Sentences with phrase «invisible children»

I began reading about Uganda, researching it, learning about the invisible children in Uganda, the LRA, the poverty, the starvation, etc..

October 2009, The Invisible Children: Bringing the Voices of Adult Children into the Collaborative Process, sponsored by the New York Association of Collaborative Professionals

Now, many people are criticizing both Invisible Children and the campaign, but one thing is for certain: Kony 2012 is a brilliant marketing campaign, and any business that wants to build its reputation should start taking notes.

Consider the Kony 2012 video and the Invisible Children campaign.

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An exception may be the recent viral explosion amongst the young following the YouTube film on Joseph Kony and the Lord's Resistance Army, made by the advocacy group Invisible Children (Kony, 2012).

The incredible folks at Invisible Children offered to help cover flights and even film behind the scenes.

The problem with Invisible Children's whitewashing of the role of the government of Uganda's president Yoweri Museveni in the violence of Central Africa is that it gives Museveni and company a free pass, and added ammunition with which to bludgeon virtually any domestic opposition, such as Kizza Besigye and the Forum for Democratic Change.

Produced by Jason Russell of Invisible Children, this video, which has garnered over 50 million YouTube and Vimeo hits, is not about saving Africa or world peace or justice for the oppressed.

The message of empowerment in both films is the same: White people are empowered through the perceived act of «saving black people» (note: I would not argue that Invisible Children are consciously constructing this message; they are trying to humanise the heroes of their story and the heroes of their story, as constructed by them, are white).

Second, Invisible Children has designated April 20, 2012, as the day of action — the day it will make Kony famous, by putting up posters, and spreading the word all over major cities.

This scene in the Kony 2012 video, between Jason Russell, a founding member of Invisible Children, and his son, Gavin, starkly symbolises the lost opportunity of the film as a consciousness raising tool.

Invisible Children wants to save the world through military intervention in a conflict that they do not (seem to) understand (although they claim this is not the case, see their reaction to critiques of the film).

The last page of the Invisible Children Kony 2012 action booklet reads, «Joseph Kony is the worst living criminal... He remains at large because he is invisible to the world.

A quick visit to the Invisible Children Facebook page reveals the extent to which «ordinary people» are raising pertinent questions about the organisation's use of funds, agenda and purpose.

They typically start by agreeing that Joseph Kony is evil personified, before moving on to say why, in their opinion, Invisible Children is a dubious organisation that should not be trusted and has quite simply got their tactics wrong.

Emmanuel Jal, a Sudanese musician and former child soldier says, «in a way [this Invisible Children campaign] robbed the dignity of the people of Northern Uganda».

The latest social media innovation is KONY 2012 by the advocacy group «Invisible Children.»

A 30 - minute video from the nonprofit Invisible Children has more than 15 million hits on YouTube and Vimeo since it was posted on March 5.

Some will be raising awareness by showing a clip of the film When the Night Comes, produced by Bobby Bailey (Invisible Children) with United Against Malaria (see a clip of the documentary here).

On July 11, a terrorist bombing at a crowded bar in Kampala, Uganda, killed more than 60 people — including Nate Henn, an American Invisible Children worker who was visiting friends and family.

Best Feature: Jessica Testa at Buzzfeed with «Two years after Kony 2012, has Invisible Children grown up?»

At worst, they are invisible children on the streets who are abused and left to die.

However, some have raised legitimate concerns about Invisible Children's strategy and finances, suggesting that IC may do more to hurt the situation than help it.

Justice In Conflict — «Taking Kony 2012 Down a Notch» and «Kony 2012: The Invisible Children Advocacy Campaign to Catch Kony»

Washington Post: «Invisible Children founders posing with guns: an interview with the photographer»

The death toll from terrorist attacks in Uganda now stands at 74, including one American student who was working with Invisible Children.

In this issue, we go inside the incredible rise and startling fall of Invisible Children, and find out...

Look into hosting a showing of Invisible Children — which exposes the plight of children kidnapped and forced into war in Uganda — or As We Forgive — which documents the long road to forgiveness after the genocide in Rwanda.

When responding to Invisible Children's Kony 2012 campaign, it's important to not fall into one of two extremes.

Other charities REVO has raised money for include Blood: Water Mission, Invisible Children, Not For Sale Campaign, Mocha Club and Stop the Traffik.

For 2009, $ 105,000 was split among a list of winners that included respectable names like Invisible Children, Partners in Health and Blood: Water Mission.

Note: If you're searching for more resources on Joseph Kony, Invisible Children, Uganda and Africa, please check out this list of articles, videos, reports, and links.

But within 48 hours of Invisible Children's «Kony 2012» video going viral, the conversation surrounding Ugandan warlord Joseph Kony and the best way to help the people he has terrorized for more than eight years, had become anything but simple.

Jason «Radical» Russell is a co-founder of Invisible Children, as well as our grand storyteller and dreamer.

The video, created by Invisible Children filmmaker Jason Russell, sought to raise awareness of Kony's crimes in the hopes that he would be found and brought to justice.

Contrastingly, when the Times published Invisible Child, the story of Dasani, not only was marketing not alerted in time to come up with a promotional strategy, «the reporter didn't tweet about it for two days.»

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Anyway, Rain tells the story of an invisible child, only visible by his footsteps when under cover and outlined by the impacting rain while moving around outside.

Not exact matches

Facebook focuses on updates to programs while also providing an outlet to build their «humanity» branding strategy including posts on about how «invisible» and «voiceless» aren't appropriate words to use for children.

The potentially devastating impacts of showing such material to young children were illustrated back in 2009, when conspiracy theorists began circulating the idea that an invisible planet called «Nibiru» would collide with the Earth in 2012, and destroy it.

While latter issues of «Fantastic Four» would depict the Invisible Woman as a capable hero and mother who dealt with complicated topics such as losing a child to a stillborn pregnancy, Alba was actually asked to hold back on all her emotional scenes.

At many companies, men already take «invisible leave» to spend time with their children — they might take an afternoon off to take the kids to their baseball game, for example, while allowing their employer and co-workers to think they're meeting clients.

Who would be the first people that might teach a child about an evil invisible spirit named Satan who is seeking to devour their souls?

So, while their invisible / nonexistent all powerful deity was helping him score a silly TD how many children were r@ped and murdered and how many thousands lay on the ground with bloated bellies begging for a handful of rice?

The cults of the «Invisible Being» have provided the perfect cover for the most sick and vile among us to hide and commit heinous acts against children.

The problem is that their «Jesus» doesn't ask them any hard questions; but is more like a child's «invisible friend» who is always on thier side whenever they find themselves in a conflict with others.

I want children and even people like you to think more and day dream less, and not carry on conversions with your imaginary invisible friend, especially while driving.

It's like a small scared child in a dark room claiming there is some monster out there in the darkness so you turn on the lights to show him there is no monster, but he just get's more scared claiming the monster must have hid in the closet or under the bed or anywhere you havn't yet looked, and when you do look and show them nothing is there it doesn't make them relieved, they get more upset because they now believe the monster is super fast or invisible or can teleport, because they know it's there, they can just feel it!

Believing that the world is what it looks like is crazy, believing that there is an invisible man who runs every last corner of the universe but has nothing better to do than be your personal buddy while war and cancer and torture and child abuse go on and on and on, that's sane?