With an impassioned plea to end poverty, artists, celebrities, world leaders and activists around the world came together at the Great Lawn in Central, New York City for The fourth-annual Global Citizen Festival.
This year Gucci and Chime for Change served as presenting partners of the festival and welcomed 60,000 fans to the event. The event was hosted by Stephen Colbert, Kerry Washington, Salma Hayek Pinault, Olivia Wilde and other top celebrities. Dynamic performances by Beyoncé, Coldplay, Ariana Grande, Ed Sheeran and Pearl Jam revved up the crowd.
Leaders like first lady Michelle Obama and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and teen activist Malala Yousafzai encouraged world leaders to join forces to advance educational resources for girls and women. Obama introduced a new campaign aimed to increase access to education for girls called the #62MillionGirls campaign.
Arjun Kapoor, Sunidhi Chauhan, Kajol Devgan, Freida Pinto, Jay Z, Kerry Washington, François-Henri Pinault, Usher, Jason Sudeikis, Laverne Cox, Katie Holmes, Marco Bizzarri, Mark Zuckerberg and Bill and Melinda Gates also attended the event, along with multiple world leaders, including U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.
