Blog Updates and inspiration

Yes, you read that correctly. Joe Perry and Tom Hamilton have written a track on Aerosmith’s upcoming record “Music From Another Dimension” (Nov 6 | Columbia) entitled Freedom Fighter, inspired by the film KONY 2012 and its makers. The song features the beautiful Johnny Depp and producer Jack Douglas on background vocals. And yes, you did read “Johnny […]

Made up of military veterans, civilian first responders, and medical professionals, Team Rubicon is a volunteer-based nonprofit that provides disaster aide throughout the world. Or in other words, they’re real-life superheros. Spanning 11 regions, the team has made its mark in Haiti, Chile, Burma, South Sudan, Pakistan and several states in the U.S. The team works on […]

Sure, most people may look forward to Wednesdays because it’s officially halfway through the work week. And of course, Saturday and Sunday rank up there as really good days because tons of people don’t have to go to school or work and get to sleep in and catch up on recorded sitcoms. But Thursdays are […]

We always have something up our sleeve, and true to form, we’ve arranged a bonus to accompany our MOVE:DC event. On November 16th, the day before MOVE:DC, we will be meeting at the U.S. Capitol to LOBBY:DC and demand that Congress takes immediate, concrete action to help stop the LRA. Did we mention the plan is to […]

  “It’s great to see students who start with lots of problems improving,” Drago Patrick, a mathematics and geography teacher at Gulu High School, says. By partner teaching with Teacher Exchange educators who have come to Uganda in the past, Patrick says that he has learned to be more patient with his students. “It has […]

We want you to be as informed as possible about MOVE:DC. Every ounce of information we have can be found on our website but sometimes you just want to watch a video to learn all the hows & whys (provided above). And sometimes you want the staff writer to write a blog about the details […]

We have written about The Buried Life multiple times. One could assume that we’re obsessed, and we wouldn’t necessarily counter that claim. They recently posted the below list on their Tumblr and it’s swept through our office like wildfire. Read, be enlightened, weep, smile, sigh, and pass it on. 19 Things To Stop Doing In […]

Hannah Jones is, admittedly, one of my best friends. More relevant than that to this blog post, however, is her dedication to Invisible Children and her willingness to sacrifice to end LRA violence and secure justice for Joseph Kony. Hannah is one of 5,000+ attending MOVE:DC on November 17. She is making the journey across […]

I have so much work to do. But I absolutely have to put it all on hold so I can write a blog post (read: write a love letter) about Taylor Swift. My love affair with Taylor begin in 2006 with her song Tim McGraw. Life-changing, I tell you. Since then, I have memorized every lyric […]

Last Thursday evening, Congolese humanitarian Dr. Denis Mukwege narrowly escaped an assassination attempt in his hometown of Bukavu in southeastern DR Congo. Returning home from a visit to Europe, a group of four to five gunmen took Dr. Mukwege’s daughters hostage and killed one of his bodyguards. Capturing the attention of humanitarians worldwide, Dr. Mukwege’s work with Physicians for Human Rights and […]