The Defection Projection
As part of Invisible Children’s ongoing promotion of safe surrenders for LRA combatants, our design team has partnered with Acholi leadership in Uganda to create defection fliers. By using photos and quotes from recent escapees, these fliers directly target and reach out to LRA groups and encourage them to peacefully surrender. We work with various […]
Monday Mini Mixtape #33
[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.] [image from // alvarotapia] Good day. It’s Monday. Are you ready for some good new tunes? […]
The description of an ambassador
With the death of U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens fresh in the minds of many of us, it is important to understand what it takes to be a great ambassador. Many reports speak very highly of Stevens, who worked closely with Libyans rebels to encourage a democratic transition of power after Moammar Gaddafi was removed. Stevens […]
Memorializing Mandela
A sculpture made of 50 steel columns was built in Howick, South Africa to honor Nelson Mandela and his arrest 50 years ago for his struggle against apartheid. “The front of the sculpture is a portrait of Mandela and has vertical bars which represent his imprisonment,” said the monument’s designer Marco Cianfanelli. “When you walk through […]
What peace means to me
Years of peace in northern Uganda have brought hope and opportunities for improved livelihood to the communities there. Wednesday, World Vision in partnership with Gulu District and the Acholi Peace Initiative held an event for International Peace Day. Invisible Children Uganda (ICU) was invited to have a booth at the event to display our Mend […]
Les Misérables: the movie
Sometimes a work of art is so beautiful that it just makes you cry. At work. For the last 15 minutes, some co-workers and I have been discussing this behind-the-scenes trailer for the upcoming movie Les Misérables. Not only did we all watch it, then discuss it, then all watch it again, but then we […]
UPDATE: Catching the bad guy
On Wednesday, the Foreign Relations Committee unanimously passed the Senate version of the Rewards for Justice update bill (S.2318). You made this possible with your phone calls to U.S. Senators. You’re proving time and again that every voice matters. From here the full Senate still has to vote on the bill, so we’re not done […]
Centre Elikya: photo update
Progress is continuing on Centre Elikya, the very first rehabilitation center in DR Congo focused on LRA-affected youth. Invisible Children, along with our partners, have been working diligently since January 2011 to complete construction. This new photo update features the new matron and patron houses, the girls dorm in its finishing stage, the kitchen/dining structure, […]
Occupy Wall Street: one year later
Monday marked the one-year anniversary of the movement known as Occupy Wall Street. According to The New York Times, “the police arrested 185 people on Monday as protesters tried to block access to the New York Stock Exchange on the first anniversary of the Occupy Wall Street protests.” Protesters gathered and some celebrated by singing […]
Behind the scenes with the Uganda film team
Christened ‘Dream Factory 2’, the Uganda film team office may resemble a cool, dark cave with its blacked-out windows for easier editing and the AC always on to keep the computers from overheating. But the dream team behind the videos is anything but cold and lifeless. Jay Salbert of Fairfax, Virginia and Tony Bazilo of […]