Global Citizen India Information

Global Citizen (www.globalcitizen.in) is an action-based rewards platform for a global generation that wants to solve the world’s biggest challenges. By tweeting at political leaders, signing petitions, writing emails, and posting on social media, Global Citizens accumulate points to earn their free tickets to the Global Citizen Festival India. The first Global Citizen Festival India took place on November 19th, 2016 in Mumbai. It was headlined by Coldplay, Jay Z, Demi Lovato, and featured the biggest stars in Bollywood. “The first-ever Global Citizen Festival to be held in Asia was easily the biggest music festival ever produced in India. An estimated number of 80,000 attendees witnessed an event that connected dignitaries, Bollywood actors, and established musicians all on one gigantic stage. Anyone who attended the festival is likely to be curious about when Global Citizen plans to return to India with its next edition. After all, it’s broken a lot of records.” – BILLBOARD Within just two months of its launch in India, over 500,000 users signed up online and took over 2 million actions. The engagement of Global Citizens rallied leaders in the corporate and political space to make substantial commitments on stage during November’s festival. There were 23 commitments made in total, set to affect the lives of 516 million through an investment of $6.38 billion (USD). Global Citizen India has the unique ability to fuse public policy with popular culture. The movement has mobilized millions since its inception in New York by amplifying the voices of young citizens and bringing together global leaders, corporates, celebrities, and concerned citizens to support commitments for change and celebrate positive progress. The commitments made during the Global Citizen Festival India have shown the world that citizen-led change is possible—and this is just the beginning.