Activate: The Global Citizen Movement - Season 1

Activate: The Global Citizen Movement - Season 1

Season 1

Activate is a six-part National Geographic documentary series about Global Citizen's efforts to eradicate extreme poverty by 2030. Each episode delves into a different issue connected to poverty as world-renowned artists like Hugh Jackman, Priyanka Chopra Jonas, and Pharrell Williams; corporate leaders like P&G; grassroots activists and impacted people work to ignite change.

Network
Episodes6
Datessept. 5, 2019 - oct. 10, 2019

Episodes

Eradicating Extreme Poverty
Season 1Episode 160 min

Eradicating Extreme Poverty

Hugh Jackman, Priyanka Chopra Jonas and Becky G join Global Citizen to push world leaders to enact poverty-ending policies.

sept. 5, 2019
Ending Cash Bail
Season 1Episode 260 min

Ending Cash Bail

Artists and activists Common and Usher team up with Global Citizen and grassroots organizers as they attempt to achieve historic criminal justice reform by ending the use of cash bail in New York State.

sept. 12, 2019
Education Cannot Wait
Season 1Episode 360 min

Education Cannot Wait

Emmy Award-winning actor Rachel Brosnahan teams up with Global Citizen and travels to the border of Peru to see what happens to children's education during conflicts and natural disasters. After an emotional experience with displaced families, Rachel and Global Citizen return to the U.S. where they urge Ireland, the UK, and the US to pledge millions to Education Cannot Wait, a global fund for education during crises.

sept. 19, 2019
Keeping Girls in School
Season 1Episode 460 min

Keeping Girls in School

Priyanka Chopra Jonas joins Global Citizen and activists around the globe as they campaign to break down barriers to girls' education. Meanwhile, Gayle King and Bonang Matheba rally tens of thousands of people to call on the South African government to commit $58 million towards ending 'period poverty' & providing girls with the menstrual education & resources they need to stay in school & stay confident.

sept. 26, 2019
Ending Plastic Pollution
Season 1Episode 560 min

Ending Plastic Pollution

Pharrell Williams joins Global Citizen's push to get governments, corporations and individuals to solve the ocean plastic pollution crisis. Meanwhile, Darren Criss travels to the Philippines to witness plastics' impact on people living in extreme poverty and calls on global citizens to urge their mayors to commit their cities to zero-waste futures.

oct. 3, 2019
Clean Water
Season 1Episode 660 min

Clean Water

"Orange Is the New Black" star Uzo Aduba joins Global Citizen as they rally millions around the world to push for clean drinking water and proper sanitation for the world's most vulnerable people. They travel to Aduba's parents' homeland of Nigeria, where they urge governors to commit state funds to eradicate the contaminated water and open defecation crises.

oct. 10, 2019

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