Sunday kicked off the first day of the 2015 Social Good Summit with world-class speakers including Ashley Judd, Bill McKibben and Ian Somerhalder taking the stage to discuss everything from global education to AIDS activism.
The summit also celebrated Friday's official adoption of the United Nations' 17 Sustainable Development Goals, with experts sharing perspective on how to improve the world over the next 15 years.
The day began with a star-studded Opening Ceremony that featured CEOs, activists and celebrities including Victoria Beckham, Jordan's Queen Rania and Adrian Grenier taking the stage to promote each of the Goals and implore audiences members to "tell everyone."
The Summit also unfolded live on social media through Facebook posts, tweets and Vine videos. The hashtag #2030NOW saw 700 million impressions across Twitter and Instagram, and was at one point the top trending topic in the U.S. You can check out our Storify coverage below or on the Storify website, and find even more coverage of the event here.
[View the story "#2030Now: Day 1 at the 2015 Social Good Summit" on Storify]#2030Now: Day 1 at the 2015 Social Good SummitThe Social Good Summit is a two-day conference where global leaders unite to share how the power of innovative thinking and technology can solve the greatest challenges facing the world today.Storified by Mashable· Sun, Sep 27 2015 22:26:16
The sixth-annual Social Good Summit has officially begun in New York City!It's begun! 92Y's @htimms kicks off the 6th annual Social Good Summit with some opening remarks. #2030NOWMashable Social GoodWelcoming film director and founder of Project Everyone, Richard Curtis to the stage! #2030NOW: http://t.co/Nlb5Qx7924UN FoundationRichard Curtis: "The goals are more important than @KimKardashian 's bottom. Let's make them as famous." #2030NowSamDailyRationWelcome @HelenClarkUNDP to the stage at #2030NOW! http://t.co/Nlb5Qx7924 #2030NOWUN FoundationOpening Ceremony: Tell everyone about the 17 #GlobalGoals that will change the world in the next 15 years #2030NOW #UNDPLive #UNGA http://t.co/1vpHIEgRDQSabrina SidhuThe challenges we face aren't simple, which is why we need all 17 of the UN Global Goals, says @jimmy_wales. #2030NOW http://t.co/FsFAigJiSAAlex PearsonLovely seeing Ahmed Mohammed at the Social Good Summit today! #2030NOW http://t.co/0PpWyiK6E7Rania Al AbdullahJoin these leaders in telling everyone about the 17 Sustainable Development #GlobalGoals https://t.co/8h6YFX9JsT #2030nowMashable Social Good#2030NOW: Global Goals and the Technology that will Help Achieve Them:Up now: @Kathy_Calvin @jimmy_wales @rivefuentes & @HelenClarkUNDP on how technology will assist in reaching the #GlobalGoals #2030NOWMashable Social Good"Data is at the heart of the next global development agenda." -@rivefuentes #opendata #2030nowLiz Eddy"All of these issues are interdependent. You cannot solve extreme poverty without solving education” - @jimmy_wales #2030NowMashable Social Good“Use yr voice. Add to the sense of optimism, don’t feed the cynicism, b/c it ISN’T hopeless” @HelenClarkUNDP #2030NOW http://t.co/OKndw7VqWMGlobal CitizenWe need real support for local entrepreneurship, innovation, and development. These aren't simple issues. - @jimmy_wales #2030NOWUN FoundationThe World's To-Do List: Goals for the Next 15 Years:Now up: United Nations special advisor @AminaJMohammed reviews the world's goals for the next 15 years #2030NOWMashable Social Good“People say climate change is man-made. I say bring more women into it and we’ll have less climate change” - @AminaJMohammed #2030NowMashable Social Good"People are not born terrorists. We have to go back and think about equalities, the lack of governments, climate change” - @AminaJMohammedMashable Social GoodThis is where the world is & this is what the world should be. We need to bring these closer together. @AminaJMohammed #GlobalGoals #2030NOWRichard BoboThe Tipping Point for Human Rights:Mashable's @stacymartinet is joined by @TheElders' Dr. Gro Brundtland and @G_MachelTrust to talk tipping point for human rights #2030NOWMashable Social GoodWe are now one big family, linked together, through technology. - Dr. Gro Harlem Brundtland #2030NOWUN Foundation"Technology gives the space for ppl who in the past did not count." Panel moderated by @stacymartinet #2030NOW @socialgoodHazel CobbYou can't be a good leader if what you say or do is not part of your true personality. - Dr. Gro Harlem Brundtland #2030NOW #globalgoalsUN Foundation"Every one of us is responsible for the future of all of us" #TheElders #2030NOWAshley Oddi WhitlockUse your voice! Use the means at your disposal to add to a sense of optimism, don't feed the cynicism. - @HelenClarkUNDP @2030NOWUN Foundation.