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Common Good Exchange // RYOT News
May 13, 2013 by Danny Porter
This August, during the Fourth Estate Leadership Summit, more than 40 organizations will join Invisible Children for the Common Good Exchange in Los Angeles. The event is a unique opportunity for participants to engage with and learn from some of the most important organizations in the world. One the organizations that we’re proud to partner with is [...] Read More
Common Good Exchange // LiNK
May 11, 2013 by Danny Porter
This August, Invisible Children is proud to partner with more than 40 organizations for the Common Good Exchange. This unique event will take place during the Fourth Estate Leadership Summit in Los Angeles and will be an incredible opportunity for participants to engage with some of the top brands in the non-profit industry, learn about various causes, and discover [...] Read More
Common Good Exchange // Project 7
May 11, 2013 by Juan Frausto
Over the past few years, social entrepreneurship has elevated the standards for commerce and sustainability. With varying models, many social organizations base there work on a 1 for 1 model – selling goods and investing proceeds back into communities. Taking an amplified approach to the 1 for 1 model, our friends at Project 7 invest proceeds from each of its sold products into [...] Read More
What the world eats
May 9, 2013 by Danny Porter
Photographer Peter Menzel and his wife, writer Faith D’Alusio, were hungry to learn how the rest of the world eats. So they took it upon themselves to find out. The couple set out to on a trip around the world, traveling to 24 different countries. Throughout their travels they shopped, cooked, and ate with 30 [...] Read More
Innovation in the classroom // Sugata Mitra
May 9, 2013 by Danny Porter
Calcutta-born Sugata Mitra has been defying the odds since birth. Statistically, very few people born in Calcutta make it above the poverty line, much less out of the Indian city. Mitra has done both. Currently a visiting professor at MIT, Mitra is revolutionizing primary education. Mitra recently received a $1 million TED Prize for his work to improve education [...] Read More
Common Good Exchange // DoSomething.org
May 8, 2013 by Juan Frausto
Sometimes all you need is a jump start to pursue your dreams. Luckily, this summer, we’re bringing activists from around the world to our Fourth Estate Leadership Summit, providing them with tools to make a difference in the world and in their own communities. Complete with breakout sessions, workshops, new Invisible Children media, and dance [...] Read More
Educator Spotlight // Cindy Dziwura
May 8, 2013 by Danny Porter
Cindy Dziwura has been teaching and inspiring middle school students for the past 20 years. She’s an Invisible Children all-star, and an alumna of the original Fourth Estate Summit. Not to mention she’s hosted screenings with the Deep South Roadies for the past several semesters. I caught up with her to talk more about her experiences [...] Read More
Today is National Teacher Day
May 7, 2013 by Danny Porter
They say the older you get, the wiser your teachers become. Whoever said that must have been a teacher, simply because it’s true. Today we celebrate National Teacher Day and honor those who have dedicated their careers to education, inspiration, and innovation. These selfless individuals are among our most valuable resources, and continue to equip generations with the tools [...] Read More
Common Good Exchange // Restore International
May 7, 2013 by Danny Porter
Invisible Children is proud to partner with over 40 unique and innovative social brands at the Common Good Exchange during this year’s Fourth Estate Leadership Summit. One of the organizations we’re partnering with is Restore International. Restore was founded in 2004 by Bob Goff. We could write an entire blog about Bob, but thankfully he’s [...] Read More
Common Good Exchange // Non-Toxic Revolution
May 4, 2013 by Juan Frausto
As part of our Fourth Estate Leadership Summit this August, we’re partnering with more than 40 top social brands to be part of our Common Good Exchange so that participants can interact and meet the people behind forward-thinking organizations. We’re excited to welcome the Keep a Breast Foundation’s Non-Toxic Revolution to the Summit. In 1999, the founder of the Keep [...] Read More
