Educator Spotlight // Jacqui Sheehan
Jacqui Sheehan is a teacher at Perry Meridian High School in Indianapolis and attended our original Fourth Estate Summit in 2011. We recently got to pick her brain about what her experience was like and why she thinks it would be beneficial for educators to attend the Summit this August in Los Angeles. Why is attending […]
Monday Mini Mixtape: mayFOUR
[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.] So, it’s not Monday. However, we are dedicated to these small collections of songs. Thus, […]
Reaping the Rewards
Predominantly made up of women whose lips were cut by the Lord’s Resistance Army during the war in northern Uganda, group Rubanga Tek (God is strong) is a Village Saving and Loan Associations group in Lamwo District. The group was initiated last year with support from Invisible Children Uganda’s regional office, and so far has […]
Invisible Children co-sponsors human rights workshop in central Africa
In the Central African Republic (CAR), there are currently more than 25,000 people who have been directly victimized by the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA). These individuals impacted most severely by LRA violence are legally entitled to assistance from the CAR government to help rebuild their lives. However, of those 25,000 people, only one has officially […]
Common Good Exchange: An interview with Molly Thompson of Kind Campaign
This August when we convene at Royce Hall in Los Angeles for the Fourth Estate Summit, we will be gathering thousands of future-minded individuals to discuss what exactly it will take to make justice a priority and what we will need to learn to make world-change a reality. One of the many organizations joining us […]
FLASH ALERT update: Last week’s flier drop
Progress Report As Invisible Children supporters you have proven time and time again that you are willing to respond at a moment’s notice to help the victims of the LRA. This month’s ϟ Flash Action Alert ϟ is a perfect example of this community rallying to see quick effective action. Here’s the quick recap of events. To everyone of […]
Five Songs That Matter To: Krista Morgan
[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.] Invisible Children has been (second) home to Krista Morgan for over a year now. She […]
Sometimes things are different
Here in Uganda, my name is William. Being a woman, that’s not really something I love. Although it can be amusing to witness the surprise of visitors when they come to meet me and discover I’m not, in fact, a man as a name like William might suggest. In Uganda the Christian name comes last. […]
Common Good Exchange // F*** Cancer
Little known fact about me: I am a cancer survivor. Diagnosed with kidney cancer at the age of 28, I completed treatment and have been in remission for three years. Tying it in a nice little one sentence bow doesn’t quite do my experience justice, but the point of this blog is not about me or […]
This week: Uganda has an opportunity to reinstate the Amnesty Act
In 2000 Uganda’s government passed the Amnesty Act which legislated that LRA members who surrender to the UPDF and return to Uganda will not be prosecuted (with the exception of Kony and his top ICC-indicted commanders). For the rank and file LRA fighter, the promise of amnesty is one of the greatest incentives to try […]