@stacymartinet interviewing Gro Brundtland & Grace Machel of @TheElders #2030Now #socialgoodsummit #SGS2015 http://t.co/8RgG87p9R8TPO USThe Future We Want:Now up: "The Future We Want," featuring @carolynsave of @savethechildren, Zheng Bozhong, Precious Banda and Chloe McGill #2030NOWMashable Social GoodThe Future We Want - the youngers advocate for universal healthcare @unadallas @unausa #2030NOW http://t.co/ACfZ8p14A2Connie Rensink"Nobody can say that they can do nothing. Every one of us is responsible for the future of all of us." - Dr. Gro Brundtland | #2030NOW Climasphere"Don't under estimate the impact of helping one person." -Chloe McGill #savethechildren #2030NOWEnrouZheng: let's work together for a brighter future and a brighter sky #2030NOW #climatechangeSerena O'Sullivan"When one is educated & has good health, they can contribute to the development of their country" - Precious Banda @savethechildren #2030NOWGemma TerryChampions of the Earth:Onstage now: “champions of the Earth," featuring @iansomerhalder, @Asteiner, @PaulPolman and Collet Ngobeni of @blackmambaapu #2030NOWMashable Social GoodBusinesses have to understand that there is no business case for enduring poverty. -- @paulpolman #2030NOWUN FoundationLook after these United Nations--because if we lose it, it will be an awful world in which to do something together... @ASteiner #2030NOWElise Walter"Now more than ever, millennials don't want to be spectators." - @iansomerhalder #2030NOW http://t.co/EopjDvjux1ProjectNextUp16-year-old Precious is fierce! Watch out gov't of Zambia - this girl is going to hold you to account for #GlobalGoals #GirlPower #2030NOWGlobal Citizen.@blackmambaapu stands between poachers and rhinos in South Africa -- without weapons. Wow #2030NowMashable Social Good"The system needs to feel uncomfortable. Business as usual won't do anymore." - @PaulPolman #2030NOW @socialgood http://t.co/0gMVRDGAkBMafê Villas BoasGlobal Meet-up Check-in: The Social Good Summit is way bigger than NYC: we’re checking in now with a meetup in Bahrain! #2030NowMashable Social GoodLive a check-in with our #2030NOW meetup in Bahrein where the government was leading the discussion to achieve sustainable development!+SocialGoodTech Disruptions for a Sustainable Future:.@adriangrenier onstage w/ @ElizabethGore @TrisaDellCRO @petecashmore & @leila_c to talk tech disruptions for a sustainable future #2030NOWMashable Social GoodMighty #GlobalGoals “I hope we can soon figure out how to monetize sustainability.” via @elizabethgore #2030NowDanica Kombol“I think technology can connect the world’s poor to what they need most which is dignified work” - @leila_c #2030NowMashable Social GoodA living wage can fund all the things that we traditionally fund through charity - @leila_c #2030NOWUN Foundation"Access to technology is the starting point & dignified work is the ending point." @leila_c on empowerment | #2030NOWDoris NeufeldElizabeth Gore: "connectivity should be the base of the hierarchy of needs- because the information empowers us to achieve the rest #2030NowRadhe Patel"Power of information and #hashtags connect and can change things for the better"- @petecashmore @mashable #2030NOW #socialgoodsummitNiharika Hanglem.@leila_c "We need to use technology to widen our circle of empathy." #2030NOWDell EntrepreneursThe Next Chapter in Global Education:Now up: "The Next Chapter in Global Education," featuring @SarahBrownUK, @k_satyarthi, @keithyamashita and @mjamme. #2030NOWMashable Social Good.