Obama Joins Bill and Melinda Gates Today in NYC

Today, former President Barack Obama will join Bill and Melinda Gates at the inaugural Goalkeepers Event in NYC to celebrate progress toward eliminating disease and poverty around the world, and inspire a new generation of advocates to work on behalf of these causes. Obama and Bill and Melinda Gates will be joined by activist Malala Yousafzai, Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah of Jordan, and others to recognize the remarkable advances in global health and poverty reduction over the past 25 years. Participants will share data and solutions to ensure progress continues and the ambitious targets of the Sustainable Development Goals are met. Partnerships focusing on women's empowerment, digital financial inclusion, and community health workers will be announced as "Accelerators" and tasked with speeding up progress to achieve the goals. Goalkeepers will bring together a new generation of influencers and leaders from all corners of the world who will discuss and devise innovative solutions to achieve the global goals. The event is livestreaming here.