Blog Updates and inspiration

This week, Invisible Children, The Enough Project, and The Resolve LRA Crisis Initiative jointly released a new report highlighting evidence that the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) has been poaching elephants in the Democratic Republic of Congo, under Joseph Kony’s orders, and trafficking ivory as one means to sustain itself and resupply. The multimedia report, entitled Kony’s Ivory: How Elephant […]

At its six-month briefing on the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) last Wednesday, the UN Security Council emphasized that the LRA’s decades-long reign of terror can be stopped if the international community helps the African Union capture fugitive warlord Joseph Kony and his LRA soldiers. The press release, Council statement, and testimonies from Council members during […]

At this year’s Fourth Estate Summit, you can can learn about and connect with 40+ top brands at the Common Good Exchange. These organizations are championing social change around the world through a mix of passion, innovation, and global consciousness. One of those organizations is Girl Up, a campaign of the United Nations Foundation that aims to […]

Rabbit, rabbit. Happy June, world. It’s a busy week at Invisible Children Music as we gear up for Warped Tour. We previewed the first tee that we’ll be bringing out with us, and it’s all summer everything. To soundtrack our week of preparation for Warped, here is our newest mixtape juneONE. The past seven days […]

[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.] This is a blog we are very happy to write because we’re currently entirely consumed […]

American Idol alum David Archuleta has been one of the most consistent artist supporters of Invisible Children. He’s publicly worn our bracelets, performed at our events, and rallied his fans to donate to our protection initiatives in central Africa. His biggest fan community, Fans of David, came together to raise over $3,000 in the fall […]

Sunset over the Nile in Jinja, Uganda.

On May 24, 2013, the Government of Uganda officially reinstated its previously-expired amnesty policy that provides legal protection from prosecution for individuals who have taken up arms against the Ugandan government, but decide to surrender peacefully. The policy, which was originally contained in “Part II” of Uganda’s Amnesty Act of 2000, had been hugely instrumental […]

Milka’s home is in the village over an hour from the town center of Gulu. The land is green and hilly, with livestock grazing along the side of the rust red road. Milka remembers enjoying her childhood playing outside and swimming with her friends in a river near her home. Then the Lord’s Resistance Army […]

We’ll be honest – this is a double promotion. 1) We are very pleased to be able to partner with Blindfold Magazine for this summer’s Fourth Estate Summit as part of the Common Good Exchange. 2) We have a feature in the latest issue of the magazine about Invisible Children that we would love for […]