Blog Updates and inspiration

Burmese president, Thein Sein, declared a state of emergency and deployed army troops on March 22 after sectarian violence between a Buddhist mob and local Muslims broke out in the town of Meikhtila. Anti-Muslim mobs destroyed mosques and burned down dozens of homes in three other towns over the weekend. At least 32 people have been killed […]

Honestly, we’re still kind of reeling from this year’s SXSW – both our day concert with Whispertown, Ivan & Alyosha, Lucuius, The Polyphonic Spree, Wild Cub, and the Very Best and our SXSW Almost Live Sessions with Noah Gundersen, The Trouble With Templeton, The Last Bison, Heartless Bastards, and Night Panther. We have many more […]

Schools for Schools doesn’t stop at building beautiful new classrooms and laboratories at our 11 partner schools – the team also works with students and staff at the schools to find better ways of maintaining their campuses once the structures are built. One of the challenges the team has found in working with the schools over the […]

Our crew that was in Uganda filming a special viewer-funded documentary with The Very Best and the Polyphonic Spree have returned to their respected homes and are getting all nostalgic about the journey. Artist Relations Director Kenny Laubbacher gives us the second update from the trip. (Read update one HERE) Wow.. where to begin?! In […]

Students at Invisible Children Uganda partner school Sir Samuel Baker wash up after class. Invisible Children partners with 11 schools in northern Uganda to build structures such as laboratories, classrooms and dormitories, and to conduct trainings for teachers and students on a variety of topics from academic to how to improve hygiene on campus.

Let’s talk about water. It is a basic necessity central to human existence and it may seem inconceivable to imagine living without it. But the UN reports that 783 million people do not have access to clean water and almost 2.5 billion do not have access to adequate sanitation. What? Since 1993 there has been […]

This Philadelphia group immediately grabbed our attention when they debuted their track “Fever.” It’s a falsetto fury with synths that made its way onto every “party” type playlist we created. Night Panther have followed up that track with further songs of brilliance – “Fire” and “Lioness.” Each track surprises and takes you in a direction […]

When Grant Oyston sat down to write a response to the Kony 2012 phenomenon he only expected a few dozen of his friends to read it. However like many things online, within a week his blog was read more than 2 million times. Despite his desire, Grant was perceived by many as a credible source in the case against KONY […]

A few weeks back, I ventured to Slab City with two other IC comm/art interns to explore the desert and see what life off the grid actually means. Slab City is a community who has decided to live differently. Named after the concrete slabs that were left after the deconstruction of a former army base, a […]

The kingdom of Bhutan – a small country nestled deep in the Himalayan mountains, has a unique approach to economics. While most countries focus extensively on Gross National Product, Bhutanese culture is rooted in Gross National Happiness. In the 1970s the Fourth King of Bhutan, Jigme Singye Wangchuck, adopted the idea. The approach seems to be working – in 2006 Business Week […]