We Day 2013

(Photo Courtesy of Pallvi S.)

On Friday October 18th at Rogers Arena a pep rally for social change took place, also known as We Day. We Day is a sister company of Free the Children, founded by Mark and Craig Keilburger at the tiny age of 12 years old (Craig) in their basement in Thornhill, Ontario. We Day features widely known speaks (eg. Dalai Lama) and singers that perform to reward  the kids coming to the event for their hard work. This years We Day featured many people (list below). Some of the highlights of the show, (even though the entire show was a highlight) Molly Burke; a Me to We speaker that is blind and supports bullying and the power of hope. Avril Lavigne and Chad Kroeger; They were definitely a highlight of the show and they performed a duet, Let Me Go, and Avril closed the show with her song, Girlfriend (remember that song?) and Here's To Never Growing Up. Vishaal Vijay (11yrs)  and Hannah Alper (10yrs); together they spoke about Iqbal Masif, a 13yr old who inspired Craig to create Free the Children and Malala Youfaszai a 16yr old who fought against the Taliban to get girls to go school and get and education. Martin Luther King III who spoke of his fathers 50 year legacy, I Have a Dream. A really, really big speaker to come was Kofi Anaan; former Secretary General of the UN and Nobel Bell Peace Prize laureate, who spoke about children making a change and it having great effects because we are the future :) And each and everyone who performed at We Day is/was wonderful, I just listed a few :) I STRONGLY encourage ANYONE to go to We Day and be motivated by the people and speakers and performers that attend.

• Molly Burke

• Spencer West

• Avril Lavigne 

• Chad Kroeger

• Kofi Anaan

• Martin Luther King III

• Mark Kielburger

• Craig Keilburger 

• Chris Tse

• Kenyan Boys Choir

• Robin Wiszowaty

• Hedley 

• Down with Webster 

• Hannah Alper (Me to We motivational speaker.)

• Vishaal Vijay (Me to We motivational speaker.)

Roméo A. Dallaire 

• Aliya-Jasmine Sovani - MTV Host

• Scott Willats - MTV Host