Alicia Keys & John Mayer perform at the 2013 Global Citizen Festival in Central Park
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2013-10-19
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On Saturday, September 28, 2013, The Global Poverty Project, in proud
partnership with the Cotton On Foundation, hosted the 2013 Global Citizen Festival on the Great Lawn of New Yorks iconic Central Park.
The Global Citizen Festival, which celebrated achievements made towards ending extreme poverty in this generation, featured performances by Stevie Wonder, Kings of Leon, Alicia Keys, and John Mayer, with a brief acoustic performance by Elvis Costello.
Sixty-thousand people joined the socially conscious musicians, celebrities, & world leaders....including the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the President of the World Bank, Jim Yong King, leading NGO partners, dignitaries and philanthropists while millions viewed online, to urge world leaders to take action towards ending extreme poverty by 2030.
The 2013 Global Citizen Festival was produced by DPS in partnership with AEG/Goldenvoice and Cable channels Palladia, Fuse, American Forces Network, Multishow/Globosat (Brazil) and Weekend Sunrise on the Seven Network (Australia) simultaneously broadcasted the charity music event live on their respective networks. Additionally, AOL, VEVO, Fuse.tv, The New York Times, Unite4Good.org, UN Web TV and GlobalFestival.com provided multiplatform live streams of the event.
Guests Included:
Bono, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Katie Holmes, Gerard Butler, Olivia Wilde, Freida Pinto, will.i.am, Bridget Moynahan, Russell Simmons, Karolina Kurkova, Erin Heatherton, Rachel Brosnahan, Jake Clemons, Deborah-Lee Furness, President of the World Bank, Jim Yong King, Soledad OBrian, Barbara Bush, Gayle King, Adrian Grenier, Crown Princess Mary of Denmark, Shawn King, among others.
Non-profit partners included:
The Global Partnership for Education, A World at School Initiative, The Earth Institute, the UN's Special Advisor on the Millennium Development Goals Jeffrey Sachs, Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI Alliance), Women Deliver, World Food Program USA, The World Bank Group, U.S. Fund for UNICEF, Make Roads Safe, CARE, charity: water, Malaria No More, Toilet Hackers and more.
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partnership with the Cotton On Foundation, hosted the 2013 Global Citizen Festival on the Great Lawn of New Yorks iconic Central Park.
The Global Citizen Festival, which celebrated achievements made towards ending extreme poverty in this generation, featured performances by Stevie Wonder, Kings of Leon, Alicia Keys, and John Mayer, with a brief acoustic performance by Elvis Costello.
Sixty-thousand people joined the socially conscious musicians, celebrities, & world leaders....including the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the President of the World Bank, Jim Yong King, leading NGO partners, dignitaries and philanthropists while millions viewed online, to urge world leaders to take action towards ending extreme poverty by 2030.
The 2013 Global Citizen Festival was produced by DPS in partnership with AEG/Goldenvoice and Cable channels Palladia, Fuse, American Forces Network, Multishow/Globosat (Brazil) and Weekend Sunrise on the Seven Network (Australia) simultaneously broadcasted the charity music event live on their respective networks. Additionally, AOL, VEVO, Fuse.tv, The New York Times, Unite4Good.org, UN Web TV and GlobalFestival.com provided multiplatform live streams of the event.
Guests Included:
Bono, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Katie Holmes, Gerard Butler, Olivia Wilde, Freida Pinto, will.i.am, Bridget Moynahan, Russell Simmons, Karolina Kurkova, Erin Heatherton, Rachel Brosnahan, Jake Clemons, Deborah-Lee Furness, President of the World Bank, Jim Yong King, Soledad OBrian, Barbara Bush, Gayle King, Adrian Grenier, Crown Princess Mary of Denmark, Shawn King, among others.
Non-profit partners included:
The Global Partnership for Education, A World at School Initiative, The Earth Institute, the UN's Special Advisor on the Millennium Development Goals Jeffrey Sachs, Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI Alliance), Women Deliver, World Food Program USA, The World Bank Group, U.S. Fund for UNICEF, Make Roads Safe, CARE, charity: water, Malaria No More, Toilet Hackers and more.
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