Join today’s most impactful changemakers for deeply human conversations centered around living a purpose-driven life.

Learn directly from experienced leaders who are addressing challenges across the globe. Unlike traditional lectures, each conversation is live, unscripted and student-led, featuring alumni moderators and questions from students.

Global Citizen Year is proud to offer these monthly speaker events to our community of students and alumni. Select events are also open to the public. Watch preview

 

Upcoming Events

Humanity, Exploration & Sustainable Travel with Mario Rigby

Explorer & Advocate of Sustainable Travel

Open to public

Join Mario Rigby as he talks about bridging gaps between humanity and exploration through sustainable forms of travel, his explorative journey across Africa, a two-year trek walking and kayaking from Cape Town to Cairo in 2018, and so much more.

This inspiring and intimate fireside chat is co-hosted with Envoys and is exclusive to students and alumni, BUT we have limited spots available for changemakers like YOU to join. Register now to save your spot!

Moderated by Rutendo Kahari (Take Action Lab, Spring '23)


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Past Speakers

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Abby Falik

Founder, Global Citizen Year

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Adam Grant

Organizational Psychologist, Wharton School of Business

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Agapi Stassinopoulos

Author, motivational speaker & Thrive Global facilitator

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Alexandra Bernadotte

Founder & CEO, Beyond 12

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Amy Brooks

Chief Innovation Officer, National Basketball Association

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Andrew Youn

CEO, One Acre Fund

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Angelia Trinidad

Founder & CEO, Passion Planner

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Arianna Huffington

Founder & CEO, Thrive Global

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Ariela Safira

Founder & CEO, Real

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Ashanti Branch

Founder & Executive Director, Ever Forward

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Baratunde Thurston

Writer, Actor & Comedian

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Bill George

Senior Fellow, Harvard Business School

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Capri Campeau

Digital Creator, Actress & Screenwriter

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Chido Govera

Founder, The Future of Hope Foundation

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Courtney Martin

Journalist

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Deepak Chopra

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DeRay Mckesson

Civil Rights Activist, Educator, Podcaster, & Author

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Dereca Blackmon

CEO, Inclusion Design Group

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Doug Hirsch

Co-founder & Co-CEO, GoodRx

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Dr. Akilah Cadet

Founder & CEO, Change Cadet

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Jennifer Aaker

General Atlantic Professor at Stanford Graduate School of Business

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Raj Panjabi

Last Mile Health & Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School

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Eddie Ndopu

United Nations Secretary-General's Global Advocate for Sustainable Development

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Edel Rodriguez

Artist

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Edgard Gouveia Júnior

Founder of Livelab & Ashoka Fellow

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Erin Lewellen

CEO, Global Citizen Year

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Faiza Saleem

Comedienne, Actress & Founder, The Khawatoons

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Garvita Gulhati

Founder, Why Waste?

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Jay Shetty

Storyteller, Podcast Host, Former Monk

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Jennifer Kaberi

Founder, Mtoto News

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Jennifer Morgan

Executive Director, Greenpeace International

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Jeremy Heimans

Co-Founder & CEO, Purpose

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Jerome Foster II

Executive Director & Founder, OneMillionOfUs

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Jéssica Silva Rios

Partner & Leader of the Impact Management & Measurement Strategy at Vox Capital

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Joey Hubbard

Chief Training Officer, Thrive Global

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Jonas Vannar

Indigenous Sami Reindeer Herder & Activist

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Julie Lythcott-Haims

Author, former Stanford dean

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Kumi Naidoo

South African Human Rights and Climate Activist

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Larissa May

Founder & Executive Director, Half the Story

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Lauren "Lolo" Spencer

Disability lifestyle influencer, Actress, Founder & CEO, Live Solo

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Laurene Powell Jobs

Founder & President, Emerson Collective

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Mandana Dayani

Creator & Cofounder, I am a voter.

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Mario Rigby

Explorer& Advocate of Sustainable Travel

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Matt Dalio

Founder, Endless

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Maxine Williams

Chief Diversity Officer, Facebook

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Melinda Gates

Philanthropist, Author, & Co-chair, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

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Michael Brun

Haitian DJ & Record Producer

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Miguel Mckelvey

Co-Founder, WeWork

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Niketu Iralu

Social Worker restoring community relationships in India and Myanmar

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Olivia Julianna

Activist, Director of Politics & Government Affairs, Gen-Z for Change

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Oriol Pamies

Spanish Entrepreneur & LGBTQ+ Activist

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Paul Ninson

Photographer & Filmmaker

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Premal Shah

Co-founder Kiva.org

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Priti Krishtel

Co-Executive Director, I-MAK

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Rainn Wilson

Actor, Writer, Producer and Philanthropist

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Rufus Gifford

U.S. Ambassador (fmr)

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Selena Sermeno

Psychologist, Educator and Facilitator

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Selina Tobaccowala

Chief Digital Officer, Openfit

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Seth Godin

Author, Teacher, akimbo.com

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Shawn Mendes

Singer/Songwriter

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Sheryl Sandberg

Chief Operating Officer, Facebook

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Simona Levi

Playwright, Activist, & Technopolitical Strategist

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Sonal Shah

Founding President, The Asian American Foundation

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Sophia Bush

Actress & Activist

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Sundar Pichai

CEO, Google and Alphabet

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Toni Townes-Whitley

President, US Regulated Industries

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Tony Wheeler

Founder, Lonely Planet

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Valarie Kaur

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Varshini Prakash

Executive Director and Co-founder of Sunrise Movement

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Wendy Kopp

CEO & Co-founder, Teach For All

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Wes Moore

CEO, Robin Hood

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Yinuo Li

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Yolanda Coentro

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Ziad Ahmed

21-year-old entrepreneur, student, and speaker


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Alumni Moderators

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Adya Sinha

Academy, Fall '21

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Aiman Marzio

Fellow, Senegal ‘15

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Alejandro Flores Monge

Fellow, India '17

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Alexander Taylor

Fellow, Senegal '19

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Angela Busheska

Academy, Fall '20

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Arman 'Karl' Singh

Academy Fall '21

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Chloe Stoddard

Fellow, India '17

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Emiliana Reinoso Gutierrez

Fellow, India '19 & Academy Spring '21

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Erica Gonzales

Fellow, Brazil ‘16

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Erynn Lau

Academy, Spring '22

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J.I. Cruz

Fellow, Senegal '15

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Jazzie Jelks

Academy, Fall '22

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Joan Hanawi

Fellow, Ecuador ‘12

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Jordan Lee

Fellow, Ecuador ‘13

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Lara Solis

Fellow, India ‘20

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Lauren Starre Guido

Fellow, Ecuador '14

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Leandra Pedretti

Fellow, Ecuador '18

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Madeline Lisaius

Fellow, Ecuador ‘14

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Manya Gupta

Academy, Fall ‘20

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Marvellous John

Fellow, Senegal’17

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Maya Foster

Fellow, Ecuador ‘19

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Munya Munyati

Fellow, Ecuador '16

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Rara Dzikrina Istifadah

Academy Fall '20

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Rutendo Kahari

Take Action Lab, Spring '23

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Sahar Thomson

Fellow, Ecuador ‘17

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William Shain

Fellow, Ecuador ‘19


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