Dear Friends and Family,
Help me out. Help me get to Uganda. Help me eat. Help Invisible Children.
Donate to me personally now.
http://invisiblechildren.kintera.org/mysupport/theshawnschmalken
thanks in advance.
Monday, September 28, 2009
Sunday, September 27, 2009
"In Jesus name I pray... IM A WARRIOR OF GOD... GET OUT OF MY HOUSE!"
Oh my gosh. This is epic. Wow. I feel bad for the film crew.. let alone, the poor kids, and husband. But, she swears that she is a warrior of God (at least she is not on the dark side .. but from the way it looks.. its where she belongs.. ha
Saturday, September 26, 2009
Thursday, September 24, 2009
The Effle Wedding.
This past summer I photographed parts of the Effle wedding. Here are a few fully edited pictures from the night. Enjoy. -Shawn
Saturday, September 19, 2009
A New Effort...
Greeting.. It has been super busy here in San Diego.
I'll go back a week or two..
So, September 8th. Two days before the launch of our Fall 2009 Schools for Schools and Rescue and Recovery Tour. It was intense. Roadies were scrambling for last minute training's, while at the same time trying to book final screenings. It was hectic. On the 3rd for of Invisible Children we were running around, organizing $175,000 in merch.. in real time understandable words.. thats about 20,000 t-shirts, lots of bracelets, and DVD's. We took pictures and made videos... here are a few pictures from pre-tour launch downstairs. This is what I did.. with Kaitlin of course.. and an amazing boss, Russell.
This is the night before launch. It was soo clean and organized until this night. Its messy because the roadies were rolling shirts, and beginning to carry stuff outside to put into vans.
This is a picture looking down from the roof of the office onto some roadies loading the vans the night before launch.
This is a team loading one of the new vans, preparing for tour.
This is actually what the room looked like before it got messy.
Hmm.. these are bracelets that came in two days before launch. It was a ton!
Some Roadies rolling shirts in the room that isn't even ours.. our office building loves us.. heh. :/
So.. here are pictures from the Launch Party on September 10th on top of Mount Soledad. It was amazing. Pictures tell the story.
This is Marissa... and some other interns. Welcome to the launch party. :)
These are some of the master minds behind Invisible Children.
Epic moment. Jason Russell spoke, and behind him was a full moon. Nothing like a moonshot, eh? The Roadies were blasting off!
This is our fleet. PREPARE FOR BLAST OFF!
Tyler Jones!!! TAKE OFF!
Sean Hines was so excited, he was about to jump out of the van and start tour charging towards peace!
It has been an EPIC adventure so far, and there is sooo much more to come. I also have a lot to catch ya'll up with. More posts coming soon!!
<3 Shawn
I'll go back a week or two..
So, September 8th. Two days before the launch of our Fall 2009 Schools for Schools and Rescue and Recovery Tour. It was intense. Roadies were scrambling for last minute training's, while at the same time trying to book final screenings. It was hectic. On the 3rd for of Invisible Children we were running around, organizing $175,000 in merch.. in real time understandable words.. thats about 20,000 t-shirts, lots of bracelets, and DVD's. We took pictures and made videos... here are a few pictures from pre-tour launch downstairs. This is what I did.. with Kaitlin of course.. and an amazing boss, Russell.
This is the night before launch. It was soo clean and organized until this night. Its messy because the roadies were rolling shirts, and beginning to carry stuff outside to put into vans.
This is a picture looking down from the roof of the office onto some roadies loading the vans the night before launch.
This is a team loading one of the new vans, preparing for tour.
This is actually what the room looked like before it got messy.
Hmm.. these are bracelets that came in two days before launch. It was a ton!
Some Roadies rolling shirts in the room that isn't even ours.. our office building loves us.. heh. :/
So.. here are pictures from the Launch Party on September 10th on top of Mount Soledad. It was amazing. Pictures tell the story.
This is Marissa... and some other interns. Welcome to the launch party. :)
These are some of the master minds behind Invisible Children. 
