METALLICA, CHARLIE
PUTH, JONAS BROTHERS,
MÅNESKIN, MARIAH CAREY, MICKEY
GUYTON AND ROSALÍA SET TO PERFORM AT GLOBAL CITIZEN FESTIVAL IN
NEW YORK'S CENTRAL
PARK
PRIYANKA CHOPRA JONAS TO HOST GLOBAL CITIZEN
FESTIVAL: NYC
USHER, SZA, STORMZY, GYAKIE, H.E.R., SARKODIE,
STONEBWOY AND TEMS TO PERFORM AT GLOBAL CITIZEN FESTIVAL IN BLACK
STAR SQUARE IN ACCRA,
GHANA
GLOBAL CITIZEN FESTIVAL CALLS FOR WORLD
LEADERS TO EMPOWER GIRLS, CLOSE THE CLIMATE FINANCE GAP, ALLEVIATE
THE GLOBAL FOOD CRISIS, AND RELIEVE CRUSHING DEBTS NOW
Tickets to the festivals are free and can be
earned by downloading the Global Citizen app or visiting
www.globalcitizen.org to take action on the campaign's
issues.
Proudly supported by Global Partners:
Accenture, Cisco, Citi, Delta Air Lines, Harith General Partners,
P&G, Verizon and YouTube, and NYC Campaign Partner World Wide
Technology
World Leaders supporting the campaign include
Ursula von der Leyen, President of
the European Commission; Mia
Mottley, Prime Minister of Barbados; Nana
Akufo-Addo, President of Ghana; Hakainde Hilchilema, President of
Zambia; Amina Mohammed, Deputy Secretary General of the
United Nations; Dr. Natalia Kanem, Executive Director of UNFPA;
Andrej Plenković, Prime Minister of Croatia; Pedro Sánchez, Prime Minister of
Spain; Frank Bainimara, Prime
Minister of Fiji; Ingrida
Šimonytė, Prime Minister of Lithuania; Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the U.S. House of
Representatives; Stanley Kakubo,
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Zambia; Chuck
Schumer, U.S. Senate Majority Leader; Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of
the World Health Organization; Ban
Ki-moon, Former UN Secretary General; Elizabeth Cousens, President and CEO of the UN
Foundation; Meryame Kitir, Minister of Development Cooperation and
Urban Policy of Belgium; Marcelo
Ebrard Casaubon, Secretary of Foreign Affairs of Mexico; Peter
Sands, Executive Director, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS,
Tuberculosis and Malaria; and more
Broadcasting and streaming from Accra and New York
City on ABC, ABC News Live, FX, Hulu, iHeartRadio,
TimesLIVE, Twitter, YouTube and more
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NEW
YORK and ACCRA,
Ghana, Aug. 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --
International advocacy organization Global Citizen today
announced the lineups for the 10th anniversary Global Citizen
Festival, taking place in New York
City's Central Park, presented by Citi and Cisco, and Black
Star Square in Accra, Ghana,
presented by Harith General Partners, on Saturday, September 24, 2022.
Since it began lighting up Central Park's Great Lawn in 2012,
the Global Citizen Festival has become the world's
longest-running global campaign calling for an end to extreme
poverty that unites millions of voices, amplified by the world's
biggest artists, demanding world leaders take action NOW.
Globally, the disproportionate impact of the Covid-19 pandemic
has pushed nearly 100 million more people into extreme poverty and
is reversing recent trends of shrinking inequality, leading to the
loss of at least three years of progress. Without urgent action NOW
this backsliding will only worsen. Russia's invasion of Ukraine has aggravated the situation further,
with as many as 323 million people now facing acute hunger,
and 1.2 billion people now live in nations experiencing a
perfect storm of food, energy, and financial crises. If we don't
take action NOW, as many as 200 million more people may be plunged
into extreme poverty by November.
The 2022 Global Citizen Festival will call on world
leaders at the United Nations General Assembly and ahead of the G20
and COP27 in November to step up and
invest $600 million into the future
of women and girls, close the annual $10
billion climate financing shortfall, deliver $500 million to help African farmers respond to
the global food crisis, and provide urgent relief from crushing
debts to End Extreme Poverty NOW.
With two stages in international cultural capitals, New York City and Accra, Ghana, the 2022 Global
Citizen Festival will be broadcast and streamed on ABC, ABC
News Live, FX, Hulu, iHeartRadio, TimesLIVE, Twitter, YouTube, and
more. ABC News Live's broadcast will air on Saturday, September 24, and a primetime special,
Global Citizen Festival: Take Action NOW, will air on
ABC on Sunday, September 25 at
7:00 pm ET / 6:00 pm CT. Additional tune in details to follow
in the coming weeks.
