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September 25, 2021
Prince Harry and Meghan, The Duke and Duchess of Sussex to Join Global Citizen Live on the Great Lawn of Central Park in New York City on September 25
Campaign Calls For The G7 and EU to Share at Least One Billion COVID-19 Vaccine Doses Immediately with Those Most in Need.
NEW YORK, September 24, 2021 — Prince Harry and Meghan, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, will join Global Citizen Live on the Great Lawn of Central Park in New York City on September 25. They would continue their work with world leaders in pursuit of global vaccine equity. International advocacy organization Global Citizen announced this.
Also appearing as part of the global broadcast event are:
- United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed
- World Health Organization Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
- Executive Director of the World Food Programme David Beasley
- Education Cannot Wait, Director Yasmine Sherif
- Vivek Maru, CEO of Namati
- Rotary President-elect Jennifer Jones
- SDG Champion and Advocate Eddie Ndopu
- President of the Ford Foundation Darren Walker
- President of the Paris Peace Forum Steering Committee Trisha Shetty
- Hip Hop Caucus President and CEO Rev. Lennox Yearwood Jr.
- U.N. Next Generation fellow Valeria Colunga
- Advocate Eunice Akoth
- and more.
Global Citizen Live is part of the once-in-a-generation day of unity across seven continents. It would be broadcast over 24 hours worldwide on Apple Music, Apple TV App, YouTube, and Twitter. Global Citizen Live will also air on ABC, ABC News Live, iHeartRadio, Hulu, The Roku Channel, FX and TIME in the United States, BBC in the United Kingdom, Caracol in Colombia, Channel 9 in Australia, MagentaTV and MagentaMusik 360 in Germany, Mediacorp in Singapore, Multichoice in Africa, Multishow & Bis in Brazil, S3 on SABC in South Africa, AIM Group in Nigeria, Sky & TV8 in Italy, TF1/TMC in France and TV Azteca in México, and more to come.
• The once-in-a-generation day of global unity will:
Call the G7 and EU to immediately share at least one billion COVID-19 vaccine doses with those most in need. And support the proposal to waive IP around the production of COVID-19 vaccines and other medical tools backed by over 100 countries.
Call Pfizer, BioNTech, and Moderna to share mRNA technology with the new WHO-backed mRNA technology transfer hub in South Africa.
Call the wealthiest nations to deliver on their promise to give $100 billion annually to address the climate needs of developing countries. (According to Global Citizen, only Germany, Norway, and Sweden have been paying their fair share. The most significant shortfall in absolute terms is the US, which provides less funding than France, Germany, Japan, or the United Kingdom - though its economy is more extensive than all of them combined.)
Call Businesses to help curb emissions by joining the Race to Zero and pledging 1 billion different trees by 2022 in support of the 1t.org ambition to conserve, restore and grow one trillion trees this decade.
Call the G7 and the world’s billionaires to end the hunger crisis by contributing at least $6 billion for the urgent provision of millions of meals for the 41 Million People on the brink of starvation.
Global Citizen Live gets support from a corporate coalition that includes Global Partners: Accenture, Cisco, Citi, The Coca-Cola Company, Delta Air Lines, Google, Live Nation, P&G, Salesforce, and Verizon. Campaign partners include Hilton, WW International, and World Wide Technology, who will engage support from the private sector in driving new commitments toward the campaign’s policy objectives.
• Campaign co-chairs include:
- Chuck Robbins, Chairman and CEO of Cisco
- Jane Fraser, CEO of Citi
- James Quincey, Chairman and CEO of The Coca-Cola Company
- Ed Bastian, CEO of Delta Air Lines
- Lorraine Twohill, CMO of Google
- Michael Rapino, CEO of Live Nation
- Marc Pritchard, CBO of P&G
- Marc Benioff, Chair and CEO of Salesforce
- Hans Vestberg, Chairman and CEO of Verizon
- Mindy Grossman, CEO of WW International.
Executive Producers of the Global Citizen Live campaign include Michele Anthony for UMG, Francine Katsoudas, Tina Kennedy, Eric Ortner, Guy Oseary, Michael Rapino for Live Nation, Brian N. Sheth, Wassim “Sal” Slaiby, and Chris Stadler.
The program will be executive produced by Jane Y. Mun, creating partners Deviants Media, Diversified Production Services, Done and Dusted Productions, Ken Ehrlich Productions, Live Nation, Livewire Pictures, TMPL Motion Pictures, and U-Live.
• The Performances Line-Ups:
NEW YORK CITY in Central Park (presented by Citi and Cisco) with Coldplay, Billie Eilish, Camila Cabello, Jennifer Lopez, Lizzo, Meek Mill, Shawn Mendes, and special guest performances by Alessia Cara, Burna Boy, Cyndi Lauper, Jon Batiste, and Lang Lang.
PARIS at Champ de Mars with Ed Sheeran, Elton John, Doja Cat, Black Eyed Peas, Stormzy, Christine and the Queens, and special guest performances by Angélique Kidjo, Charlie Puth, and Fatma Said.
LOS ANGELES at The Greek Theatre (presented by Verizon) with Stevie Wonder, Adam Lambert, Chloe x Halle, Demi Lovato, H.E.R., ONEREPUBLIC, Ozuna, The Lumineers, and 5 Seconds of Summer.
LONDON with Duran Duran, Kylie Minogue, MÃ¥neskin, Nile Rodgers and Chic, and Rag’n’Bone Man.
LAGOS with Femi Kuti, Davido, Tiwa Savage, and Made Kuti.
RIO DE JANEIRO with Alok, Mart’nália, Criolo, Liniker, with special guests Tropkillaz, and Mosquito, in partnership with Rock In Rio.
SYDNEY with Delta Goodrem.
MUMBAI, hosted by Anil Kapoor, with Sadhguru, Amitabh Bachchan, Ayushmann Khurrana, Arjun Kapoor, Ananya Panday, Bhumi Pednekar, Dia Mirza, Farhan Akhtar, Hrithik Roshan, Janhvi Kapoor, Kiara Advani, Riteish Deshmukh, Sara Ali Khan, and Sonakshi Sinha in partnership with Wizcraft.
• Meanwhile, Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India will deliver a video address at the event on the evening of September 25, 2021.
Global Citizen’ is a global advocacy organization that is working to end extreme poverty. ‘Global Citizen Live’ is a 24-hour event held on 25th and 26th September. It will involve live events in major cities, including Mumbai, New York, Paris, Rio De Janeiro, Sydney, Los Angeles, Lagos, and Seoul. In addition, the event will be broadcast in 120 countries and over multiple social media channels.
Sources: Global Citizen. Prime Minister’s Office, New Delhi.
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New York City native Jennifer Lopez performs her hit 2002 song “Jenny From The Block” on the Great Lawn in Central Park for Global Citizen Live New York. Global Citizen is a social action platform for a global generation that aims to solve the world’s biggest challenges.
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