@mjamme: Sometimes it's not just about having a device, but a safe space for girls and women to work and study | #2030NOWUN FoundationAll change is human. The first step is access, the next step is a safe place to go. - @keithyamashita | #2030NOW v @unfoundationNili Majumder.@k_satyarthi "Education is the most important tool in breaking the shackle of slavery." #2030NOWUN FoundationYoung people have tremendous power, energy and activism. We have to channel that energy for a better world. - @k_satyarthi | #2030NOWUN FoundationJump in the ring and make the history. It is you and me that is going to change the world. @k_satyarthi #2030NOW m http://t.co/Tofxmr7SpeA.Tianna Scozzaro"Education is the mother of all designs. If we embrace it, that is the path forward." - @keithyamashita #2030NOWUN FoundationInto the Deep: An Accidental Journey into the Dark Web:.@Stacymartinet introduces our next session: "Into the Deep: An Accidental Journey into the Dark Web." #2030NowMashable Social GoodThe surface web—what Google can index—only accounts for 4% of the entire Internet. - @rosabrans #2030NOWAlex Masica35% of all internet content in the world is pornography. Mainstream sites - Tumblr and Pinterest - are top referrers to porn. #2030Now :(Ashley Crouch"We cannot wage a war against the Internet and win." -@rosabrans on the dark web #2030NowMashable Social Good"We need to understand the everyday spaces that are the primers of the dark web." -@rosabrans #2030NowMashable Social GoodThe Arc of AIDS Activism:Now up: "The Arc of AIDS Activism," featuring @AymanM, @NdabaMandela and @YvonneChakaX2. #2030NOWMashable Social Good@AymanM, Anchor, @MSNBC leading a panel on The Arc of #AIDS Activision @ #SGS2015 #2030now http://t.co/aOt6MAMcnCJocelyne Jeannot"In South Africa we were either infected or affected" @YvonneChakaX2 speaking on HIV/AIDS @socialgood summit #2030NOWKim Harrisberg.@NdabaMandela Both of my parents died from AIDS. There was a huge stigma, we couldn't talk about it | #2030NOWUN Foundation'We must stop hiding. We need to beat the stigma.' -@NdabaMandela on the stigma of HIV and AIDS #2030NOWMashable Social Good"With the science we have today, we could bring these epidemic down. It's not a question of science, it's a question of stigma." #2030NOWUN Foundation.@YvonneChakaX2: We need to talk to the people. People know their problems and people know their solutions. #2030NOW #SocialGoodChen CaoAmazing to see family of Nelson Mandela at #2030NOW. "Overcoming poverty is not a task of charity, it is an act of justice." #GlobalCitizenGlobal Citizen.@NdabaMandela: Youth are driving social media platforms, they're spreading the message. Social media needs to be at the forefront. #2030NOWUN Foundation@Lzloures, Assistant Secretary General to the UN: "AIDS today is the number one killer of adolescence in Africa" @ #SGS2015 #2030nowJocelyne JeannotThere is SINGING onstage at the #SocialGoodSummit. SINGING. (am I still at the #GlobalCitizen Festival?) Ok it was pretty awesome. #2030NowB. Blackburn-DwyerGlobal Meetup Check-inThe audience at the @92Y hears the variety of #SocialGood activations happening now around the #globalgoals in China! #2030NOWUN FoundationThe #SocialGoodSummit in Vietnam beamed live into the New York summit! #2030Now knows no geographical boundaries: http://t.co/0DBjAh7FJh+SocialGoodPlanning Her Own PathNow up, @BabatundeUNFPA, @AshleyJudd @RadioFreeAsha join the stage for the panel "Planning Her Own Path" #2030NOWUN Foundation1.8 billion young people are about to enter into reproductive years. How can govts, orgs help set a strong trajectory for them? #2030NOWUN Foundation'In many situations they don't feel a sense of hope and they don't feel a sense of belonging.' - @BabatundeUNFPA on world's young populationMashable Social Good@BabatundeUNFPA: "If we do this right, we can provide 500 billion additional dollars to the GDP of Africa" #Agenda2030 #2030NOW #GlobalGoalsAli Goldberg.