We Day 2012

     Last year I had the most amazing opportunity to volunteer at Toronto's We Day as a seat filler. Me and my two friends had the job to fill seats in the stadium and out of luck we were put on the floor right beside the stage! I have wanted to go to We Day since grade 8 and I never had the opportunity until last year. You can't buy tickets to We Day, you have to earn it by completing one local and one global action through Free the Children or Me to We.

     For those of you who don't know what We Day is, it is a an event that happens once a year. It helps educate and initiates a year long movement to lead local and global change. The link below is a video of We Day. Just watching it gives me chills. No emotion can describe how I felt when I was in that stadium with 20 000 others wanting to make a difference in the world just like I want to. 

We Day- The Movement of Our Time
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gDvDs5hxzg&feature=player_embedded

     There were many speakers and performers during We Day. 

- Craig and Marc Kielburger

- Jennifer Hudson

- Hedley

- Al Gore

- Hedley

- The Tenors

- Molly Burke

- Jake Zeldin

- Shawn Desman

- Nelly Furtado

- Spencer West

- Jesse Giddings

- K'naan

- and many more...

Here are some pictures from the event.

 We were so close to the stage. My friends and I were freaking out after every performs or speech. Definitely a once in a lifetime experience (unless I volunteer again next year). 

The Tenors

Craig and Marc Kielburger

Shawn Desman's performance

Nelly Furtado

Jake Zeldin

     I would like to encourage you to visit Free the Children's website as well as Me to We's website. They are worth looking at and might encourage you to take action as well. The links will be below. Also if you have any questions you can comment below or tweet me @ceciletasci. 

http://www.freethechildren.com
http://www.metowe.com