From Breakthrough president and CEO Mallika Dutt: Jason Russell and Invisible Children know that a powerful story can change the world. But by characterizing essentially all Ugandans as either war criminals or helpless victims, the massively viral KONY 2012 manages to flatten its subject rather than deepen it. Which is to say: it fails the [...]

March 13, 2012 by Mallika Dutt | Tags: Africa, betty bigombe, homepage, Invisible Children, jason russell, Joseph Kony, kony 2012, storytelling, Uganda | Comments Off

In a boost for the LGBTQ movement, a recent nationwide Gallup poll found that 53% of Americans support making gay marriage legal. This comes as a noticeable increase from last year, when 44% favored same-sex unions. The Gallup poll is one of several polls that have been conducted nationwide this year that are showing increased [...]

May 24, 2011 by Pulkit | Tags: AllOut.org, America 2049, Anthony Rapp, b-listed, breakthrough, culture shockers, Facebook, Freedom to Marry, Gallup, gay marriage, GLAAD, GLSEN, Good Day Every Day, Harold Perrineau, human rights, It Gets Better, It Gets Better project, LGBTQ, No H8 Campaign, Presbyterian Church USA, Proposition 8, same-sex union, Uganda | Comments Off

A very important take action came to our attention. Right now, Brenda Namigadde, a Ugandan lesbian in the UK, is facing deportation back to Uganda. She has said: “If I’m sent back I’ll be tortured … it’s very dangerous for me.” Especially with the tragic killing of Ugandan gay rights activist, David Kato, this is [...]

January 27, 2011 by crissy spivey | Tags: b-listed, b-the change, breakthrough, Brenda Namigadde, David Kato, lgbt, Uganda | Comments Off

Invisible Children succeeds in getting Congress to pass the LRA Disarmament Act to put an end to human rights violations in Central Africa; now all that’s left is a signature from President Obama to implement the bill.

May 19, 2010 by Annie | Tags: b-activists, b-listed, Barack Obama, breakthrough, Central African Republic, Citizens Warrant Arrest, Congress, Democratic Republic of Congo, human rights, Invisible Children, Joseph Kony, Lord's Resistance Army, LRA Disarmament and Northern Uganda Recovery Act, sudan, Uganda | Comments Off

ET had a point when he said “phone home.” But what did he do with his old phone? I doubt he knew about Hope Phones, a new campaign by FrontlineSMS:Medic, that recycles the more than 450,000 mobile phones that find their way into desk drawers or trash cans around the U.S. everyday. An invention of [...]

May 19, 2009 by akshay | Tags: b-activists, cell phones, ET, frontlinesms, global health, hope phones, laptops, Malawi, phone home, recycling, The Wireless Source, Uganda | Comments Off