Monday Mini Mixtape: juneFOUR
[Invisible Children Music: We firmly believe that music has a necessary role in giving social movements tremendous amounts of momentum. It is a universal language, and at Invisible Children, it’s important for us to be a part of that language.] It’s officially summer here in the Northern Hemisphere, which is lovely, but it honestly feels […]
Supporter Spotlight // Nina Fernandes
Nina Fernandes: electronic analyst and repair guru… political advocate…We think we’ve discovered what ticks in this inspiring 21-year old, and that’s her unique motivation to fix a broken system. Nina is an Electrical and Computer Engineering student and president of the Invisible Children club at Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Worcester, Massachusetts. When she isn’t taking […]
Common Good Exchange // The Gr818ERS
We are so excited for the Common Good Exchange at the Fourth Estate Leadership Summit this August. The Gr818ERS (pronounced “great one-eighters”) are one of the organizations I’m most excited to see, among 40 other organizations and brands that will be there. The Common Good Exchange will give Summit attendees the opportunity to connect and learn from the […]
Obama Administration chooses new Special Representative to the Great Lakes Region // IC Citizen
Secretary of State John Kerry officially announced on Tuesday that he has appointed former Senator Russell Feingold (D-WI) as the U.S. Special Representative for the African Great Lakes region and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Among the many challenging issues in Mr. Feingold’s new portfolio are the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) in central […]
Uganda: Photo Friday
Cheerful paintings on a wall at the World Vision Children of War Center in Gulu – an organization Invisible Children Uganda collaborates with to reintegrate former LRA combatants into their home communities.
It’s World Refugee Day
Today a mother will leave the home where her child took his first steps. Today a son will run, not to score the winning goal, but to flee a nefarious force. Today a teenage girl will leave behind her closest friend. So, today, we pause for World Refugee Day. We remember the 38+ million refugees and internationally […]
It’s all in the delivery (pun intended)
Encouraging and facilitating the peaceful surrender of LRA combatants is one of the most effective ways to reduce threats to communities in central Africa and weaken the LRA’s ability to effectively operate. That is why defection fliers are an essential part of our Protection Programs. Invisible Children works with partner organizations and local leaders to send […]
Coming Home // life after the LRA
“I am happy to be back home and discover that the stories told to captives to discourage them from escaping were all lies.” Alex was abducted by the Lord’s Resistance Army in 2002 when he was just eleven years old. “Life in the bush was unbearable,” he said. “I was forced to do unspeakable things […]
Jed’s five minute speech // 10,000 hours
We recently started a new tradition here at the office. At the beginning of our bi-weekly staff meetings, a member of our management team begins the gathering with a five-minute speech highlighting something they’ve learned or find interesting. Think of it as a mini-TED talk if you will. After exceptional speeches from CEO Ben Keesey, […]
Four questions with Sean Poole
This week we’re continuing our four-part model video series and premiering our Protection Programs. Accompanying that is our four question blog series which highlights a specific staffer who works on that specific program. Ladies and gentlemen, meet Sean Poole, Protection Program Extraordinaire. Sean is the Counter-LRA Programs Manager in our International Programs Department. He divides his time […]