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Michael Sheldrick brings Global Citizen event back to Perth

Global Citizen co-founder Michael Sheldrick is bringing the organization’s event back to Perth, where he grew up. He said a teacher encouraged him to continue his studies, and that his experiences there shaped his wish to help others reach their potential.

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What happened

Key facts

  • Global Citizen co-founder Michael Sheldrick is bringing the organization’s event back to Perth, where he grew up (per The Sydney Morning Herald).
  • Sheldrick said a teacher encouraged him to persist with his studies (per The Sydney Morning Herald).
  • Sheldrick said his experiences and opportunities in Perth influenced his desire to help others reach their potential (per The Sydney Morning Herald).
  • Global Citizen Now: Perth is described as an action summit, and Global Citizen Nights: Perth as a free show (per The Sydney Morning Herald).
  • The summit and show are scheduled for October 19 and 20 at the Perth Convention Centre (per The Sydney Morning Herald).
  • The stated goal of the summit and show is to accelerate action on clean energy, electrification and global development (per The Sydney Morning Herald).
  • Sheldrick said more than 600 million people worldwide lack access to reliable, affordable electricity (per The Sydney Morning Herald).
  • Sheldrick said Global Citizen had mobilised more than 40 million citizen actions around the world (per The Sydney Morning Herald).
  • Global Citizen Nights: Perth is headlined by The Teskey Brothers and features South Summit and Ruby Rodgers (per globalcitizen.org).

The brief

Global Citizen co-founder Michael Sheldrick is bringing the organization’s event back to Perth, where he grew up. The Sydney Morning Herald reported that Sheldrick connects his commitment to helping others reach their potential with his school experience and the opportunities he encountered in the city. He said a teacher encouraged him to keep studying.

The program described by the newspaper includes two events: Global Citizen Now: Perth, an action summit, and Global Citizen Nights: Perth, a free show. Both are scheduled for October 19 and 20 at the Perth Convention Centre. The newspaper said the events have a stated goal of accelerating action on clean energy, electrification and global development.

A headline on Global Citizen’s website says Global Citizen Nights: Perth is headlined by The Teskey Brothers and features South Summit and Ruby Rodgers. The headline identifies the performers but does not provide further details about the summit or the wider program. Sheldrick also described the organization’s work and the scale of its claimed participation.

He said Global Citizen had mobilised more than 40 million citizen actions around the world. He gave examples including volunteering, beach clean-ups and planting trees, and said the organization estimates those actions have led to more than 1.3 billion life-saving interventions. Those figures are Sheldrick’s account, as reported by The Sydney Morning Herald.

The newspaper also reported Sheldrick’s account of an earlier polio funding commitment. He said Julia Gillard announced $50 million to help eradicate polio the day after an event he referenced. Sheldrick said the commitment had continued over the following 15 years and described the announcement as occurring almost to the day.

His account links that commitment to the longer-running work he discussed, but the article does not provide additional detail about the event he referred to. Sheldrick framed the energy goal against the number of people he said lack reliable, affordable electricity: more than 600 million worldwide.

He also urged persistence in seeking support, saying many people might decline while another could respond. The article presents this as his appeal, alongside his account of citizen action and the Perth program’s stated aims.

Why it matters

  • Sheldrick said more than 600 million people worldwide lack reliable, affordable electricity, an access gap the Perth events’ stated clean-energy and electrification aims address.
  • The events are scheduled at the Perth Convention Centre on October 19 and 20, with an action summit and a free show.
  • Sheldrick said Global Citizen mobilised more than 40 million citizen actions and estimated those actions led to more than 1.3 billion life-saving interventions.

What to watch next

  • Whether Global Citizen Now: Perth and Global Citizen Nights: Perth take place on October 19 and 20 as scheduled.
  • Whether the events’ stated aims include action on clean energy, electrification and global development.
  • Whether Global Citizen Nights: Perth features The Teskey Brothers, South Summit and Ruby Rodgers, as stated in the Global Citizen headline.

How it's being covered

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Coverage mix: Center Only· 3 Center
Where the outlets are based: Asia 75% · Unknown 25%
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Timeline

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  1. The organization grew out of the Global Poverty Project, co-founded by Hugh Evans and Simon Moss in 2008; Michael Sheldrick later became a co-founder of Global Citizen.
    Background · from our historical context
  2. Global Citizen’s event model took shape with the first Global Citizen Festival in New York’s Central Park on September 29, 2012, linking live music with campaigns urging action on poverty.
    Background · from our historical context
  3. Its advocacy has drawn on the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals, adopted by all UN member states on September 25, 2015.
    Background · from our historical context
  4. Global Citizen staged the Global Goal: Unite for Our Future campaign and event.
    Background · compiled and fact-checked by Updat3
  5. In 2021, Global Citizen Live expanded that format into a global event staged across multiple cities.
    Background · from our historical context

How we got here

Global Citizen’s event model took shape with the first Global Citizen Festival in New York’s Central Park on September 29, 2012, linking live music with campaigns urging action on poverty. In 2021, Global Citizen Live expanded that format into a global event staged across multiple cities.

The organization grew out of the Global Poverty Project, co-founded by Hugh Evans and Simon Moss in 2008; Michael Sheldrick later became a co-founder of Global Citizen. Its advocacy has drawn on the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals, adopted by all UN member states on September 25, 2015.

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