Kony 101 // What is the LRA?
Joseph Kony’s LRA conflict is as multi-faceted as it is devastating. We understand that it can be difficult to fully grasp how it started, what has happened in the past 27 years, and why we need to work together to bring an end to LRA atrocities. Therefore, we’re starting a blog series to answer some of […]
Images from India’s Maha Kumbh Mela
In what’s being considered the “largest single gathering of humanity,” at least 100 million people will come together over the next month where the Yamuna, Ganges and Saraswati Rivers converge (the Sangam) in the northern Indian city of Allahabad to partake in the ancient Hindu festival Maha Kumbh Mela. The pilgrimage, which is particularly holy because it takes place every […]
MOVE:DC – History in the Making
I don’t know if you realized, but this weekend at MOVE:DC will be monumental. Because of you, leaders are traveling to Washington, DC from all over the world to participate in the Global Summit on the LRA. In the past, similar meetings of world leaders have shaped history – both for bad and good – but MOVE:DC […]
Burma’s continuous struggle
Since its independence in 1948, Burma’s history has been written by a string of ethnic and political rebellions in what has left the country in a state of civil unrest. This past May, tensions between Arakan Buddhists and Rohingya Muslims escalated after reports of three Muslim men fatally attacking an Arakan Buddhist woman. On June 3, a group of Arakan villagers retaliated […]