Intern spotlight // Production Assistant
Meet James. He hails from Seattle. After graduating from the University of Washington with a degree in Biology he moved to San Diego to help us make films after seeing and an ad on Craigslist. Yes, Craigslist. The strange recruiting tactics seemed to have worked, because he’s been with us for nearly a year. I […]
Teacher Exchange // Florence is back
The brightly painted walls of the classroom are showing signs of wear: paint chipped, smudges from the hundreds of sweaty hands and the dry season that whips storms of red dust up from the roads to coat trees, grass and buildings. Rows of wooden benches seat high school students, dressed smartly in their matching uniforms. […]
Ghost Beach to perform at Fourth Estate Summit
Ghost Beach will be joining The Jane Doze and Noah Gundersen as special musical performers at the Fourth Estate Summit this August in Los Angeles. The duo from New York City, comprised of Josh Ocean and Eric “Doc” Mendelsohn, have built serious buzz based off their electro-pop singles and energetic live shows. We’ve been fans […]
Common Good Exchange: An interview with Shaney Jo Darden of The Keep A Breast Foundation
The Keep A Breast Foundation and Invisible Children have been nonprofit BFF’s for years. It was a relationship galvanized on Warped Tour that (uncommon to other bonds people form on the summer festival which we love so dearly) has actually been beneficial and long-lasting. The Keep A Breast Foundation™ is the leading youth-focused, global, nonprofit […]
Noe’s five minute speech – How to: Do
We recently started a new thing at staff meetings where a member of the management team kicks off the hour with a five-minute speech. It’s our very condensed version of a Master Class where a person shares lessons they’ve learned personally or professionally with the rest of the staff. It’s been an awesome opportunity to not only […]
Common Good Exchange // Nothing But Nets
This August, Invisible Children is partnering with more than 40 organizations for the Common Good Exchange during the Fourth Estate Leadership Summit. These companies are on forefront of social change and we’re beyond proud to bring them together for an exclusive evening during the Summit. The United Nations Foundation is brining several of their campaigns […]
Uganda: Photo Friday
The air is full of promise. Children walking through Gulu town, heading home from school at the end of the day.
Take Away Film: Uganda to screen exclusive clip at Mountain Film Festival
We’re very honored/excited to announce that we have been chosen to premiere an exclusive clip from our film with La Blogotheque at this year’s Mountain Film Festival in Telluride. We have an official name for the film now, and we’re ready to get the ball rolling on showing the world the doc about our supporter-funded […]
The ICU Office: challenging the local supermarket to a soccer match
The friendly soccer match between the staff of Uchumi supermarket and Invisible Children Uganda (ICU) staff was neck-and-neck as both teams played with determination. As the participating teams did their best, so did the spectators who cheered all through the game with the hope of motivating their different teams. “We go, we go,” sang the […]
Common Good Exchange // The Paradigm Project
Three billion people around the world cook meals over open fires, causing families to overuse their resources gathering and purchasing fuel. Ultimately women and children are dying from the effects of smoke inhalation and forests are steadily disappearing as wood is harvested and collected for survival. The end result is also causing greenhouse gas emissions to increase around the world– […]