Invisible Children’s CEO Ben Keesey with Pres. Obama as he signs the Rewards for Justice bill
Tuesday, January 15, 2013, President Obama signed Rewards for Justice legislation. Our CEO Ben Keesey was invited to represent Invisible Children and all of the people around the country who have supported this effort. Also invited were a handful of human rights organizations including our partners and friends at Resolve, Enough, and Humanity United. In […]
Washington Post: Obama signs Rewards for Justice bill
In a bipartisan decision, Congress passed an expansion to the State Department’s Rewards for Justice program with an emphasis on enhancing aims leading to the arrest of Joseph Kony and other LRA leaders. Today, President Obama signed legislation into law that would hold human rights offenders accountable for their crimes. The Washington Post reports: President Barack Obama signed legislation […]
At the 11th hour, Congress passes bill to help arrest Kony
We’re less than a week into 2013 and we’ve already got some exciting news about the impact you are making to help end LRA violence. Late Tuesday night, Congress passed the Rewards for Justice expansion legislation (S. 2318) to help strengthen efforts to arrest Joseph Kony– and there is no doubt that your voices helped to make that happen. […]
UPDATE: Catching the bad guy
On Wednesday, the Foreign Relations Committee unanimously passed the Senate version of the Rewards for Justice update bill (S.2318). You made this possible with your phone calls to U.S. Senators. You’re proving time and again that every voice matters. From here the full Senate still has to vote on the bill, so we’re not done […]