Invisible Children

Senator Coburn said YES! The holdout is over...

Invisible Children — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:02:57 -0800

The Hold Out is over! After spending 262 hours in front of Senator Coburn’s office, we have received word that Senator Coburn has released his hold on the bill.

The long nights in freezing weather, the excess of pizza, and the shortage of showers have paid off.

This means the LRA Disarmament and Northern Uganda Recovery Act is going to the Senate Floor where it already has 62 co-sponsors. We don’t foresee any more obstacles to its passing.

We could not be more ecstatic. Thank you to our friends at Resolve Uganda who made this happen. And thank you to everyone who has supported the demonstration in person, in spirit, or in $$.

We did it!!!!

From Resolve Uganda: IN THEIR WORDS....

BREAKING NEWS: Invisible Children in OKLAHOMA CITY!

Invisible Children — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 11:49:39 -0800

This is an open call to Senator Coburn (R-OK) asking him to meet with Invisible Children in Oklahoma City RIGHT NOW to re-consider his hold on the LRA Disarmament and Northern Uganda Recovery Act (This bill has the largest potential to FINALLY putting an end to this war). As of right now, 217 Members of Congress have decided to co-sponsor the bill, and Senator Coburn is the only man standing in the way of its passage. Without his help, the U.S. will miss a huge opportunity to stop Joseph Kony and his use of child soldiers.

There are 90 people out in the cold in front of Sen. Coburn's offices RIGHT NOW! It's cold. Very cold. They've been there for 90+ hours, awaiting his decision and will wait for however long it takes for him to remove his hold on the BILL. If you live in Oklahoma, go join the party!

YOU can watch it LIVE as it goes down right here...

YEASAYER is coming with us to UGANDA!

Invisible Children — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 11:35:24 -0800

For any of you who have been following this project with La Blogotheque and the Polyphonic Spree, we've got some BIG NEWS!

YEASAYER is coming with us to UGANDA. That is, if we get funding in time. We just got word from the band that they are totally in. They have been a huge supporters of Invisible Children for a while, and a few years ago requested that if there's ever a chance to go to Uganda, they'd love to get out there. We're glad that the dream is finally coming true!

Become a part of this documentary by helping fund the project, in exchange for digital downloads, signed records, personalized videos to YOU from the bands, etc. CLICK HERE TO DONATE.

PS. We're still waiting to confirm a 3rd and final band....we'll keep you posted. And PITCHFORK just debuted the news too!

A Very Sincere THANK YOU.

Invisible Children — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 16:46:51 -0800

I'm so completely appreciative at how willing everyone was to help us out in that $1 Million campaign - I'm still in shock that we won it! But it wouldn't have been possible without your help. Seriously. It came down to 1200 votes - and if there was another 10 minutes in the competition, we wouldn't have made it.

Time and time again, I am encountered with the impossible becoming a reality at Invisible Children. And you're as much apart of making that happen as anyone else. So again, I wanted to extend a huge thank you for lending your time and resources in helping us win that $1 MILLION grant!

Knowing how much I appreciate it - well, I can't imagine how thankful the people that will feel the impact of this money will be.

And I wanted to show you how insane we all were at the office during the last night of voting. It's a pretty epic 4 minute video:

:: Help Invisible Children win $1,000,000 from CHASE BANK ::

Invisible Children — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 14:43:11 -0800

Invisible Children needs your help right now. It'll only takes 30 seconds, and you can help win us $1 MILLION dollars.

Invisible Children seeks to end the use of child soldiers in Joseph Kony's rebel war and help restore Northern Uganda to peace. You can help us reach these goals right now!

Chase Bank has been doing a MAJOR donation campaign via Facebook. Based on the number of votes received, certain organizations are awarded substantial donations from Chase. Invisible Children has already won and received $25,000 from the 1st Round of voting last month.

There are now 100 charities left in the 2nd Round, in which the winner will receive $1 MILLION dollars - 5 runners-up receiving $100,000 each! THIS IS HUGE. Especially right now. And it is such a simple thing for people to do.

Could you help us promote this? i.e. Twitter about it on friday maybe? Voting starts on JANUARY 15th (voting runs for 7 days), and we could have a real chance at winning a million bucks. Tweet about it, blog it, make a MySpace bulletin, post a Facebook update, write a song, call your mom, etc. (see below for examples).

Use this link to vote right now, and copy it anywhere and everywhere (twitter, facebook status) to spread the news.

http://apps.facebook.com/chasecommunitygiving/charities/598099

Segment on BBC World News...

Invisible Children — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 11:10:38 -0700

Invisible Children was profiled on a special segment of BBC World News yesterday, and if you missed it, here is a link to the web version of the piece. Watch it and tell the world to watch it....youtube it, blog it, re-blog it, facebook it and "like it".

It briefly covers the history of IC as well as provides information for a lobbying event we held on Capitol Hill this past June. We are so grateful and excited about the potential this story has!

NEW Fall Invisible Children Band Tour...

Invisible Children — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 16:48:39 -0700

We are all extremely excited to announce that Invisible Children will be jumping on Brand New's headlining tour with Thrice at the end of October for a month. Both bands have recently released acclaimed albums, and these tours will be the first to promote them. So not only are big things happening for these artists, but we get to pair the energy with our own initiatives by setting out on our most ambitious quest yet - calling on Obama to address the war in northern Uganda and put the United States' name behind international efforts to arrest Joseph Kony. Try saying that three times....and fast.

I don't even know if the music industry is ready for such a takeover of young activists. Or are they? It has happened before you know...

Dr. Martin Luther King speaks again...KEEP MOVING.

Invisible Children — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 11:26:32 -0700

OBAMA and 7-11 runs....

Invisible Children — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 10:50:14 -0700

Something happened the other day. Something ironic.

There are days when the only thing that will suffice a serious appetite is a 2 AM 7-11 run. Who's with me? But on this particular night, I witnessed something not unfamiliar to the 7-11 franchise. Theft. But not any kind of theft.

This 15 year old still pre-pubescent punk walks into the store.... goes to the "beer cave".... and walks right out the front door while maintaining eye-contact with the man behind the register - as if to say, "just try to stop me." I'm there at the counter, paying for my moon pies, as any good participating citizen would. The man at the register just shook his head, defeated. I looked at him - then to the kid - back to the man, and thought "I need to run after him and stop him." I walked out. The acne laced thief just kept walking. And nothing. What was I going to do? The 7-11 dude told me not to go after him - that the last gentleman that did was, and I quote, "knifed".

I was so upset to witness such a ridiculously obvious form of injustice. There is a point. Hold tight.

When in the face of something as seemingly minor as a beer theft from a 7-11 I found myself wracked with anger. So I have to ask the even larger questions. If we have the opportunity to take matters into our own hands and stand up to something that is wrong, it's obvious that we must.

The reason I mentioned the irony of this 7-11 experience? For this fall, we have instated a CITIZENS ARREST of JOSEPH KONY - Leader of the LRA. So we CAN take matters into our own hands. The goal? To get at least 250,000 signatures that we can hand deliver to one of these four major political figures.

1- President Obama himself.

2- Michelle Obama.

3- Vice President Biden.

4- Sec. of State Clinton.

Go here to sign it. And tell all your friends.

Now, I only wish I could've arrested the 7-11 fugitive, as a citizen....

Pete Yorn and Scarlett Johansson - "Relator"

Invisible Children — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 14:33:45 -0700