
Activate: The Global Citizen Movement
Channel National Geographic · Starring Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Hugh Jackman, Becky G
A six-part documentary series on Global Citizen’s efforts to combat global challenges connected to extreme poverty. Each episode delves into a different issue connected to the root causes of poverty, following a specific Global Citizen campaign and the organizers, amplifiers, grassroots activists and people whose lives are being changed.
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Episodes
- Episode 1: 1. Eradicating Extreme PovertySeptember 5, 2019 · 44 minHugh Jackman, Priyanka Chopra Jonas and Becky G join Global Citizen in campaigns to push world leaders into enacting policy changes that would end extreme poverty around the globe.
- Episode 2: 2. Ending Cash BailSeptember 12, 2019 · 44 minMusic artists 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.
- Episode 3: 3. Education Cannot WaitSeptember 19, 2019 · 44 minRachel 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.
- Episode 4: 4. Keeping Girls in SchoolSeptember 26, 2019 · 44 minPriyanka Chopra Jonas campaigns 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 toward ending period poverty and providing girls with the menstrual education and resources.
- Episode 5: 5. Ending Plastic PollutionOctober 3, 2019 · 44 minDarren Criss and Pharrell Williams call for stopping the flow of plastics into our oceans.
- Episode 6: 6. Clean WaterOctober 10, 2019 · 44 minUzo Aduba joins Global Citizen as they challenge millions around the world to push for clean drinking water and proper sanitation for the world's most vulnerable people.
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Credits
- Priyanka Chopra JonasSelf · 2 episodes
- Hugh JackmanSelf · 1 episode
- Becky GSelf · 1 episode
- CommonSelf · 1 episode
- UsherSelf · 1 episode
- Rachel BrosnahanSelf · 1 episode
Film and series details
- EPISODE LENGTH
- 44 minutes
- FIRST AIRED
- September 5, 2019
- LAST AIRED
- October 10, 2019
- PRODUCTION COMPANY
- Global Citizen
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