Performers on the Central Park stage will include Metallica,
Charlie Puth, Jonas Brothers, MÅNESKIN, Mariah Carey, Mickey
Guyton and Rosalía with more to be announced. Global
Citizen Festival: NYC will be hosted by actor, producer, author,
and Global Citizen Ambassador Priyanka
Chopra Jonas.
Marking the 65th anniversary of Ghana's independence and the 20th anniversary
of the African Union, Accra's
iconic Black Star Square will see live performances from Usher,
SZA, Stormzy, Gyakie, H.E.R., Sarkodie, Stonebwoy and TEMS with
more to be announced.
"Decades of systemic and political failures have led humanity
into the midst of converging and rapidly deteriorating crises –
climate, hunger, health, war and conflict. The most marginalized
populations are paying the price of the stagnant inaction of our
leaders, and now millions of lives, and the future of our planet,
are at stake. We refuse to just stand by and watch! We refuse to
accept the starvation of multitudes when solutions are readily at
hand. We demand a secure future for girls everywhere. We demand
governments keep their promises on climate funding. We demand
relief from debts unjustly crushing economies. And we demand action
NOW, while there's still time to change our collective trajectory."
– Hugh Evans, Co-Founder and CEO,
Global Citizen
Global Citizen is calling for world leaders, major corporations
and philanthropic foundations to take to the Global Citizen
Festival stages and announce new commitments to End Extreme
Poverty NOW, including:
Deploy Financing NOW and immediately meet the total
goal of reallocating $100 billion in
IMF Special Drawing Rights (SDRs), by making up the $40B shortfall.
SDRs are a type of reserve asset mostly sitting unused by the
world's wealthiest countries. These rights can immediately provide
new and affordable financing relief for countries at high risk of
financial and debt distress.
There are 69 eligible low-income countries who stand to benefit
from the reallocation of SDRs, many of which are in Africa. During the pandemic, many of these
governments spent more on debt repayments than on education, health
and social protection benefits combined. This funding is needed NOW
to ensure governments have what they need to invest in
strengthening health systems and pandemic preparedness, and the
nutrition, welfare, and education of their citizens. Denmark, Norway, Ireland, Belgium, Sweden, Luxembourg, Austria, Portugal, Korea, and Sweden can transfer their Special Drawing
Rights to the developing countries that desperately need them right
now.
Take Climate Action NOW and fulfill the $100 billion per year promises made in the Paris
Agreement.
Africa accounts for just 3-4
percent of global emissions, yet finds itself on the frontlines of
the effects of climate change. Extreme temperatures and droughts,
such as those in Somalia, threaten
to make a mockery of our attempts to end extreme poverty and
protect the planet. African countries and businesses stand ready to
invest in green jobs and infrastructure, but they need genuine
partnership to deliver.
Having not contributed to the problem, it is unjust to expect
that Africa shifts to renewable
and clean energy without support from the wealthiest countries, who
have indeed industrialized using fossil fuels over the past 150
years. Rich countries like Germany, Italy, the US, Canada and Australia must fulfill the promise that was
meant to be delivered by 2020 and close the annual $10 billion shortfall.
Empower Girls NOW and provide critical investments
into girls' education, sexual and reproductive health and economic
empowerment.
In the last two years, more than 47 million women and girls have
been pushed back into extreme poverty, and the pandemic has forced
millions of girls out of the classroom and into unpaid care
work.
The US, UK, the European Commission, France, Germany and Italy can change this by pledging $600 million in financial support towards UNFPA,
Education Cannot Wait and the Child Care Incentive Fund, launched
this year by the White House. This will support new policies
addressing the expansion of paid parental leave, including
obligatory paternity leave, access to contraception and
education.
Mitigate a Global Food System Meltdown NOW by
providing $500 million for
Africa's farmers to make the most
of the current planting season and fund the local production of
fertilizers, tools, and equipment they need to produce more
food.
Africa is currently
experiencing horrific food shortages as a result of Russia's unjust invasion of Ukraine. Yet the continent has enough arable
land to feed the world, let alone its own citizens.
Germany, the UK, the European
Commission, Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Belgium need to band together and provide
funding to agencies like the International Fund for Agricultural
Development (IFAD), the Global Agriculture and Food Security
Program and CGIAR to urgently equip farmers with the resources they
need. Failure to do so NOW will make the present hunger crisis far
worse over the coming year, as food supplies diminish and prices
soar even higher.
