Activate: The Global Citizen Movement

Season 1

A six-part documentary series from National Geographic and Procter & Gamble on Global Citizen's efforts to eradicate extreme poverty. Each episode delves into a different issue connected to the root causes of poverty, following a specific Global Citizen campaign and the organizers, amplifiers, grassroots activists and people whose lives are being changed.

Where to Watch Season 1

6 Episodes

  • Eradicating Extreme Poverty
    E1
    Eradicating Extreme PovertyHugh Jackman, Priyanka Chopra Jonas and Becky G join Global Citizen in campaigns to push world leaders into enacting policy changes that would end extreme poverty around the globe.
  • Ending Cash Bail
    E2
    Ending Cash BailMusic artists Common and Usher team up with Global Citizen and grassroots organizers as they attempt to achieve historic criminal justice reform by ending the use of cash bail in New York State.
  • Education Cannot Wait
    E3
    Education Cannot WaitRachel Brosnahan teams up with Global Citizen and travels to the border of Peru to see what happens to children’s education during conflicts and natural disasters.
  • Keeping Girls in School
    E4
    Keeping Girls in SchoolPriyanka Chopra Jonas campaigns to break down barriers to girls’ education. Meanwhile, Gayle King and Bonang Matheba rally tens of thousands of people to call on the South African government to commit $58 million toward ending period poverty and providing girls with the menstrual education and resources.
  • Ending Plastic Pollution
    E5
    Ending Plastic PollutionDarren Criss and Pharrell Williams call for stopping the flow of plastics into our oceans.
  • Clean Water
    E6
    Clean Water"Orange Is the New Black" star Uzo Aduba joins Global Citizen as they rally millions around the world to push for clean drinking water and proper sanitation for the world's most vulnerable people. They travel to Aduba's parents' homeland of Nigeria, where they urge governors to commit state funds to eradicate the contaminated water and open defecation crises.

 

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