Epic moment. Jason Russell spoke, and behind him was a full moon. Nothing like a moonshot, eh? The Roadies were blasting off!
This is our fleet. PREPARE FOR BLAST OFF!
Tyler Jones!!! TAKE OFF!
Sean Hines was so excited, he was about to jump out of the van and start tour charging towards peace!It has been an EPIC adventure so far, and there is sooo much more to come. I also have a lot to catch ya'll up with. More posts coming soon!!
<3 Shawn
Friday, September 18, 2009
"No role in history could be more difficult or more important. We stand for freedom."
"I believe this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal before this decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the earth. We choose to go to the moon. We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things. Not because they are east, but because they are hard. Because that challenge is one we're willing to accept, and one we intend to win." - JFK (1961)
When I accepted the internship at Invisible Children this past July, I had no idea that I would be fighting towards a mission that so many would call impossible, but the funny thing is, I'm not complaining.
This fall at Invisible Children, we're going for the moon. We believe that ending the war in northern Uganda, and boarding countries is OUR MOONSHOT of the decade. We know we can do it, and we're offering you three ways to help us accomplish the impossible.
1. WE WANT OBAMA. We're calling on President Barack Obama to make a public statement by Christmas, and committing the United States to ending the war, and committing to the recovery of Uganda. Sign the CITIZENS ARREST WARRANT BY CLICKING HERE.
2. JOIN TRI. TRI is simple. Donate $3 a week to rescue the child soldiers. Its a coffee. Its a bag of chips. Sign up at www.invisiblechildren.com/tri If you sign up for TRI, we'll even give you the new activist journal, and two shirts for free.
3. JOIN SCHOOLS FOR SCHOOLS. Start a club, raise some money, and rebuild war torn schools in northern Uganda. Sign your school up at www.s4s.invisiblechildren.com
There you have. Let's get to the moon.
-Shawn
P.S.- Last week at tour launch, there was a full moon. Was that a sign from God? I think so.
When I accepted the internship at Invisible Children this past July, I had no idea that I would be fighting towards a mission that so many would call impossible, but the funny thing is, I'm not complaining.
This fall at Invisible Children, we're going for the moon. We believe that ending the war in northern Uganda, and boarding countries is OUR MOONSHOT of the decade. We know we can do it, and we're offering you three ways to help us accomplish the impossible.
1. WE WANT OBAMA. We're calling on President Barack Obama to make a public statement by Christmas, and committing the United States to ending the war, and committing to the recovery of Uganda. Sign the CITIZENS ARREST WARRANT BY CLICKING HERE.
2. JOIN TRI. TRI is simple. Donate $3 a week to rescue the child soldiers. Its a coffee. Its a bag of chips. Sign up at www.invisiblechildren.com/tri If you sign up for TRI, we'll even give you the new activist journal, and two shirts for free.
3. JOIN SCHOOLS FOR SCHOOLS. Start a club, raise some money, and rebuild war torn schools in northern Uganda. Sign your school up at www.s4s.invisiblechildren.com
There you have. Let's get to the moon.
-Shawn
P.S.- Last week at tour launch, there was a full moon. Was that a sign from God? I think so.
THE GONG
The Roadies get to ring the GONG when they book a screening.. well, we counted 20,000 shirts, reorganized, and distributed them in less than 15 hours.. this was our GONG RINGING. It was so legit. Oh, and yeah, we're dorks. Enjoy.
Sunday, September 13, 2009
CALIFORNIA HERE WE COME!!
This is my new favorite song.. in light of me starting season 1 of the OC.. I love it. Enjoy.
wait. i was going to put the music video and the lyrics, but i found this instead. :]]
wait. i was going to put the music video and the lyrics, but i found this instead. :]]
Thursday, September 3, 2009
"The Road Is CAlling, So I've Got to Go.."
I LOVE this song.. Listen.. I think it explains part of me being at Invisible Children. ;) Enjoy. Some epic posts coming soon!
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