@BabatundeUNFPA: "This isn't just about young people , this is for all of us." #2030NOWUN Foundation@BabatundeUNFPA: the biggest obstacles are resources, making sure the resources are there #2030NOW #EWECisME #SocialGoodEveryWomanEveryChild@AshleyJudd there are 220 million woman of reproductive age who don't have access to family planning choices. #2030NOWKeshet Bachan@AshleyJudd: every additional yr of secondary school girls attend, their potential salary increases by 10-20% #2030NOW #EWECisME #SocialGoodEveryWomanEveryChild@AshleyJudd speaks to the power of family planning and contraceptive care in development. #2030NOWYaira Matos@BabatundeUNFPA Family planning is not just about planning families, it is about empowering women & girls #2030NOW http://t.co/XnZe2iutHjAriel Wood.@AshleyJudd shares that her own powerful personal story has inspired her work: "From hurting, to healing, to helping." #2030NOWUN FoundationSports for Social GoodNow up: "100% Sport, Harnessing the Power of the Fan" with @bluNiall, @AinslieBen. Watch live: http://t.co/Nlb5Qx7924 #2030NOWUN Foundation'Call out your team right now and let them know you're watching them.' @bluNiall on sports for social good #2030NOWMashable Social Good.@bluNiall sharing how the power of fans and sporting clubs can help achieve the Global Goals #2030NOW #Go100percent http://t.co/oz04FtahmMKYNE'If you want to change anything it starts with yourself.' @bluNiall #2030NOWMashable Social Good.@bluNiall and @AinslieBen talk about going 100% in sustainability for a sports team and a telecom company #2030NOW #socialgoodChen Cao.@bluNiall is calling everyone to take out their phones and tell their team to #go100percent toward climate action. #2030NOWMashable Social GoodPrivacy SettingsNow up: Mashable's @lanceulanoff and security researcher @moxie discuss privacy settings. #2030NOWMashable Social Good'It's hard to speak freely when you now you're always being surveilled.' -@moxie #2030NOWMashable Social GoodPeople want to share w/friends, not Facebook, Twitter the co. There's a disconnect btw who you're sharing with -@Moxie on privacy #2030NOWCat Mooney@moxie "You probably do have something to hide, you just don't know it yet." @ #SGS2015 #2030now http://t.co/52s0ttBecuJocelyne Jeannot.@moxie says communication is important, but we must be able to "speak freely." Lack of privacy can challenge that. #2030NOWUN Foundation'Surveillance is at an all time high and the price is at an all time low.' -@moxie #2030NOWMashable Social Good.@moxie fascinating idea: laws should be difficult to enforce, so we can imagine a better world than we have now. #2030NOWEmily LinebargerRefugees: The Route to ResettlementUp next: "Refugees: The Route to Resettlement," featuring Antonio Guterres and @GerDuany. #2030NOWMashable Social Good"For the first time, refugees came in big numbers to the developed world." -@refugees on why they're the center of attention now #2030NOWMiranda Cleland86% of refugees are in developing countries, says Antonio Gutierrez. #2030NOWUN Foundation"It's time to show true solidarity with the people who are suffering so much." -Antonio Guterres on refugees around the world #2030NowMashable Social GoodLast year there were 42,500 refugees leaving behind their home each day. - Logan Antonio Guterres of @Refugees #2030NOWAlicia NoelGuterres says refugees can be solutions to problems in countries receiving them-our responsibility to make that happen #2030NOWMina Al-OraibiRT @unfoundation:"We all want one thing: to live. At the end of the day, we're all human beings." - @GerDuany #2030NOW #GlobalGoalsNili Majumder"School is the most important thing." -@GerDuany #2030NowJennie Kratz"Refugees could be the solution to many of the worlds problems...Diversity is a richness." Antonio Guterres #2030NOW http://t.co/LtjlTnEHBARachael GraceDigitally Enabling CitizensTurkey has been developing at a very fast pace, yet the ICT development has not reached the level that we strive for. -Rami Aslan #2030NowMashable Social GoodLooking at ways to get more people on line in Turkey @TurkTelecom #2030Now Summit - we have to educate people using the youthsToyin OlakanpoWe aim to ensure that everyone has access by 2030. - @ttkomIR #2030NOW #globalgoalsUN FoundationDeputy Secretary of StateComing up next: Deptuty Secretary of State @Ablinken. #2030NowMashable Social Good"The art of #diplomacy: let the other person have it your way - @ABlinken #2030now http://t.co/Ifr55VXQAYClaire-Marie FG@StateDept today you do not have to work at the state department or the US gov't to change the world #socialgood #2030Now #GlobalGoalsIlene Friedman.