I was so honoured to attend National WE Day this year! I was not speaking this year, I was media! Having spoken at WE Day for the past two years, it was really cool to be on the other side of WE Day and get to experience it in a different way. Because I was […]
WE Day Ottawa Is Here!
The 2015/16 WE Day season is already underway and it has looked amazing! So far, you’ve seen so many inspiring speakers including Henry Winkler, Marlee Matlin, Demi Lovato and Silken Laumann, and cool performers like Hozier, Nick Jonas, Shawn Mendes and Carly Rae Jepsen. Coming up next is National WE Day in Ottawa on November 10, […]
Who’s ready to change the world? WE are!
There have been many milestones in Free The Children’s since Craig Kielburger founded it in his grade 7 classroom in 1995. To date Free the Children has: Built more than 650 schools Provided clean water to more than 1 million people Donated more than 16 million dollars of medical supplies Inspired and empowered a generation […]
We Day Seattle and ByStander Revolution #standkind
We Day Seattle was awesome. At every We Day there are always a few moments that stand out as extra special for me. In Seattle it was sharing the We Day stage with my co-host, Lily Collins. Lily is an actor (Love Rosie, Mirror Mirror and Mortal Instruments), but more importantly, she is a true […]
Celebrating 20 years of Free The Children
Whenever I encounter people who are skeptics or people that are surprised at my passion, interest and my age, I think about my friend, Craig Kielburger. 20 years ago, today, on April 19, 1995 Craig was searching through the newspaper for the comic section on a Saturday morning when he stumbled across an article that […]
We Day Seattle Lineup 2015!
All the WE-spiration is coming to Washington State on April 23 at The KeyArena at the Seattle Center. From world-class speakers to top performers, Seattle get ready! This is your Seattle We Day lineup! Pete Carroll – Head Coach of the Seattle Seahawks, 2014 Super Bowl Champions, and We Day Seattle Co-Chair The Head and the […]
Join My Project Empowerment Campaign
I’m so excited to share that I have just launched a Change Heroes campaign called Project Empowerment and I’m so happy to see the change that my team is going to make. I’ve learned a thing or two about creating change in the past few years – I traveled across this beautiful country with We Day […]
Montreal – Get Ready For We Day This Week!
Montreal, are you ready for world-changers & positive-thinkers to invade your city?! Your favourite youth empowerment event – We Day – is coming to you March 24 at the Théâtre St-Denis. Get pumped. This is your We Day Montreal lineup! Lieutenant-General Roméo Dallaire – Retired lieutenant-general, Senator, and celebrated humanitarian Alexandre Despatie – Two-time Canadian […]