Educator Spotlight // Ashley Platé
Meet Ashley Platé. She’s a high school English teacher hailing from Clermont, FL. She attended the Fourth Estate Leadership Summit in 2011 and hasn’t been the same since. We recently caught up with her to find out what changed after attending the Summit. Why is attending the Fourth Estate Summit valuable for educators? You can’t […]
Common Good Exchange // LiNK
This August, Invisible Children is proud to partner with more than 40 organizations for the Common Good Exchange. This unique event will take place during the Fourth Estate Leadership Summit in Los Angeles and will be an incredible opportunity for participants to engage with some of the top brands in the non-profit industry, learn about various causes, and discover […]
Common Good Exchange // Project 7
Over the past few years, social entrepreneurship has elevated the standards for commerce and sustainability. With varying models, many social organizations base there work on a 1 for 1 model – selling goods and investing proceeds back into communities. Taking an amplified approach to the 1 for 1 model, our friends at Project 7 invest proceeds from each of its sold products into […]
Innovation in the classroom // Sugata Mitra
Calcutta-born Sugata Mitra has been defying the odds since birth. Statistically, very few people born in Calcutta make it above the poverty line, much less out of the Indian city. Mitra has done both. Currently a visiting professor at MIT, Mitra is revolutionizing primary education. Mitra recently received a $1 million TED Prize for his work to improve education […]
Common Good Exchange // DoSomething.org
Sometimes all you need is a jump start to pursue your dreams. Luckily, this summer, we’re bringing activists from around the world to our Fourth Estate Leadership Summit, providing them with tools to make a difference in the world and in their own communities. Complete with breakout sessions, workshops, new Invisible Children media, and dance […]
Educator Spotlight // Cindy Dziwura
Cindy Dziwura has been teaching and inspiring middle school students for the past 20 years. She’s an Invisible Children all-star, and an alumna of the original Fourth Estate Summit. Not to mention she’s hosted screenings with the Deep South Roadies for the past several semesters. I caught up with her to talk more about her experiences […]
Today is National Teacher Day
They say the older you get, the wiser your teachers become. Whoever said that must have been a teacher, simply because it’s true. Today we celebrate National Teacher Day and honor those who have dedicated their careers to education, inspiration, and innovation. These selfless individuals are among our most valuable resources, and continue to equip generations with the tools […]
Common Good Exchange // Restore International
Invisible Children is proud to partner with over 40 unique and innovative social brands at the Common Good Exchange during this year’s Fourth Estate Leadership Summit. One of the organizations we’re partnering with is Restore International. Restore was founded in 2004 by Bob Goff. We could write an entire blog about Bob, but thankfully he’s […]
Educator Spotlight // Impact on a global scale
Just like us, Connie’s Invisible Children journey began with the Rough Cut. Cincinnati native Connie Ring has the two toughest jobs on the planet – she’s a mother (of two) and a math teacher at Archbishop Moeller High School. Connie’s teaching job landed her a gig chaperoning students at a leadership conference which happened to […]
Common Good Exchange // Non-Toxic Revolution
As part of our Fourth Estate Leadership Summit this August, we’re partnering with more than 40 top social brands to be part of our Common Good Exchange so that participants can interact and meet the people behind forward-thinking organizations. We’re excited to welcome the Keep a Breast Foundation’s Non-Toxic Revolution to the Summit. In 1999, the founder of the Keep […]