Throughout the campaign, Global Citizen will continue to defend
and promote advocacy, ensuring marginalized voices are heard and
leaders are held accountable to deliver on their promises. Global
Citizen will elevate citizens' voices, especially from the Global
South; defend the right of anyone to speak freely, dissent, and
organize without fear of reprisals or violence; and call on
corporations to refrain from using litigation to silence activists
on the frontline. Without such efforts to champion the causes of
those in peril, the achievement of our campaign goals will continue
to be deprioritized by those in power.
The 2022 Global Citizen Festival campaign is supported by
governments and world leaders including: Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European
Commission; Mia Mottley, Prime
Minister of Barbados; Nana Akufo-Addo, President of Ghana; Hakainde Hichilema, President of
Zambia; Amina Mohammed, Deputy Secretary General of the
United Nations; Dr. Natalia Kanem, Executive Director of UNFPA;
Andrej Plenković, Prime Minister of Croatia; Pedro Sánchez, Prime Minister of
Spain; Frank Bainimara, Prime
Minister of Fiji; Ingrida
Šimonytė, Prime Minister of Lithuania; Dr. Tedros
Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health
Organization; Ban Ki-moon, Former UN
Secretary General; Elizabeth
Cousens, President and CEO of the UN Foundation;
Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the U.S.
House of Representatives; Stanley
Kakubo, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Zambia; Chuck
Schumer, U.S. Senate Majority Leader; Meryame Kitir,
Minister of Development Cooperation and Urban Policy, Belgium; Marcelo Ebrard Casaubon, Secretary of
Foreign Affairs of Mexico;
Anne Tvinnereim, Minister for
International Development, Norway;
Government of Luxembourg; Kingdom
of the Netherlands; Peter Sands, Executive Director of The Global
Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria; Yasmine Sherif, Executive Director, Education
Cannot Wait; Erna Solberg, Former
Prime Minister of Norway;
Linda Thomas-Greenfield, US
Ambassador to the UN; Ertharin Cousin, Founder, Managing Director
and CEO, Food Systems for the Future.
"Ghana is honoured to host this
year's edition of the Global Citizens Festival. I look forward to
welcoming each and everyone of you to Accra, capital of the country at the centre of
the world. Together, let us join hands and help accelerate progress
towards the realization of the SDGs. We owe to the next generation
to live in a world free from poverty, disease and the degradation
of the environment. The time to help make a change is now. We must
align forces to make an impact in Africa, and help end extreme poverty. I have
called colleague African leaders to join me in September, and help
break these systemic barriers that have been affecting our people.
Let us build a strong foundation for future generations." – H.E.
Nana Akufo-Addo, President of
Ghana
"While communities face injustices, crises and inequalities in
the world, we simply cannot give up the fight and solidarity to end
poverty. We need all voices in calling for a better future for
everyone, everywhere. Now is the time for ambitious action.
Together, with Global Citizen, we can keep the promise of the
Sustainable Development Goals." — Amina
Mohammed, United Nations Deputy Secretary General
"This year we have strongly felt the impacts of climate change
across international conflicts, global health, and economic crisis,
raising the level of inequality higher than before. However,
together our mission is possible. It is more important than ever
that the world comes together to demand action from global leaders
with a unified voice, NOW. Global Citizens must champion political
and financial solutions, like climate and agricultural adaptation,
that center the most vulnerable members of our global community and
plant the seeds for dignified and prosperous futures." –
Ban Ki-moon, 8th Secretary-General
of the United Nations & Ban
Ki-moon Center for Global Citizens Co-chair
"All over the world we are seeing the ravaging effects of the
climate crisis, and the disastrous results of political inaction –
of not hearing or empowering the victims of poverty and
disenfranchisement, of not allowing countries to work in
collaboration to protect the global public good. NOW is the time
for ordinary people to take action and fight, and for world leaders
to listen and act, because their lives and livelihoods are at
stake." — Mia Mottley, Prime
Minister of Barbados
"An urgent, collective, and concerted effort is required to make
progress toward ending extreme poverty. I am encouraged by the call
to action issued by Global Citizen and I call upon leaders from
around the world to add their voices, as we cannot afford to sit
back and watch the status quo continue. It is time to break down
the systemic barriers that have kept people in poverty and indeed,
