Star-studded Global Citizen Festival reminds attendees of their power with million-dollar pledgesBy Canadian Press on September 28, 2025. Global Citizen shared that they’d secured enough commitments to provide clean energy for 4.6 million homes on the continent. American soccer star Carli Lloyd helped announce the MetLife Foundation’s $9 million to the FIFA Global Citizen Education Fund. Global Citizen also announced more than $280 million toward its goal of protecting the Amazon. Global Citizen CEO Hugh Evans said he wanted to show that, despite great feelings of hopelessness right now, progress is possible when people band together around common ideals.