Four questions with Zach Barrows
We’re continuing our four-part model video series this week by featuring our Mobilization Programs. Accompanying the premiere of our weekly videos, we have a four question blog series which highlights a staff member that works within that program. Meet Zach Barrows. He is our Movement Director, a former teacher, a new dad, and most people around […]
Le Wrens to play Fourth Estate Summit
Seattle’s Le Wrens will be joining Ghost Beach, Noah Gundersen, and The Jane Doze as performers at this summer’s Fourth Estate Summit this August in Los Angeles. The band is a new outfit birthed out of the ever-impressive folk scene of Seattle. Lead vocalist Elizabeth Gundersen is serving up both lyrics and vocals beyond her […]
Common Good Exchange // Girl Up
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 […]
Common Good Exchange // 1Love
1Love’s mission is simple. One year, one million people, one million acts of kindness, raise one million dollars. So how does it work exactly? By joining the movement, you have the opportunity to document your act of kindness, whether it be smiling at a stranger or helping at a local animal shelter (#endlesspossibilities). For every […]
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 […]
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– […]
Common Good Exchange // Raven + Lily
The Common Good Exchange, taking place at the Fourth Estate Leadership Summit, will host 40 social organizations who are on the forefront of changing the commercial business game. Some refer to them as social enterprises, and by definition that’s true, but we refer to them as organizations that “get it”. Summit attendees will have the chance to interact with the people […]
Fighting social apathy
“One person can make a difference and every person should try.” – John F. Kennedy As a journalism and political science major in college, the clash between analyzing how our connected world communicates and deconstructing the social realities of our global community often caused my outlook on society to fluctuate from class-to-class, hour-to-hour. On one side I’d see how communication channels […]
Noah Gundersen to play Fourth Estate Summit
Noah Gundersen is our first confirmed artist ambassador to the Fourth Estate Summit this August. Invisible Children would be nothing without talented musicians who keep us inspired to “fight the good fight,” as they say. Thus, an Invisible Children event would not happen without some incredible musical offerings. That’s where Seattle’s Noah Gundersen comes into […]
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 […]