time to act to protect future generations from climate change." —
Hakainde Hichilema, President of Zambia
"We live in perilously difficult times and it is our duty to
fight hunger, poverty, discrimination, illness and effects of
climate change. We need to pull together all our resources to
ensure that the most vulnerable citizens can live in dignity and
safety. I thus fully support the tireless efforts by Global Citizen
to continue uniting us in this vital joint action." – Andrej
Plenković, Prime Minister of Croatia
"The COVID-19 pandemic has shown that all countries must have
equitable access to the tools and technologies needed to prepare
for, prevent, detect and respond rapidly to outbreaks and other
health emergencies. This is why the World Health Organization
brought public and private partners together to launch the
innovative mRNA Technology Transfer Hub based in South Africa, with more than a dozen low- and
middle-income countries joining so far. I welcome Global Citizen's
support for this crucial initiative to diversify and expand
manufacturing of life-saving vaccines, so that the world is better
prepared to prevent and respond more equitably to infectious
diseases and the next pandemic threat." – Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General,
World Health Organization
The 2022 Global Citizen Festival and the End
Extreme Poverty NOW campaign are supported by a coalition
of the world's leading brands and companies including Global
Partners Accenture, Cisco, Citi, Delta Air Lines, Harith General
Partners, P&G, Verizon and YouTube. Global Citizen Festival:
NYC Campaign Partner, World Wide Technology, has deepened their
commitment to sustainability by signing the UN's Race to Zero in
line with the Science Based Targets initiative, answering Global
Citizen's call on corporations to make science-based
targets.
As Patron of Global Citizen's work in Africa, Tshepo
Mahloele, Founder & Executive, of Harith General
Partners, supports Global Citizen's growth across Africa to reach more audiences and help
achieve equity in places with high rates of extreme poverty. Global
Citizen Festival: NYC is also honored to have the support of Mayor
Adams, 110th Mayor of New York
City.
Co-chairs of Global Citizen and of this campaign include:
Julie Sweet, Chair and CEO of
Accenture; Chuck Robbins, Chair and
CEO of Cisco; Jane Fraser, CEO of
Citi; Ed Bastian, CEO of Delta Air
Lines; Lorraine Twohill, CMO of
Google; Marc Pritchard, CBO of
P&G; and Hans Vestberg, Chairman and CEO of Verizon. Global
Citizen's co-chairs are private sector leaders making commitments
in support of the UN's Global Goals. They support Global Citizen's
campaigns while helping to drive deeper engagement within the
private sector.
Policy partners supporting the campaign include: Action Against
Hunger, ALLIED, BRAC, Ban Ki Moon Center for Global Citizens,
Center for Environmental Peacebuilding, CGIAR, CIVICUS, charity:
water, Conservation International, EarthRights, Education Cannot
Wait, Focus 2030, Ford Foundation, Foreign Policy Community of
Indonesia, Freedom House, Front
Line Defenders, Fund for Global Human Rights, Gavi, The Vaccine
Alliance, Gerando Falcões, The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and
Malaria, Global Health Advocates France, Legal Empowerment Fund,
International Disability Alliance, IFAD, International Organization
for Migration, International Rescue Committee, International
Service for Human Rights, LISC, Namati, NPX, One Acre Fund,
OutRight Action International, Pandemic Action Network, People's
Vaccine Alliance, Peace Boat, Re:wild, Rotary International,
Science Based Target initiative, Social Gastronomy Movement, UN
Foundation, UNFPA, UN Joint SDG Fund, UN Office for the
Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, World Benchmarking Alliance,
World Business Council for Sustainable Development, World Health
Organization, and WHO Foundation.
Global Citizen Festival has gratefully received in-kind support
from leading media companies, including: AIM GROUP, Bandsintown,
BellaNaija, Billboard, Boo! Media, Branded Cities, Captivate, Clear
Channel Outdoor, DDP Outdoor, Global OOH, GSTV, The Hollywood
Reporter, iHeartRadio, Intersection, Interstate Outdoor, JC Decaux,
MX, New Tradition, OAAA, Orange Barrel Media, Penske Media, Rolling
Stone, Seen Media, Six Flags Theme Parks, Spotify, Variety, VIBE,
Volta, The Wall Street Journal and YFM.
Tickets to the festivals are free and can be earned by
downloading the Global Citizen app or visiting
www.globalcitizen.org to take action on the campaign's
issues. For each action taken, users earn points that can be
redeemed for tickets to the festivals.
For more information about the 2022 Global Citizen
Festival, visit www.globalcitizen.org, and follow @glblctzn on
Instagram, Tik Tok, Twitter, and
YouTube.
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