Life is an adventure for those with the courage to explore
May 21, 2013 by Danny Porter
Cassidy Myers spent two years with Invisible Children as a Roadie, then a Team Leader, and then as a member of our Austin Street Team during KONY 2012. Cassidy left Invisible Children this past December and is now living out her lifelong dream of working at Nike Headquarters in Portland, Oregon. The following is an [...] Read More
Common Good Exchange: An interview with Jamie Tworkowski of To Write Love On Her Arms
May 21, 2013 by Alex Naser-Hall
If Invisible Children was still active on MySpace, we would put Jamie Tworkowski in our Top 8. He’s always been down to show us the love, and thus we have returned it by promoting his organization To Write Love Her Arms. To Write Love on Her Arms in a non-profit movement dedicated to presenting hope [...] Read More
Common Good Exchange // Shot@Life
May 21, 2013 by Krista Morgan
Every child deserves a shot at a healthy life, no matter where they live. Yet, every 20 seconds, a child dies of a disease that can be prevented by a vaccine. Our friends at Shot@Life are setting out to change that by implementing global vaccination programs that can stop the 1.5 million unnecessary deaths that happen every year. They [...] Read More
Monday Mini Mixtape: mayTHREE
May 20, 2013 by Alex Naser-Hall
[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.] It’s quite difficult to be at the office currently as we are overcome with sadness [...] Read More
Intern spotlight // Production Assistant
May 20, 2013 by Danny Porter
Meet James. He hails from Seattle. After graduating from the University of Washington with a degree in Biology he moved to San Diego to help us make films after seeing and an ad on Craigslist. Yes, Craigslist. The strange recruiting tactics seemed to have worked, because he’s been with us for nearly a year. I [...] Read More
Teacher Exchange // Florence is back
May 20, 2013 by Bethany Williams
The brightly painted walls of the classroom are showing signs of wear: paint chipped, smudges from the hundreds of sweaty hands and the dry season that whips storms of red dust up from the roads to coat trees, grass and buildings. Rows of wooden benches seat high school students, dressed smartly in their matching uniforms. [...] Read More
Ghost Beach to perform at Fourth Estate Summit
May 17, 2013 by Alex Naser-Hall
Ghost Beach will be joining The Jane Doze and Noah Gundersen as special musical performers at the Fourth Estate Summit this August in Los Angeles. The duo from New York City, comprised of Josh Ocean and Eric “Doc” Mendelsohn, have built serious buzz based off their electro-pop singles and energetic live shows. We’ve been fans [...] Read More
Common Good Exchange: An interview with Shaney Jo Darden of The Keep A Breast Foundation
May 17, 2013 by Alex Naser-Hall
The Keep A Breast Foundation and Invisible Children have been nonprofit BFF’s for years. It was a relationship galvanized on Warped Tour that (uncommon to other bonds people form on the summer festival which we love so dearly) has actually been beneficial and long-lasting. The Keep A Breast Foundation™ is the leading youth-focused, global, nonprofit [...] Read More
Noe’s five minute speech – How to: Do
May 17, 2013 by Krista Morgan
We recently started a new thing at staff meetings where a member of the management team kicks off the hour with a five-minute speech. It’s our very condensed version of a Master Class where a person shares lessons they’ve learned personally or professionally with the rest of the staff. It’s been an awesome opportunity to not only [...] Read More
Common Good Exchange // Nothing But Nets
May 17, 2013 by Danny Porter
This August, Invisible Children is partnering with more than 40 organizations for the Common Good Exchange during the Fourth Estate Leadership Summit. These companies are on forefront of social change and we’re beyond proud to bring them together for an exclusive evening during the Summit. The United Nations Foundation is brining several of their campaigns [...] Read More
