Monthly Archives May 2012
Legacy Scholarship: Jackline’s success
May 7, 2012 by Bethany Williams
Recently, one of the students from Invisible Children’s Legacy Scholarship Program earned the top score at her school in national exams. Her journey to success has not been easy, but she has shown a commitment to her education despite all odds. She recently wrote to share her story with us. I am Jackline, 20 years [...] Read More
Music to our eyes
May 5, 2012 by Krista Morgan
We love music & we love photography, so this series of photographs from award-winning photographer Nikolaj Lund caught our eye. He happens to have a master’s degree in cello performance, which makes for quite the inventive take on the traditional genre of classical music. Be sure to check out the full gallery. -Krista
TEDxSummit intro: The Power of X
May 4, 2012 by Thaddaeus McRae
What do you get when you cross a camera, dancers, and a gigantic 59-foot-tall kaleidoscope? Answer: The Power of X. This amazing dance video was created for the TEDxSummit conference that was recently held in Qatar, and was created without any computer trickery. Everything you see in the video is what the camera captured through the [...] Read More
I Am Not A Hipster – Beyond Sundance
May 3, 2012 by Kenny Laubbacher
I’m constantly humbled by the talented people I get to be around. Last summer, Noelle (IC Communications Director) and I worked with some talented friends on a film called I AM NOT A HIPSTER, a fictional story about a small local musician dealing with the death of his mother. Incredibly, this heartwarming film got into [...] Read More
Mother knows best: Legacy Scholarship student on what her mother means to her
May 3, 2012 by Krista Morgan
Mother’s Day is right around the corner, so in honor of mothers everywhere and the education they work so hard to provide their children, we have decided that 100% of proceeds from select Mend products between now and May 13 will go toward our Legacy Scholarship Program. An investment in education is a way that we [...] Read More
DC Street Team: “We are, dare we say it, the luckiest”
May 2, 2012 by Krista Morgan
Disclaimer: Although we are officially the DC Street Team, we wish to be referred to as the DMV Street Team. We live in DC but our clubs extend as far as Towson, Maryland & Harrisonburg,Virginia. We are, dare we say it, the luckiest. We have a saying in our San Diego office: “You come for [...] Read More
Tiffany, Naturally
May 1, 2012 by Krista Morgan
We like to obsess over and discuss an array of different things on our blog – world news, music, literature & politics, to name a few. Today, it’s about health. Health & wellness. The chair of Invisible Children’s Health & Wellness Committee (yes, we have an actual committee) started a blog called Tiffany, Naturally. We [...] Read More
Inside the mind of the LRA
May 1, 2012 by Azy Groth
This is an incredibly interesting interview about the LRA command structure, how groups of the LRA communicate with one another, the importance of defection fliers, and how Joseph Kony manipulates abductees–especially children–into doing his bidding. -Azy From Voice of America, by Gabe Joselow: Matthew Brubacher, the Public Affairs Officer for the United Nations peacekeeping force [...] Read More