@ABlinken: "Leaders need to see around the innovation corner & the brightest innovators need a sharper window into policymaking." #2030NOWDalbergYou can't keep a good idea down -Deputy Security of State @ABlinken on innovation @socialgood #2030NOW http://t.co/LSXbiSaZkvCat Mooney.@ABlinken "Today you can change the world from your living room." #socialgood #2030NOW #globalgoals @StateDeptGlobal DailySocial Media is the New First Responder Next: A conversation with @60Minutes' Lara Logan, Facebook's Naomi Gleit, Dr. Pranav Shetty and Mashable's @MattPetronzio. #2030NOWMashable Social GoodSocial media is not all about discussing problems, it's about discussing their solutions for #SocialGood. #2030NOWLaz Ude Eze"We've started a team that is dedicated to #socialgood." -Facebook's Naomi Gleit #2030NowMashable Social GoodIn the face of disaster, people are increasingly turning to social media to communicate #2030now #publichealth http://t.co/XD1TMGIcbBBriana MorganSocial media makes the world more connected and we believe that is a #socialgood - @facebook's Naomi Gleit #2030NOWChristie Garton.@mattpetronzio "It's hard to measure social impact - you have to first define what impact is." #2030NowDerica JacksonIn disasters, speed saves lives. @IMC_Worldwide Pranav Shetty #socialgood #2030NOW #disasterrecovery @gdn_onlineAdrienne S. McCordWith 1.5 billion users crisis responders turn to Facebook #imc_worldwide #GlobalGoals #2030NOWveronicaquinonezGetting broadband internet into Africa will change the world -@imc_worldwide Dr. Pranav Shetty #2030NOWCat Mooney"Millennials want to make a difference. Social media inspires people to be a new type of philanthropist." - @mattpetronzio #2030NOWSTANDTo Change Everything We Need EveryoneNext up: "To Change Everything We Need Everyone," a climate change conversation with @billmckibben and Mashable's @mattpetronzio. #2030NOWMashable Social Good2015 on track to be the hottest year on record, says @billmckibben. Very few years left to make an impact. #2030nowAmanda Levinson" People are now saying: we are no longer willing to get in bed with irresponsible companies." -Bill McKibben #2030Now #GlobalGoalsEmmanuella BongaTotal divestment from fossil fuels has reached $2.7T, according to Bill McKibben, founder of @350 #2030now #SGS2015FormataMoney is the driver behind #climatechange denial, global social movement the key to #policy change - @billmckibben #2030NOW #environmentChristine Newman"Every month we can keep them from building pipes, mines, is another month the cost of solar panels drops by 1%." Bill McKibben #2030NOWGlobal DailyConcentrate less on lightbulbs. Concentrate on bringing people together as a movement -@billmckibben on #climate action #2030NowMashable Social GoodInnovation to Get Ahead of the Worst:Now onstage: "Inside Out: From Stories to Solutions" with @ZiaKhanNYC of @RockefellerFdn. #2030NOWMashable Social GoodTechnology is not the problem, it's political will. -@billmckibben, @350 #climatechange #2030now #socialgoodsummitCONSCIOUS"Achieving these goals can change the world" -@ZiaKhanNYC on the #SDGs #2030NOWMashable Social Good"Stories bridge fields by making connections clear so ideas can jump from one field to another" - Zia Khan of @RockefellerFdn #2030NowMegan Schumann"If we want real breakthroughs... we need stories." - @ZiaKhanNYC #2030NOWMashable Social GoodWe need to translate the #GlobalGoals to stories to create sustainable change. Brilliant. @ZiaKhanNYC #2030NOW http://t.co/uDJ9HuJhuCMelinda Briana Epler"Innovations will come from the stories we tell about people and their challenges." @ZiaKhanNYC #2030NOWMashable Social GoodStand with Civil Society: On stage: @rhodes44, @dougicnl, @marcelacalle and @civicusSG speaking on "Combatting Closing Space for Civil Society." #2030NOWMashable Social Good#2030NOW #SGS2015 panel on #civilsociety closing space and # with @civicusSG: civil society is central to #SDGs http://t.co/ICCL7G39w5Alex SardarCountries that shut out civil society will not succeed. - @rhodes44 #2030NOWUN Foundation"Citizens