Where has Kony been hiding?
Where has Kony been hiding? The ultimate question. We recently partnered with The Resolve LRA Crisis Initiative and the Enough Project to produce a detailed and lengthy report to try to answer it. Hidden in Plain Sight: Sudan’s Harboring of the LRA in the Kafia Kingi Enclave, 2009-2013 can be viewed in full [HERE] and is summarized […]
Meet Invisible Children Music: Alexander Collins
NAME: Alexander Mark Collins AGE: 29 1/4 HOMETOWN: Yale, Michigan JOB: Artist Relations Music Manager + FIRST RECORD: Cassette: The “Waterfalls” single by TLC | Compact Disc: August and Everything After by The Counting Crows LAST RECORD: Bastille’s Bad Blood NEXT RECORD: Surfer Blood’s Pythons FIRST CONCERT: I’d rather not say, but it was Newsboys. LAST CONCERT: Phosphorescent at the Casbah in San Diego, CA NEXT […]
Intern Spotlight // Office Management
Meet Alicia. She’s our Office Management intern and she’s constantly smiling. That’s probably a good thing since she’s the first face people see when they walk into our office. She’s knowledgeable of all things Invisible Children and is always willing to lend a helping hand. I recently sat down with Alicia to find out more about her […]
To Write Love on Her Arms // Run for It 5K
Innovation is the name of the game and To Write Love on Her Arms always finds the right avenues to engage with its supporters. Among various methods, the organization brings issues such as depression, addiction, self injury, and suicide, to the forefront through the story of hope, events, and merchandise. Seeing the value in inspiring and encouraging others, it invests directly into treatment […]
Monarch School // Our new neighbors
Wednesday morning our friends at The Monarch School opened the doors to their brand new campus just down the block from our office, and we couldn’t be more excited to have them in the neighborhood. The mission of the Monarch School is to educate students impacted by homelessness and to help them develop hope for a future with […]
Rock for Justice compilation record benefits Invisible Children
We wrote about the Rock for Justice compilation Songs for Justice a couple weeks ago when we premiered a (great) track from Generationals. With the pre-order for the record officially open, however, it bears repeating. Rock for Justice is a non-profit that uses art to speak about and facilitate global justice programs. They’ve been long-time […]
Catching up to the kids
Patrick Ocan is a member of the Village Savings and Loan Associations group Pur Kwiri Alok, which has the optimistic meaning “there is no loss in farming.” Everyone in the group is a farmer. For many members of the group, life has been about survival. Completing an education had to be put on the back […]
One Million Bones in Washington DC
On June 8-10, one million handmade bones will be displayed on the National Mall in Washington, DC The one million bones is part of a social arts practice of the same name that uses education and hands-on art making to raise awareness of ongoing genocide and mass atrocities taking place in areas such as Sudan, […]
Monday Mini Mixtape: aprilFOUR
April is being VERY kind to music lovers, thus we are pleased. Here are ten sounds that we’ve been strongly into over the course of the past seven days. Support the arts + launch [HERE]. 01. RUSTIE – “Slasherr” :: It’s on my “Possible, But Probably Not” list of 2013 to DJ a summer party […]
IC: Around the globe and across the street
This past weekend several Invisible Children staff members ran in the 200-mile Ragnar relay in support of Monarch School, a local school for kids affected by homelessness. Side-by-side with Monarch students, they ran through the day and through the night, from Huntington Beach to the San Diego Harbor. Soon, Monarch school is moving into a […]