Global Citizen Festival

NYC PARKS & GLOBAL CITIZEN ANNOUNCE GLOBAL CITIZEN FESTIVAL WILL RETURN TO CENTRAL PARK'S GREAT LAWN ON SEPTEMBER 28, 2024

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星期一, 四月 1, 2024

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NEW YORK, April 1, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The Global Citizen Festival is set to return to the iconic Great Lawn of Central Park for the twelfth year on Saturday, September 28 to continue its mission to end extreme poverty. Tickets to Global Citizen Festival are free, and can be earned by taking action to create a world where everyone's basic needs are fulfilled, our planet is flourishing, and every person and country can prosper. This year's lineup and ticketing information to be announced in the coming months.

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NEW YORK, April 1, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The Global Citizen Festival is set to return to the iconic Great Lawn of Central Park for the twelfth year on Saturday, September 28 to continue its mission to end extreme poverty.
"Since 2012, the Global Citizen Festival has called Central Park its home, thanks to the long-standing partnership with NYC Parks and the City of New York.
"Central Park's iconic Great Lawn has a long and celebrated history of hosting live events that thrill New Yorkers and visitors alike, from Simon & Garfunkel to the NY Philharmonic.
After heavy rain before, during, and after last year's Global Citizen Festival in September, the damage to the Great Lawn was assessed, and Global Citizen's Board of Directors paid for all repairs that were requested.

KENDRICK LAMAR AND 'MOVE AFRIKA: RWANDA' LIGHT UP KIGALI WITH SOLD OUT SHOW, LAUNCHING THE FIRST PAN-AFRICAN TOURING CIRCUIT HEADLINED BY INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS

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星期四, 十二月 7, 2023

KIGALI, Rwanda, Dec. 6, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The first ever Move Afrika event, held tonight in Kigali, was unlike any live show Rwanda has seen before. A light-filled, sold-out BK Arena hosted Move Afrika: Rwanda, a spectacular night of music, culture, and advocacy that took East African entertainment to new heights and will be remembered for years to come as the birth of the first pan-African touring circuit for international artists.

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Bruce Melodie opened the night with an energetic performance that included his smash hits 'Katerina', 'When She's Around' and 'Henzapu.'
Rwandan poet Fred Mfuranzima treated the audience to a spoken word performance of his moving poem, 'The Unstoppable Sea'.
We are looking forward to hosting global citizens every year, here in Kigali, through Move Afrika.
"Global Citizen and pgLang launched Move Afrika to pioneer a first-of-its-kind international music touring circuit throughout the continent of Africa.

GLOBAL CITIZEN AND pgLANG ANNOUNCE 'MOVE AFRIKA,' A LONG-TERM VISION TO PIONEER A WORLD CLASS MUSIC TOURING CIRCUIT ACROSS THE AFRICAN CONTINENT

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星期五, 十一月 3, 2023

In partnership with the Rwanda Development Board, Kigali, Rwanda will host Move Afrika every year for the next five years.

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In partnership with the Rwanda Development Board, Kigali, Rwanda will host Move Afrika every year for the next five years.
Each year, additional countries will be added to the tour schedule, which aims to expand to five countries by 2025.
"Africa is driving culture and creativity globally, but the Continent has been left out of the global music touring circuit for too long.
Across the entire African continent there is huge excitement for driving economic development, tourism and world class entertainment.

Citi Foundation Announces Recipients of Inaugural Global Innovation Challenge

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星期一, 九月 25, 2023

As recipients of this inaugural Global Innovation Challenge, each organization has been granted $500,000 to support programming across four key areas: food access, availability, affordability and community resilience.

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As recipients of this inaugural Global Innovation Challenge, each organization has been granted $500,000 to support programming across four key areas: food access, availability, affordability and community resilience.
“Philanthropic capital plays a critical role in the marketplace of social solutions and the Citi Foundation’s Global Innovation Challenge is designed to help new ideas grow and scale,” said Brandee McHale, President of the Citi Foundation and Head of Citi Community Investing & Development.
"We commend the Citi Foundation for the action-oriented approach taken in its Global Innovation Challenge, which will unleash vital resources for organizations doing critical work to serve families and communities around the world."
For more information on the Global Innovation Challenge and a complete list of grant recipients, please visit citifoundation.com/challenge
The Citi Foundation works to promote economic progress and improve the lives of people in low-income communities around the world.

Shift4 Partners with Give Lively to Offer Powerful Fundraising Solution to Nonprofits

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星期六, 九月 23, 2023

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View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230923417458/en/
Shift4 partners with Give Lively (Graphic: Business Wire)
Give Lively, which builds powerful and practical fundraising solutions that are free for nonprofits and intuitive for donors, will add Shift4 as a payment processor, offering some of the lowest transaction fees available while maintaining a secure, reliable transaction experience.
“At Give Lively, we believe that nonprofits shouldn’t sacrifice their means to satisfy their missions, and that giving should be intuitive and joyful for donors,” said David DeParolesa, CEO of Give Lively.
"This exciting partnership with Shift4 is a huge win for both donors and nonprofits.
The following year, Shift4 acquired fundraising platform The Giving Block to expand the company’s capabilities serving the nonprofit sector.

