SEATTLE, March 31, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, We
Day and Co-Title Sponsors Microsoft YouthSpark and Allstate
announce the star-studded lineup of speakers and performers for
We Day Seattle taking place on April
23, 2015 at the KeyArena at the Seattle Center. We Day
Seattle will bring together 15,000 students and teachers in an
inspirational setting celebrating the commitment they have made to
take action locally and globally.
The initial We Day Seattle lineup of speakers and performers was
revealed this morning by Seattle Seahawks Head Coach
Pete Carroll and Washington State students from Big Picture
School, Edison Elementary School and Grandview High School during a special
interactive Skype™ announcement. The Skype™ announcement is
available online.
"We are all so grateful and excited to be a part of We Day
Seattle for the third straight year," said Pete Carroll, head coach of the Seattle Seahawks
and We Day Seattle co-chair. "It is a tremendous opportunity to
applaud the hard work and dedication that thousands of students
have committed to over this past year. So many of these young
people cheer us on all year, and now we get to cheer them on – to
celebrate their power to make a change in their schools, their
communities and our world."
Taking to the stage this year is a cast of returning favorites
and new faces, including Lennon & Maisy, Pete Carroll, Laila Ali, The Head and the Heart,
Apolo Ohno, Nina Dobrev, Seattle Sounders FC Clint
Dempsey and Obafemi Martins,
Dr. Mae Jemison,
Hannah Simone, Seattle
Seahawks Doug Baldwin, Luke Willson
and Bobby Wagner, and
Kweku Mandela. Along with
others, this all-star lineup will join international activists and
We Day co-founders, Craig and Marc
Kielburger, to share their passion for change,
international experiences, and energize the crowd with
unforgettable performances and motivational speeches.
"Today's generation of young people – the Me to We generation –
have the power to create and lead real systemic change through We
Day, North America's national
celebration of service," said We Day co-founder Craig Kielburger. "Over 200,000 students from
5,000 schools earn their tickets to We Day by committing to take
action on local and global causes they care about. They are truly
moving the needle on some of today's most important issues."
We Day is the movement of our time – a movement of young people
leading local and global change. Taking the philanthropic world by
storm with events in the US, Canada and the UK, We Day is one of the
world's largest registered charities on social media, with more
than five million followers. This year alone hundreds of thousands
of young people will come together in stadium gatherings in 14
cities to take part in this unprecedented educational
initiative.
You can't buy a ticket to We Day. Young people earn them by
committing to take action on local and global causes of their
choice. We Day provides a platform for youth to learn about some of
today's pressing social issues, helping to inspire them to become
leaders and global citizens and to take action on the issues most
important to them. We Day is free of charge to the thousands of
students and educators in attendance, thanks to the generous
support of Co-Title Sponsors Microsoft YouthSpark and Allstate.
More than a one-day event, We Day is connected to the year-long
We Act program, which provides educational resources and
campaigns to help young people turn the day's inspiration into
sustained action. We Day and We Act are cause inclusive, empowering
young people to find their passion and create the change they want
to see. Together, We Day and We Act are a blueprint for building
the next generation of global citizens.
The full list of speakers, performers and presenters announced
to date include:
- Pete
Carroll (@PeteCarroll) – Head Coach of the Seattle
Seahawks, Super Bowl XLVIII Champions, and We Day Seattle
Co-Chair
- Laila
Ali (@TheRealLailaAli) – TV
host, Author, Fit & Wellness Expert, Four-time boxing world
champion and daughter of global icon & humanitarian
Muhammad Ali
- Nina
Dobrev (@ninadobrev) – Actress from the hit television
series The Vampire Diaries
- Lennon & Maisy (@lennonandmaisy) –
Actors and musicians, who play Maddie and
Daphne Conrad on ABC's Nashville
- Hannah
Simone (@HannahSimone) – Actress from the hit television
series New Girl
- The Head and the Heart
(@headandtheheart) – Indie folk band
- Apolo
Ohno (@ApoloOhno) – Eight-time short track speed skating
Olympic medalist
- Dr. Mae
Jemison (@maejemison) – First woman of color in space,
physician, scientist, engineer, explorer and futurist
- Kweku
Mandela (@kwekumandela) – Social advocate, filmmaker,
and grandson of President Nelson
Mandela
- Doug
Baldwin (@DougBaldwinJr) – Seattle Seahawks wide
receiver, #89
- Luke
Willson (@LWillson_82) – Seattle Seahawks tight end,
#82
- Bobby
Wagner (@Bwagz54) – Seattle Seahawks linebacker,
#54
- Sigi
Schmid – Head Coach, Seattle Sounders FC
- Clint
Dempsey (@clint_dempsey) – Seattle Sounders FC forward,
#2 and captain, U.S. National Team
- Obafemi
Martins (@Obafemimartins) – Seattle Sounders FC forward,
#9 and forward, Nigeria National Team
- Bridgit
Mendler (@bridgitmendler) – Singer, songwriter and
actress
- Marco
James (Mjamesantonio) – Actor on The CW's supernatural
drama The Vampire Diaries
- Becca
Tobin (@becbecbobec) – Actress from the award-winning
television series Glee
- Bars and Melody (@barsandmelody) –
British R&B and rapping duo
- Mohammad Ashour
(@AshourAspire) – CEO of Aspire
- Luke
Bilyk (@lukebilyk1) – Actor from the Emmy-nominated TV
series DEGRASSI (@Degrassi)
- Mustafa the Poet (@MustafaThePoet) –
18-year-old poet, writer, actor and emcee
- Craig and Marc
Kielburger (@craigkielburger) – International activists
and co-founders of We Day
- Spencer
West (@spencer2thewest) – Me to We motivational speaker,
Free The Children ambassador and author
- Kardinal Offishall (@KardinalO) –
Award-winning rap artist, music producer and Free The Children
ambassador
- Gabi
Ury (@GabiUry) – 16-year-old high school junior and
Guinness Book of World Records female planking champion
- Gracie
Schram (@graciescharm) – Singer, songwriter and
philanthropist
- Kat Tiscornia – Youth philanthropist
and inspirational speaker
- Brandon
Shell and Mark Rivers – YMCA Alive
& Free Street Outreach Workers
- The Connection – Dance group
- Hanna Alper
(@ThatHannahAlper) – 12-year-old Me to We
inspirational speaker, Free The Children Ambassador, blogger and
youth activist
- Ashley Rose
Murphy (@AshleyRose_FTC) – Motivational youth
speaker
Stay connected:
-
Like We Day on Facebook: facebook.com/WeDay
- Twitter: @WeDay
@CraigKielburger
- Official Hashtag: #WeDay
Click to tweet: .@weday announces #WeDay #Seattle lineup
@seahawks @TheRealLailaAli @headandtheheart @ninadobrev
@ApoloOhno @soundersfc @lennonandmaisy @kwekumandela
About We Day
www.weday.com
For more information on We Day or to request an interview,
please contact:
Alison
Clarke
Associate Director PR & Publicity, We Day
416-706-3652
Alison.clarke@freethechildren.com
Samantha Detwiler
Manager PR & Publicity, We Day
416-500-3543
Samantha@freethechildren.com
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