Being a Global Citizen 3 (5'14)

But here is the thing, it didn't last.

See, there was a change in government, and six years later, all that new money disappeared.

What did we learn?

We learned that one - off spikes are not enough.

We needed a sustainable movement, not one that is susceptible to the fluctuating moods of a  politician or the hint of an economic downturn.

And it needed to happen everywhere.

otherwise, every individual government would have this build-in excuse mechanism that they couldn't possibly carry the burden of global action alone.

And so this is what we embarked upon.

And as we embarked upon this challenge.

We've asked ourselves, how do we gain enough pressure, and build a broad enough army to win these fight for a long term?

We could only think of one way.

We needed to somehow turn that short-term excitement of people involved with the Make Poverty History campaign into long-term passion.

It had to be part of their identity.

So in 2012,   we cofounded an organization that had exactly that as its goal.

And there was only one name for it, Global citizen.

But this is not about anyone organization.

This is about citizens taking actions.

And research data tells us that of the total population who even care about global issues.

only 18% have done anything about it.

it's not that the people don't want to act,

it's often that they don't want to know how  to take action, or that they believe that their actions will have not effect.

So we had to somehow recruit and activate millions of citizens in dozens of countries to put pressure on their leaders to behave altruistically.

And as we did so, we discovered something really thrilling.

That when you make global citizenship your mission, you suddenly find yourself with some extraordinary allies.

See, extreme poverty isn't the only issue that's fundamentally global.

So, too, is climate change, human rights, gender equality, even conflict.

We found ourselves shoulder to shoulder with people who are passionate about targeting all these interrelated issues.

1. Why did the money invest into Global Healthy Development by the Australia government disappear?

...the new government stopped the investment.

2. When Evans says that there was only one name for their organization, he means that...

...it represented their cause perfectly.

3. If a movement is sustainable, it is...

....able to conflict over a period of time.

But how did we actually go about recruiting and engaging those global citizens?

Well, we use the universal language: music.

We launched the Global Citizen Festival in the heart of New York City in Central Park.

and we persuaded some of the world's biggest artists to participate.

We made sure that these festivals coincided with the  UN General Assembly meeting,

So that leaders who need to hear our voices couldn't possibly ignore them.

But there was a twist, you couldn't by a ticket,

You had to earn it.

You have to take action on behalf of a global cause, and only once you'd done that could you earn enough points to qualify.

Activism is the currency.

I have no interest in citizenship purely as some sort of feel- good thing.

For me, citizenship means you have to act, and that's what we required.

And amazingly, it worked.

Last year, more than 155,000 citizens in the New York area alone earned enough points to qualify.

Globally, we've now signed up citizens in over 150 countries around the world.

And last year, we signed up more than 100, 000 new numbers each every week of the whole year.

See, we don't need to create global citizen from nothing.

We are already everywhere.

We just need to be organized and motivated to start acting.

And this is where I believe we can learn a lot from Davinia, who started taking actions as a global citizen back in 2012.

Here's what she did.

It wasn't a rocket science.

She started writing letters, emailing politicians' offices.

She volunteered her time in local community.

That's when she got active on social media and started to collect pennies, a lot of pennies.

Now, maybe that doesn't sound like a lot to you.

How will that achieve anything?

Well, it achieved a lot because she wasn't alone.

Her actions, alongside 142,000 other global citizens, led the US government to double their investment into Global Partnership for Education.

And here's Dr. Raj Shah, the head of USAID, making that announcement.

See, when thousands of global citizens find inspiration from each other, it's amazing to see their collective power.

Global citizens like Davinia helped persuade the World Bank to boost their investment into water and sanitation.

Here's the Bank's president Jim Kim announcing 15 billion dollars onstage at Global Citizen,

and Prime Minister Modi of India affirmed his commitment to put a toilet in every household and school across India by 2019.

Global citizens encouraged by the late-night host Stephen Colbert launched a Twitter invasion on Norway.

Erna Solberg, the country's prime Minister, got the message, committing to double investment into girls' education.

Global citizens together with Rotarians called on the Canadian, UK, and Australian governments to boost their investment into polio eradication.

They got together and committed 665 million dollars.

1. When Evans describes "activism as the currency" for tickets to the festival, he means...

...people got tickets though activism, rather than by paying money.

2.  选词填空

When thousands of global citizens find inspiration from each other, it's amazing to see their collective power. Global citizens like Davinia helped persuade the World Bank to boost their investment into water and sanitation.

3. 听 复述

For me, citizenship means you have to act, and that's what we required.

4. Its goal is to build a community of people with a lifelong passion for solving global issues.

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