To date, 4 biennial Summits have united over 1,000 global leaders across 6 sectors advancing scalable solutions to the most pressing issues of our time - from climate change to child care.

Direct deliverables:

• Over 700 delegates and youth have learned tangible community development approaches and skills
• Social innovation contest provided mentorship and evaluation tools for over 100 projects world-wide
• Scholarships to over 75 youth leaders impacting employment, energy, climate and other challenges facing today’s youth
• Technology Book published in India - disseminating 64 novel food, energy, health, housing, education, and water solutions

On-going outcomes (and ripples):

• ‘Pulse of the Movement’ webcasts & ‘Impact 365’ interactive media library deliver educational tools for year-round impact
• Creation of ‘African Local Summit’ in Ghana, April 2012 - united 100 leaders across the UN, businesses and students who shared local best practices from across Africa to achieve the UN Millennium Development Goals (ratified by 189 nations)
• Spin-off event, ‘Green Economy Think-Tank’ fosters youth employment and green jobs in dozens of US and global cities including: San Francisco, New York, Los Angeles, New Orleans
• 1PIE Sustainability Principles by and for artists,social entrepreneurs, media, education, for-impact, and business leaders

*The Global Summit is a core program of and is facilitated by Empowerment WORKS, which works to support the collaboration of partners who make each summit possible.