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Global Citizen NOW Summit Scheduled for May 14 in New York with Participants Including Hugh Jackman
The fifth Global Citizen NOW summit will occur on May 14 at Spring Studios in New York, focusing on education, food security, energy, and global health. Participants include celebrities such as Hugh Jackman, Rachel Brosnahan, Common, Adam Lambert, and Ayra Starr, along with leaders from government, business, and philanthropy. The event aims to announce commitments to address extreme poverty.
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The Global Citizen organization has announced the fifth edition of its Global Citizen NOW summit, set for May 14 at Spring Studios in New York. The gathering will bring together leaders from government, policy, advocacy, business, entertainment, and philanthropy. Participants include Global Citizen ambassadors Hugh Jackman, Rachel Brosnahan, Common, and Adam Lambert, as well as singer Ayra Starr.
E. Gaston Browne, FIFA President Gianni Infantino, Authentic Brands Group Chairman and CEO Jamie Salter, actress Kat Graham, chef and restaurateur Marcus Samuelsson, Bridgewater Associates CEO Nir Bar Dea, Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance CEO Dr. Sania Nishtar, Bezos Earth Fund President and CEO Tom Taylor, CBS host and anchor Vladimir Duthiers, and Octopus Energy Generation CEO Zoisa North-Bond.
The summit will address expanding access to education through the FIFA Global Citizen Education Fund, improving food security and economic opportunity, increasing access to electricity while reducing emissions, and tackling global health and nutrition for underserved communities, according to the organization.
Sponsors include Authentic Brands Group, Bridgewater Associates, Cisco, Delta Air Lines, IHC, MetLife, PayPal, and Procter & Gamble. During the event, the Global Citizen Prize and the Cisco Youth Leadership Award will be presented. The previous Global Citizen NOW summit in 2023 took place in New York, Detroit, Michigan, Sevilla, Spain, Belém, Brazil, and Johannesburg, South Africa.
Additional participants for the 2024 event are expected to be announced. The organization states that the summit facilitates announcements of solutions and commitments to end extreme poverty.
Hugh Evans, co-founder and CEO of Global Citizen, commented on the event's purpose.