No more oil, gas and coal. Two nation-states join growing bloc of countries calling for a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty

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星期日, 九月 24, 2023

This move makes them the first countries outside the Pacific region to endorse the call for an international pact to transition away from oil, gas and coal.

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This move makes them the first countries outside the Pacific region to endorse the call for an international pact to transition away from oil, gas and coal.
This is why today I'm honoured to announce that Antigua and Barbuda join our Pacific friends in calling for a negotiation of a Fossil Fuel Treaty.
Timor-Leste stands in solidarity with Pacific nations and is formally joining the call for the negotiation of a Fossil Fuel Treaty.
Its mission is simple — to halt new fossil fuel ventures, phase out existing ones and fund a fair shift to clean energy.

France Announces €40 Million in New Funding to Education Cannot Wait at Global Citizen Festival

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星期六, 九月 23, 2023

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NEW YORK, Sept. 23, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- At this weekend's Global Citizen Festival in New York, France's Minister of State for Development and International Partnerships, Ms. Chrysoula Zacharopoulou, and Education Cannot Wait Executive Director Yasmine Sherif announced €40 million in new, additional funding from the Government of France.

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NEW YORK, Sept. 23, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- At this weekend's Global Citizen Festival in New York, France's Minister of State for Development and International Partnerships, Ms. Chrysoula Zacharopoulou, and Education Cannot Wait Executive Director Yasmine Sherif announced €40 million in new, additional funding from the Government of France.
Education Cannot Wait ( ECW ) has now mobilized US$870 million toward its 2023-2026 Strategic Plan to reach 20 million crisis-impacted children with the safety, hope and opportunity of a quality education.
"Championing global education and emancipation is an absolute priority for France.
Globally, around 224 million children are deprived of a quality education due to armed conflicts, forced displacement, climate-induced disasters and other protracted crises.

France Announces €40 Million in New Funding to Education Cannot Wait at Global Citizen Festival

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星期六, 九月 23, 2023

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NEW YORK, Sept. 23, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- At this weekend's Global Citizen Festival in New York, France's Minister of State for Development and International Partnerships, Ms. Chrysoula Zacharopoulou, and Education Cannot Wait Executive Director Yasmine Sherif announced €40 million in new, additional funding from the Government of France.

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NEW YORK, Sept. 23, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- At this weekend's Global Citizen Festival in New York, France's Minister of State for Development and International Partnerships, Ms. Chrysoula Zacharopoulou, and Education Cannot Wait Executive Director Yasmine Sherif announced €40 million in new, additional funding from the Government of France.
Education Cannot Wait ( ECW ) has now mobilized US$870 million toward its 2023-2026 Strategic Plan to reach 20 million crisis-impacted children with the safety, hope and opportunity of a quality education.
"Championing global education and emancipation is an absolute priority for France.
Globally, around 224 million children are deprived of a quality education due to armed conflicts, forced displacement, climate-induced disasters and other protracted crises.

GLOBAL CITIZEN LAUNCHES NEW CAMPAIGN 'POWER OUR PLANET: ACT TODAY. SAVE TOMORROW.'

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星期四, 四月 27, 2023

NEW YORK, April 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Today Global Citizen, the world's leading international advocacy organization on a mission to end extreme poverty NOW, launched its new global campaign, Power Our Planet: Act Today. Save Tomorrow. Announced during the Global Citizen NOW action summit in New York City, and Co-Chaired by Prime Minister Mia Mottley of Barbados, Power Our Planet is a global effort to mobilize critical financing for developing countries to fight climate change and extreme poverty.

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NEW YORK, April 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Today Global Citizen, the world's leading international advocacy organization on a mission to end extreme poverty NOW, launched its new global campaign, Power Our Planet: Act Today.
The campaign will amplify their calls for action through advocacy initiatives, activations, and live events.
Join me and take action as part of Global Citizen's Power Our Planet campaign."
*In 2009, wealthy nations promised to allocate $100B annually in climate financing by 2020 as part of the Paris Agreement.

The LEGO Foundation, Germany and USA Announce US$42 million in New Funding to Education Cannot Wait

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星期日, 九月 25, 2022

"These generous new contributions from the LEGO Foundation, Germany and the United States are a global call to action.

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"These generous new contributions from the LEGO Foundation, Germany and the United States are a global call to action.
We must unite to fully fund Education Cannot Wait and our strategic partners in mobilizing US$1.5 billion over the next four years.
This new funding will allow us to reach 20 million children caught in some of the world's worst humanitarian crises," said ECW Director Yasmine Sherif.
In response to the crisis in Ukraine, which has severely impacted access to education for close to 7 million children, the Government of Germany also announced 10 million in new funding.