#KonyinKingi Update: Your Actions Worked
“While much work remains to end the scourge of the LRA, the United States and our partners look forward to the day when no child is stolen from his or her family, robbed of his or her dignity, and forced into a life of violence.” -Ambassador Samantha Power, speaking to the UNSC on Dec. 10, […]
2 life lessons from Samantha Power
Samantha Power is a boss. Not only is she an Invisible Children supporter and human rights activist, but she’s also the United States Ambassador to the United Nations (no big deal). Last week, Ambassador Power spoke to the graduates of Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government in Boston, MA. That was a mouth […]
Ambassador Power compelled to speak out against the LRA once again
This morning, the United Nations Security Council met to discuss the international community’s continued and shared responsibility to stop Joseph Kony and the violence committed by his Lord’s Resistance Army. The United States’ Ambassador to the UN, Samantha Power, presented a powerful public speech discussing the progress made with the counter-LRA mission while comparing the […]
Samantha Power’s gone social
Everyone loves a new Facebook friend. Ok, technically this is a Facebook like, but play along. Today, at 3:15 PST (6:15 EST), U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power is leading a Facebook and Twitter chat (from Facebook’s headquarters) to discuss the impact people can have in their local communities. We already love Samantha Power so […]
The power of the pen // Malala Yousafzai’s speech at the Library of Birmingham
At the 2013 Fourth Estate Summit, Ambassador Samantha Power stated in her speech that there is one name that will “forever be synonymous with dignity and bravery.” That name is Malala Yousafzai. Now 16, Malala is an advocate for the equal rights of girls’ education in Pakistan. Until the age of 15, Pakistan had been […]
Fourth Estate Summit RECAP // Day 3
Not that we planned out themes for each day of the Fourth Estate Summit, but if we did, Saturday’s theme would have been “UNREAL”. Day Three brought with it speeches from some of the most important leaders in the world of international justice. Jaws were having to be lifted off the floor approximately every 22 […]
Samantha Power confirmed as U.S. Ambassador to United Nations
Yesterday the United States Senate confirmed Samantha Power as the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations with strong bi-partisan support. Power wrote the book on ending genocide in the modern world (literally), and we’ve been fans for years. This spring, we got to sit down with her and discuss Fourth Estate Summit and international justice. We send […]
My interview with Samantha Power
There are some people that make me star-struck. But there are others, only a few on the planet, that make me universe-struck. Those are people who are bigger than fame, because they are living icons of something I hold important to my core. Samantha Power is one of those people. She has dedicated her life […]
Samantha Power TED talk
During the Rwanda Genocide, Samantha Power tells us that Patricia Schroeder, a Colorado congresswoman explained to reporters that they were “getting hundreds and hundreds of calls about the endangered ape and gorilla population in Rwanda, but nobody is calling about the people.” Up to this point in time there was no “endangered peoples movement”, as […]