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The Global Poverty Project, in proud partnership with the
Cotton On Foundation, announced that the official host
committee for the 2013 Global Citizen Festival will include
lead host Soledad O’Brien, with: Rachel Brosnahan, Barbara
Pierce Bush, Gerard Butler, Jake Clemons, Deborra-Lee
Furness, Erin Heatherton, Katie Holmes, Karolina Kurkova,
Bridget Moynahan, Freida Pinto, Professor Jeffrey Sachs,
Russell Simmons, Olivia Wilde, will.i.am, and Professor
Mohammad Yunus.
The 2013 Global Citizen Festival is part of the worldwide
movement to end extreme poverty. The free ticketed concert
will take place on the Great Lawn of New York's iconic
Central Park, with performances by Stevie Wonder, Kings of
Leon, Alicia Keys and John Mayer on September 28, 2013.
The Global Citizen Festival is once again timed to provide
world leaders with a clear and compelling mandate to help
end extreme poverty by 2030, as they gather at the United
Nations General Assembly in New York.
These musicians and hosts will dedicate their time to
encourage fans and friends to become ‘Global Citizens’ and
raise awareness and take actions to end extreme poverty.
This year, The Global Poverty Project’s four main themes of
focus are: education, women’s equality, global health, and
global partnerships. Through the Festival, The Global
Poverty Project aims to achieve the specific policy
objectives including ensuring every child can go to school,
funding the training and deployment of hundreds of thousands
of Community Health Workers in the global south, making
equality for girls and women a global priority, and
supporting public and private partnerships committed to
ending extreme poverty by 2030.
Lead host, Soledad O’Brien stated, "I'm proud to be the lead
host of the Global Citizen Festival because, addressing the
issue of global poverty needs to be our priority. This is an
issue that I care deeply about and report on often."
Free tickets to the Festival can be earned at
www.globalfestival.com
where fans can take online “action” to earn their admission.
Fans simply register to become a Global Citizen, choose from
a variety of actions to earn points, like watching videos,
signing petitions, sending emails to world leaders, and use
their earned points to qualify for free tickets to the
Festival.
The 2013 Global Citizen Festival, in proud partnership with
the Cotton On Foundation, is produced by DPS in partnership
with AEG/Goldenvoice, and is generously supported by global
technology partner HP, as well as Kidnected World, The Pratt
Foundation, FedEx, Coca-Cola, Citibank, The Color Run, and
The Riot House. The Festival is only possible because of
critical funding from the Sumner M. Redstone Foundation.
Media partners include Clear Channel Media and
Entertainment, Forbes, ReverbNation and others.
People everywhere are invited to sign-up and take actions to
be entered in the ticket lottery. More information about
the bands, artists, and event can be found here:
www.globalfestival.com
In total, 54,000 free tickets to the Festival will be
awarded to Global Citizens.
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THE GLOBAL POVERTY
PROJECT:
The Global Poverty Project is an international education and
advocacy organization working to catalyse the movement to
end extreme poverty. An Australian grown project, The Global
Poverty Project creates campaigns with the purpose to
increase the number and effectiveness of people taking
action to end extreme poverty, with the vision of a world
without extreme poverty, within a generation. Join the
conversation on Facebook,
follow @TheGPP and visit: www.globalpovertyproject.com
COTTON ON FOUNDATION:
What started as a simple donation to complete a healthcare
centre in a small African village was to be a life-changing
partnership for the people of Southern Uganda and also for
the Cotton On Group. In November 2007, The Cotton On
Foundation arrived in Mannya Village, Uganda. Known to be an
area rife with HIV/AIDS and deemed ’Mission Impossible’ by
its local diocese, Mannya was a community in need of help. A
lack of education, basic infrastructure and healthcare
facilities had lead to a village in desperate need of a
helping hand. In Partnership with the Cotton On Group retail
team and the incredible generosity of their customers, the
Cotton On Foundation is now working with Ugandan communities
and others globally in helping to build a healthy and
sustainable future by rolling up their sleeves and doing all
they can to help their mates. How? They sell their own
products in over 1000 Cotton On Group stores globally, and
100 per cent of the proceeds going directly to the
Foundation to support those most in need.
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