all around the world want to be heard. They want to speak up for their beliefs, their hopes, their dreams." @MarcelaCalle #2030NOWMashable Social GoodFreedom of expression, assembly are universal values... Civil society means a space to both inspire & be inspired - @MarcelaCalle #2030NOWSam Simmons6 out of 7 people are living in a county where one of their fundamental human rights is at risk, explains @civicusSG #2030NowKYNE"In many parts of the world, it's only civil society that has the guts to speak to power." @civicusSG #2030NOWMashable Social GoodWe have to rebuild the norm associated with international values. - @rhodes44 #2030NOWCounterpart Int.A govt that is afraid of its own people is not going to succeed. It may be strong in the moment, but not over time. - @rhodes44 #2030NOWUN Foundation“I don’t have any doubt that in the long run, a government that is afraid of its own people is not going to survive” @rhodes44 #2030NOWNora GrenfellBoth @rhodes44 and @MarcelaCalle speak to cooperating across borders to strengthen civil society #2030NOWMashable Social Good"We need Ugandans to tell American how to eat less and live more sustain-ably" Got a round of applause at #SocailGoodSummit #2030NowB. Blackburn-Dwyer"I may not agree with everything you say, but I will fight to my death for your right to say it." - @civicusSG http://t.co/4U1T6ow5mJProjectNextUp"We need to stop our leaders from congratulating themselves, because the goals are not yet done."- Danny Shriskandarajah #2030NOWEmmanuella BongaWe need to ensure that SOMEONE has to pay a political price if these #globalgoals are not a success. #2030NOWUN FoundationTransmissions from the Field: The 2015 Waislitz Award Winner: Up next: @Twejaka joins the stage for "Transmissions from the Field" #2030NOWMashable Social GoodThis speech at #2030Now re having to have a pencil to go to school in Uganda made me think about the "promise" part of @PencilsOfPromis ✏️Paula Kiger"Today in my village a child will drop out of school b/c they don't have a pencil" #socialgoodsummit #2030NOW #waislitzwinnerAnjana Sreedhar.@Twejaka explains that many children drop out of school simply for lack of pencils #2030NOWMashable Social GoodWe must work together, we cannot work on this piece by piece, we have to do it holistically #2030Now #changetheworld http://t.co/Attj0KWzxzMelinda Briana EplerGlobal Citizen: The Opportunity of a Generation: The last speakers of the day are @Hughcevans @MichelleNunn and @ASherinian! #2030NOWMashable Social Good"No movement is about any individual. It's a 15 year journey." - @hughevans #SocialGood #2030NOW http://t.co/8k3CBJrFznTala MansiMost people don't believe that an individual can make an impact, says @Hughcevans #2030NOW #GlobalCitizenUN Foundation@Hughcevans: We don't want @GlblCtzn to be an organization, we want it to be a true movement #2030NOWRonni Berke"Let's hug the elephant in the room." How can we ensure we will reach the #globalgoals by 2030? @ASherinian asks @GlblCtzn at #2030NOWLippi Doshi#2030NOW Blding a #CitizenMovement. How do you measure traction & telling peeps that extreme #Poverty can be ended?Marcia G. Yerman"The change always has to occur from the bottom up and the top down working together" -@Hughcevans #2030NOWMashable Social GoodExtreme poverty won’t end without governments AND citizen demand AND private sector. @GlblCtzn #globalgoals #2030nowChrysula WinegarFACT: The last 20 years have been the most successful anti-poverty push in human history. It IS possible @Hughcevans #2030NOW #GlobalCitizenGlobal CitizenA mother said her children had perfect school attendance in Syria before war. We have crisis the global community must respond to. #2030NOWMichelle Nunn.@MichelleNunn shares stories of Syrian refugee families: "We have a crisis that the global community HAS to respond to." #2030NOWMashable Social GoodAt the "Global Citizen's conference they were talking about a just world and eradicating poverty. All lives are created equal!" #2030NowlarryirvingAnd that's a wrap! Join us again tomorrow for Day 2 of the Social Good Summit. #2030NOWMashable Social Good
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