By Alexander J. Bandza

Over the weekend, on April 18, 2015, over 200,000 people gathered on the National Mall in Washington DC for Global Citizen 2015 Earth Day, a collaboration between the Global Poverty Project and Earth Day Network. The two groups joined together to address ending extreme poverty and tackling climate change. Global Citizen 2015 Earth Day was co-hosted by will.i.am and Soledad O’Brien. The event featured performances by No Doubt, Usher, Fall Out Boy, Mary J. Blige, Train, and My Morning Jacket, with special guests Common, D’Banj, Fally Ipupa, VIXX, and Roy Kim.

For more information, including highlights of the event, check out the website here.