We Day Vancouver

We Day is a stadium-sized educational event and a movement of young people leading local and global change. Students can’t buy a ticket to We Day; they earn it through service, by committing to take action on one local and one global initiative of their choice through the year-long We Act program. We Act supports students and educators with free educational resources, student-led campaigns and support materials to help turn the event‘s inspiration into sustained activation. Since 2007, youth involved in the We Act program have raised $37 million dollars for over 1000 local and global causes and logged more than 9.6 million volunteer hours.

The star-studded lineup at We Day Vancouver includes:

• Kofi Annan (@KofiAnnan) – Former Secretary-General of the United Nations and Nobel Peace Laureate, who has recently launched the ‘Kofi Annan Dialogues’, a series of online conversations inspiring young people to lead
• Martin Luther King III – Human Rights advocate and eldest son of the late Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
• Avril Lavigne (@AvrilLavigne) – Platinum-selling singer and songwriter, Founder & President of the Avril Lavigne Foundation
• Adam Beach – Golden Globe-nominated actor
• Karina LeBlanc (@karinaleblanc) – Goalkeeper for the Canadian Women’s National Soccer team, two-time Olympian and bronze medalist at the London 2012 games
• Hedley (@Hedleyonline) – Multi-platinum, JUNO and MMVA Award-winning recording artists
• The Honourable Roméo A. Dallaire – Lieutenant-General and author
• Down With Webster (@DOWNWITHWEBSTER) – Five-time JUNO Award-nominated, platinum selling genre-defying band with new album, Party for your Life, coming out October 22nd
• Cast members from the Emmy-nominated TV series DEGRASSI (@Degrassi)
• MTV hosts Aliya-Jasmine Sovani (@AliyaJasmine) and Scott Willats (@scottywillats) – hosts
• National Chief Shawn A-in-chut Atleo – National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations
• Craig and Marc Kielburger (@craigkielburger) – International activists and co-founders of Free The Children
• Kenyan Boys Choir (@BoysChoirKenya) – Traditional African male choir, who sang at the 2009 inauguration of President Obama
• Youth speakers – Hannah Alper and Vishal Vijay
• Spencer West (@spencer2thewest) – Me to We inspirational speaker, Free The Children ambassador, author and double amputee who climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro on his hands and in his wheelchair in June 2012
• Molly Burke (@mollymetowe) – Visually impaired Me to We motivational speaker who speaks out against bullying and the power of hope
• Robin Wiszowaty (@robininkenya) – Me to We motivational speaker, author and Free The Children Program Director in Ghana and Kenya
• Chris Tse – Me to We inspirational speaker, national spoken word champion and humanitarian