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 “And that is how change happens. One gesture. One person. One moment at a time.”                                                           -Libba Bray, The Sweet Far Thing After visiting the Holocaust Museum in Washington D.C. last summer, 17-year-old Braden Sweeney became intrigued that “there is still genocide occurring today” and decided he “wanted to make a difference in the world.” After coming across information about Invisible Children’s Protection Plan which is dedicated to implementing projects that directly contribute to the protection of LRA-affected communities, he decided to raise money and donate all proceeds to the Protection Plan. Read the full story on Braden’s great work to be inspired on how you can help the cause.

 “And that is how change happens. One gesture. One person. One moment at a time.”                                                          

-Libba Bray, The Sweet Far Thing

After visiting the Holocaust Museum in Washington D.C. last summer, 17-year-old Braden Sweeney became intrigued that “there is still genocide occurring today” and decided he “wanted to make a difference in the world.” After coming across information about Invisible Children’s Protection Plan which is dedicated to implementing projects that directly contribute to the protection of LRA-affected communities, he decided to raise money and donate all proceeds to the Protection Plan.

Read the full story on Braden’s great work to be inspired on how you can help the cause.


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Sometimes – when you ask nicely – U.S. Congress makes $10 million available for protecting families at risk of LRA attacks. That’s good money. Thanks to everyone out there who called, tweeted, or met with their Members of Congress. Nice work. Check out Resolve’s blog post about it. Resolve is our partner in KONY 2012 and they know what’s what in DC. -Azy Check out the full blog here.

Sometimes – when you ask nicely – U.S. Congress makes $10 million available for protecting families at risk of LRA attacks. That’s good money. Thanks to everyone out there who called, tweeted, or met with their Members of Congress. Nice work.

Check out Resolve’s blog post about it. Resolve is our partner in KONY 2012 and they know what’s what in DC.

-Azy

Check out the full blog here.




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In case you hadn’t heard: KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Ugandan forces captured a senior commander of Joseph Kony’s Lord’s Resistance Army after a brief fight with rebels near the border between the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Central African Republic, an army official said Sunday, in what an analyst said was an “intelligence coup” for the forces hunting for Mr. Kony. Read the full story here.

In case you hadn’t heard:

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Ugandan forces captured a senior commander of Joseph Kony’s Lord’s Resistance Army after a brief fight with rebels near the border between the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Central African Republic, an army official said Sunday, in what an analyst said was an “intelligence coup” for the forces hunting for Mr. Kony.

Read the full story here.


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Reuters: Africa published this article about the ensuing manhunt for Joseph Kony. Abou Moussa, head of the U.N. Regional Office for Central Africa, is interviewed about Kony’s believed tactics, whereabouts, and the current strategy to find him. Read it here.

Reuters: Africa published this article about the ensuing manhunt for Joseph Kony. Abou Moussa, head of the U.N. Regional Office for Central Africa, is interviewed about Kony’s believed tactics, whereabouts, and the current strategy to find him.

Read it here.


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Update from Thrice’s Farewell Tour Check out more pictures from the road here.

Update from Thrice’s Farewell Tour

Check out more pictures from the road here.



Meet Langee Vicky - a great cook, a Mend seamstress, and an amazing mother & friend. Learn more about Vicky and Mend here.

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Dan Pallotta visits the Invisible Children office Dan Pallotta is a builder of movements. He is a philanthropist, the author of “Uncharitable“, contributor to the Harvard Business Review, president of Advertising for Humanity, and founder of Pallotta Teamworks which invented the multi-day AIDS Rides and Breast Cancer 3-Days. He altered the landscape of options for the ordinary individual yearning to make an extraordinary difference in history. He is a huge inspiration and, dare I say, legendary among the people in our office. Read: we were totally freaking out. Read the whole post here on our blog.

Dan Pallotta visits the Invisible Children office

Dan Pallotta is a builder of movements. He is a philanthropist, the author of “Uncharitable“, contributor to the Harvard Business Review, president of Advertising for Humanity, and founder of Pallotta Teamworks which invented the multi-day AIDS Rides and Breast Cancer 3-Days. He altered the landscape of options for the ordinary individual yearning to make an extraordinary difference in history. He is a huge inspiration and, dare I say, legendary among the people in our office. Read: we were totally freaking out.

Read the whole post here on our blog.