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After 10 years as our fearless leader, Ben Keesey is passing the torch to Lisa Dougan who will serve as Invisible Children’s new President & CEO in 2015 and beyond. Lisa has worked with Invisible Children since 2006, and there is no one more capable or qualified than her to powerfully push our mission forward. […]

Dear Supporters, Serving as the Executive Director of Invisible Children for the last ten years has been one of the most tremendous honors of my life. I am humbled to have had such an amazing opportunity to support our mission of bringing a permanent end to LRA violence. Every day I worked for Invisible Children, […]

Last week Invisible Children received an open letter from one of our supporters via Twitter. We were so inspired by the letter–especially the question it raised–that we passed it around the office. Ben Keesey, Invisible Children’s CEO, read it and wanted to respond personally. And he’s not the only one. A lot of us here […]

It’s happened yet again. I’ve watched a TedxTalk that has made the “Official List of Maryam’s Favorite TedxTalks Of All Time”… Margaret Heffernan, former CEO of five different businesses, delivers a talk called Dare to disagree. In it, she argues that good disagreement is essential to progress. She starts her talk by exploring the story […]

To the thousands who moved, In the days following the event on November 17, the questions I’ve been getting most often are, “How did it go?” and “Did it make a difference?” I always answer, “Incredible” and “absolutely.” A core purpose of this event was to create a really strong, lasting impression on world leaders. […]