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 Olympic diver and Host of BT Montreal
- Kardinal Offishall – Award-winning rap artist, music producer and Free The Children ambassador
- JRDN – Juno Award-winning artist and Free The Children ambassador
- Jonas & The Massive Attraction – JUNO-nominated chart-topping rock band
- Andee – Canadian recording artist
- Karl Wolf – International recording artist, MTV Europe Music Award-winner and Free The Children ambassador
- Neverest – Chart-topping MMVA-nominated Canadian pop-rock band
- Sarah Fisher and Jessica Tyler – Cast members from the Emmy-nominated TV series DEGRASSI
- Jimmy Baptiste – Artist, graphic designer, curator and youth educator
- Liz Trinnear – VJ, host of the MUCH COUNTDOWN, and co-host of We Day Montreal
- Tyrone Edwards – Host of E! and co-host of We Day Montreal
- Mustafa the Poet – 18-year-old poet, writer, actor and emcee
- Craig Kielburger – International activist and co-founder of We Day
- Spencer West – Me to We motivational speaker, Free The Children ambassador and author
- Salima Visram – Founder of The Soular Backpack
- Jonathan Emile – Grammy®-nominated singer-songwriter, entrepreneur and cancer survivor
- Mountagha Sow – President, Montreal Youth Council
- Anya Pogharian – 17-year-old inventor of a home dialysis machine
- David Hodges – Hip-hop producer and music educator
- Fabrice Vil – Co-founder, CEO, Pour 3 Points
- Sarah Steben Dancers – Montreal dance team
- Hannah Alper – 12-year-old Me to We inspirational speaker, Free The Children ambassador, blogger and youth activist
- Ashley Rose Murphy – Motivational youth speaker
One person I can’t wait to meet is Salima Visram, creator of The Soular Backpack. Over the past year, she designed and put together her invention, which would allow kids in rural areas to leverage the power of the sun on their long walks to and from school every day. The backpack would have a solar panel on it, whose storage battery would later connect to an LED lamp, hence allowing children in rural areas, who have no access to electricity or who use kerosene, to study through the night. 3-4 hours in the sun would result in 7-8 hours of light.
The Soular Backpack is something that I truly believe can impact the lives and futures of millions of children, not only in Kenya but in Africa. Way to go, Salima!
This is going to be one INSPIRING day. I can’t wait to celebrate all the local and global positive change YOU have been making. See you there!
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