Nelly Furtado, Magic Johnson, Martin Luther King III, Down With Webster and Shawn Desman among the lineup announced for We Day Alberta - Apply for media accreditation to attend We Day at www.weday.com/press - Full bios, photos and information on We Day Alberta available here Click to tweet: .@freethechildren announces #WeDay #Alberta lineup incl. @NellyFurtado @DaRealSD @MagicJohnson @DOWNWITHWEBSTER @KardinalO @KARLWOLFs Calgary, AB (October 2, 2013) – International charity and educational partner Free The Children, alongside National Co-Title Sponsors RBC and TELUS, officially announced the lineup of international speakers and chart-topping performers set to inspire 16,000 students who have earned their way through service to attend We Day Alberta on October 24, 2013 at the Scotiabank Saddledome. From musical sensations Nelly Furtado, Down With Webster and Kardinal Offishall, to inspirational speakers like NBA legend Magic Johnson and human rights advocate Martin Luther King III, the diverse lineup will join Free The Children co-founders Craig and Marc Kielburger to share their passion for change, international experiences, and energize the crowd with unforgettable performances. Leading the crowd through a day full of educational speeches and show-stopping performances will be platinum-selling, JUNO and MMVA Award-winning recording artist and host of We Day Alberta, Shawn Desman. The full list of speakers and performers announced to date include:  Magic Johnson (@MagicJohnson) – NBA legend, two-time hall of famer and philanthropist  Martin Luther King III – Human rights advocate and eldest son of the late Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.  Nelly Furtado (@NellyFurtado) – GRAMMY® and JUNO award-winner and Free The Children ambassador  Shawn Desman (@DaRealSD) – Platinum-selling, JUNO and MMVA Award-winning recording artist and host of We Day Alberta  Down With Webster (@DOWNWITHWEBSTER) – Five-time JUNO Award-nominated, platinum selling genre-defying band with new album, Party for your Life, coming out October 22nd  Kardinal Offishall (@KardinalO) – Award-winning Canadian rapper and record producer  Karl Wolf (@KARLWOLFs) – International recording artist, Socan & MTV Europe Music Award winner  Amanda Lindhout (@AmandaLindhout) – New York Times best-selling author of A House in the Sky, Founder of the Global Enrichment Foundation  Craig and Marc Kielburger (@CraigKielburger) – International activists and co-founders of Free The Children  Kenyan Boys Choir (@BoysChoirKenya) – Traditional African male choir, who sang at the 2009 inauguration of President Obama  Youth speakers – Hannah Alper and Vishal Vijay  Spencer West (@spencer2thewest) – Me to We inspirational speaker, Free The Children ambassador, author and double amputee who climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro on his hands and in his wheelchair in June, 2012  Robin Wiszowaty (@robininkenya) – Me to We motivational speaker, author, and Free The Children Program Director in Ghana and Kenya  Chris Tse – Me to We inspirational speaker, national spoken-word champion and humanitarian “I’ve had the fortunate opportunity to attend We Day before and the energy in the stadium from the thousands of passionate young people coming together as one team to change the world is simply inspiring,” said Magic Johnson. “I’m excited to come back to We Day this year and celebrate the incredible actions Alberta’s youth have taken over the past year.” “We Day is the foundation to inspire a year of service and help students from across Alberta find their passion for the causes they care about,” said Craig Kielburger, co-founder of Free The Children. “But it doesn’t stop there. Students are truly making real impact all year round. Last year alone students from across the province logged over 820,000 volunteer hours for local and global organizations and donated over 76,000 lbs of food to their local food banks.” We Day is a stadium-sized educational event and a movement of young people leading local and global change. Youth in attendance can’t buy a ticket to We Day; they earn it through service by committing to take action on at least one local and one global initiative of their choice to better the world as part of Free The Children’s year-long educational program, We Act. Since 2007, youth involved in the We Act program have raised $37 million for over 1000 local and global causes, and logged more than 9.6 million volunteer hours. We Day is free of charge to the thousands of students and educators in attendance, thanks to the generous support of sponsors led by National Co-Title Sponsors RBC and TELUS. Everyone can tune in on October 24, 2013 at 9:30 a.m. MT to watch the live stream of We Day Alberta on www.weday.com. Stay connected: - Like We Day on Facebook: facebook.com/WeDay - Twitter: @Freethechildren; @CraigKielburger - Official Hashtag: #WeDay - Visit www.weday.com About Free The Children Free The Children is an international charity and educational partner. Founded in 1995 by international activist Craig Kielburger, Free The Children believes in a world where young people are free to achieve their fullest potential, and empowers youth to remove barriers that prevent them from being active local and global citizens. The organization‘s domestic programs—which includes We Day, Free The Children‘s signature youth empowerment event—educate, engage and empower 1.7 million young people across North America, the UK and around the world to become engaged global citizens. Its international projects have brought more than 650 schools and school rooms to youth and provided clean water and sanitation, health care and food security to one million people around the world, freeing children and their families from the cycle of poverty. The organization has received the World's Children's Prize for the Rights of the Child, the Human Rights Award from the World Association of Non‐Governmental Organizations, and has formed successful partnerships with leading school boards and Oprah's Angel Network. For more information, visit www.freethechildren.com. -30For more information on We Day or to request an interview with a We Day Speaker, please contact: Stephanie Lanari Manager, PR & Publicity 416-706-3652 [email protected]