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Global Citizen (organization)

Global Citizen (organization) is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Global Citizen (organization) rather than just read about it. In short: Global Citizen, also known as Global Poverty Project, is an international education and advocacy organization that seeks to catalyze the movement to end extreme poverty and promote social justice and equity through the lens of intersectionality. Based ultimately in New York City, the organization was originally founded in Australia by Hugh Evans, Michael Sheldrick, Simon Moss, and Wei Soo, and aims to increase the n…

Key takeaways

Global Citizen (organization) belongs to science; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Global Citizen (organization) to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Global Citizen (organization) from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Global Citizen, also known as Global Poverty Project, is an international education and advocacy organization that seeks to catalyze the movement to end extreme poverty and promote social justice and equity through the lens of intersectionality. Based ultimately in New York City, the organization was originally founded in Australia by Hugh Evans, Michael Sheldrick, Simon Moss, and Wei Soo, and aims to increase the number and effectiveness of people taking action to support the cause.

History

Global Citizen was founded in 2008 as the Global Poverty Project in Melbourne, Australia and has since opened additional offices in London, Berlin, Toronto, Lagos, and Johannesburg, and is now headquartered in Manhattan. In 2012, Global Citizen began organizing the Global Citizen Festival as an annual concert event to promote charity initiatives and eliminating world hunger. In July 2017, Global Citizen published its first accountability report for its education commitments. That same year, former Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard also used the organization's platform to call for US$3.1 billion, to give 870 million children access to high-quality education via the organization she chairs, the Global Partnership for Education. Over 263,000 organization members sent tweets, emails, and messages to world leaders and corporations in support. In February 2018, donors pledged over $2.3 billion to the cause. In April 2020, the organization partnered with Lady Gaga and her mother to produce a globally-televised and streamed concert called One World: Together at Home, featuring celebrities singing from their homes during the COVID-19 pandemic. The event raised $129.7 million for different charities, including the World Health Organization's COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund. This was followed up in June with Global Goal: Unite for Our Future, a virtual event focused on highlighting the disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on marginalized communities. As of July 2020, US$48.4 billion have been pledged to Global Citizen-supported causes, and there have been almost 25 million actions taken by its members. In 2020, Global Citizen won the Webby Award for Public Service and Activism in the category Apps, Mobile & Voice.

References

External links Official website

Illustrations

Global Citizen logo

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Global Citizen (organization)

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Global Citizen (organization) claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Global Citizen (organization) before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Global Citizen (organization) ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Global Citizen (organization)

In research: Global Citizen (organization) appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Global Citizen (organization) in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Global Citizen (organization) is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Development charities based in Australia, Hunger relief, Non-profit organisations based in Victoria (state), so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Global Citizen (organization) outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Global Citizen (organization) in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Global Citizen (organization) means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain Global Citizen (organization) out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is Global Citizen (organization) in simple terms?

Why does Global Citizen (organization) matter?

Because it connects several science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Global Citizen (organization)?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Global Citizen (organization).