex or as simple as I choose. At times, mystery is more important than knowledge. J.J. Abrams, famous director and creator of LOST, delivers this compelling TedxTalk about his obsession […]
Supporter Spotlight // Hayley Reardon
Music is a driving force in the work we do here at Invisible Children. It propels our social movement and serves as a universal language. The same is true for 16-year-old singer and songwriter Hayley Reardon. This Boston native is much like every 16-year-old. She’s an avid reader and coffee drinker. Oh, and she used songwriting to […]
Community dialogue conference held to educate about LRA and draw staretgies to end the war
Over the course of three days, 34 community leaders from northeast Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and southeast Central African Republic (CAR) converged in Gulu town of northern Uganda to attend a cross-border community sensitization conference intended to familiarize the group with the origin of Joseph Kony’s Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) and to draw strategies to […]
Monday Mini Mixtape: julyTHREE
Let’s cut to the chase. Here is our newest mix of songs we urge everyone we know to listen to. They’re the ones soundtracking our work days gearing up for 2013 Fourth Estate Summit – that’s coming up soon, yeah? Launch all of our previous mixes on our Soundcloud [HERE]. Make it a priority to […]
[PREMIERE] Bear Mountain: “Faded” (Invisible Children Almost Live Series)
Bear Mountain has been on our radar for a while now, and we were so excited when the opportunity came up to have them play at our office back in May. We were introduced to them by one of our dear friends and co-workers, Mercy, who is in the International Programs department here at Invisible […]
Aaron Embry to play 2013 Fourth Estate Summit
California singer/songwriter/great man Aaron Embry is the latest addition to our festival-ready lineup to perform at this summer’s 2013 Fourth Estate Summit. He will take a stage the same weekend as The Jane Doze, Noah Gundersen, Le Wrens, Ghost Beach, Carousel and In-Q. You might have seen him live performing with folk heavy-hitters Mumford & […]