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We Day is an annual "youth empowerment" event organized by Free the Children. The event started in Toronto in 2007 and is now held in cities across Canada, the United States, and the U.K. We Day motivates youth to take action on local and global issues. We Day events feature speeches and performances by global leaders, social activists and public figures. The event is free of charge, but each student group that attends is asked to make a commitment of one local and one global action throughout the year to change the world for the better.〔http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/705985--star-filled-we-day-gets-youths-fired-up〕 We Day has one of the largest nonprofit Facebook pages in the world, with over 3.5 million likes. The associated "1 like = 1 dollar" fundraising campaign, where the event's sponsors donated one dollar for each like on the We Day page, raised over $2 million for Free The Children.〔http://www.facebook-studio.com/fbassets/media/5207/FreeTheChildren060512.pdf〕 Since 2007, We Day participants in Canada, the U.S. and UK have raised $45 million, which was given to more than 1,000 charities. Participants have also volunteered 14.6 million hours for local and global causes and collected 5.6 million pounds of food for local food banks. Independent research found that 98% of We Day participants believe they can make a difference, and 80% of We Act alumni report volunteering more than 150 hours each year. We Day's first U.S. broadcast on August 21, 2015 on ABC was hosted by Selena Gomez and had 2.1 million viewers.〔http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2015/08/22/tv-ratings-friday-we-day-low-dateline-up-2020-down-masters-of-illusion-flat/451665/〕 ==Background== Free the Children is a children’s charity founded in 1995 by child’s rights advocate Craig Kielburger. An article in the Toronto Star newspaper quoting Free The Children indicates that We Day was created to “empower, educate, and above all, inspire”.〔Irish, Paul. “Listen, learn and be inspired,” Toronto Star, Oct. 18, 2007 http://www.thestar.com/Special/Article/267634〕 Since 2007, the annual event has featured a lineup of social activists, speakers and musical performances. It is the start of a year-long initiative encouraging students to participate in Free the Children's campaigns, or in any other local or global service action of their choice. We Day has been called a "cause agnostic platform." 〔http://www.theanchor.ca/2012/water-walk/〕 We Day is a free event for all students because it has corporate sponsors. To earn entry, schools must pledge one local and one international difference-making effort to pursue over the school year. Free the Children provides a limited number of tickets to each school and lets the schools decide how to choose which students attend. As of 2014, We Days take place in 14 cities worldwide, with more than 200,000 students from 8,000 schools in attendance. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「We Day」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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