Raise your hand if you love Ananda Robie
This month, we said “Au Revoir” to one of our very best, the incomparable Ananda Robie. Ananda first joined the Invisible Children team in 2011 as a National Tour “roadie.” She arrived bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, wearing her now-infamous homemade roadie sweatshirt — a memorable entrance for which we will forever tease her….and forever love her. […]
Take Action: Help end the violence in Central African Republic
We have an important chance to help stop the mass violence in Central African Republic, but we don’t have a lot of time – we need you all to take action today. Some of you know that we’ve been following the crisis in the Central African republic, which erupted in March 2013. Thousands have been […]
Joseph Kony Is Back In The News. Do Teenagers Still Care? A Response to NPR
Last week NPR released a story called “Kony’s Back in the News. Do Teenagers Still Care?”. NPR is a very a highly revered news outlet in the Invisible Children office. Odds are, if you walk past any of us with our headphones on, we’re listening to our favorite NPR podcast (S/O: Wait, Wait Don’t Tell […]
Increased U.S. support to catch Kony: it’s a big deal
Yesterday our CEO Ben Keesey brought us exciting news. The US will be deploying at least four V-22 Ospreys along with additional Air-Force Operations personnel to assist with the African Union (AU) operation to arrest Joseph Kony and end the violence of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) in central Africa. Here are some of the […]
IC|Citzen // Celebrating advocacy wins in 2013
Political advocacy has always been a vital part of Invisible Children’s DNA. We believe that an end to LRA violence requires the commitment of regional and international policymakers, and that governments have a responsibility to protect the rights of all citizens — especially those most vulnerable to injustice. Ever since our first Uganda Lobby Day […]
Breaking down our four-part model: Mobilization
Invisible Children doesn’t stop at documenting atrocities or activating youth or protecting civilians or rehabilitating post-conflict communities. We do it all. And we do it through a four-part model that focuses exclusively on the LRA conflict, addressing it in its entirety: immediate needs and long-term effects. One of the four parts of the comprehensive model is Mobilization. For the past […]