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| We Day | |
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| Frequency | Annual |
| Location(s) | Canada, United States and U.K. |
| Years active | 2007–2020 |
| Inaugurated | 2007 |
| Most recent | 2020 |
| Participants | 200,000+[1] |
| Organized by | WE Charity |
| Website | http://www.we.org/we-day/ |
We Day (stylized as WE Day) was an annual series of stadium-sized youth empowerment events organized by We Charity (formerly known as Free The Children), a Canadian charity founded by brothers Marc and Craig Kielburger. WE Day events host tens of thousands of students and celebrate the effect they have made on local and global issues.[2] Students earn their tickets by participating in the We Schools program, a year-long service learning program run by We Charity. Each event features a lineup of social activists, speakers and musical performances.[3] The event was cancelled in September 2020 with the winding down of Canadian operations of the We Charity, following the WE Charity scandal.[4][5]
- ^ "Squamish represents at We Day 2014".
- ^ "WE Day". ctv.ca. 2018-09-13. Archived from the original on July 11, 2017. Retrieved 2019-06-05.
- ^ "Stars shine at We Day, inspire students to change the world". The Seattle Times. 2013-03-27. Retrieved 2019-06-05.
- ^ Slaughter, Graham (9 September 2020). "Kielburgers 'devastated' by We Charity closure but say 'there's no one to blame'". CTVNews.
- ^ Tasker, John Paul. "WE Charity winding down operations in Canada after student grants scandal". cbc.ca.