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State Department announces expansion of the War Crimes Rewards program // IC CITIZEN
April 2, 2013 by Lisa Dougan
U.S. Ambassador for Global Criminal Justice, Stephen Rapp, announced the expansion of the State Department’s War Crimes Rewards program at 9:30pm PST today. Under this program — which is part of the broader Rewards for Justice program – the State Department is authorized to offer awards of up to $5 million for information leading to the arrest or conviction [...] Read More
Washington Post: Obama signs Rewards for Justice bill
January 15, 2013 by Juan Frausto
In a bipartisan decision, Congress passed an expansion to the State Department’s Rewards for Justice program with an emphasis on enhancing aims leading to the arrest of Joseph Kony and other LRA leaders. Today, President Obama signed legislation into law that would hold human rights offenders accountable for their crimes. The Washington Post reports: President Barack Obama signed legislation [...] Read More
At the 11th hour, Congress passes bill to help arrest Kony
January 3, 2013 by Invisible Children
We’re less than a week into 2013 and we’ve already got some exciting news about the impact you are making to help end LRA violence. Late Tuesday night, Congress passed the Rewards for Justice expansion legislation (S. 2318) to help strengthen efforts to arrest Joseph Kony– and there is no doubt that your voices helped to make that happen. [...] Read More
Obama to Romney: Let’s do lunch
December 1, 2012 by Kyle Stewart
Remember that presidential campaign? Even though the race was plagued with disagreements, it looks like lunch is something the former opponents could agree on. Meeting around 12:30 on Thursday afternoon, the former Republican nominee Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama shared lunch, their first meeting after the heated election. According to the Washington Post, press were barred from the meal. “Each man [...] Read More
International Justice Mission makings things happen
September 26, 2012 by Kyle Stewart
At the Clinton Global Initiative, a bipartisan event where Gov. Romney and others were in attendance, President Obama issued an executive order to combat human trafficking and named our friends — International Justice Mission (IJM) — in the process. “We are especially honored to be joined today by advocates who dedicate their lives and at times risk their [...] Read More
Global Post: Kony is always one step ahead
July 18, 2012 by Azy Groth
Ashley Benner and Kaspar Agger from the Enough Project wrote this article for the Global Post about ”how forces fighting the LRA are unprepared, underfunded and incapable.” It’s called Joseph Kony: Always One Step Ahead Sounds bleak. But there very specific things that our leaders can do to give the current mission to arrest Joseph Kony and [...] Read More
Dog days of summer
June 22, 2012 by carolinegarcia08
Take your dog to work day – the annual day where you can have your four-legged friend accompany you to work. For some people, they wait for this day all year long. And today is the day [enter roar of applause from employees everywhere]. Fun fact: Invisible Children is full of dog lovers and half [...] Read More
What would you ask President Obama?
January 26, 2012 by Krista MorganFollowing President Obama’s State of the Union address on Tuesday night, there was a live panel featuring senior White House advisors answering your questions about the speech (I didn’t know either). For those that missed the opportunity to get your questions answered, miss no more: On Wednesday, Thursday & Friday, a group of policy experts [...] Read More
