Music Festival for SDGs 2021
Contributing to sustainable future through music
Co-hosted by Music for SDGs
and Glocha/IAAI #ActionNow

Online broadcast from around the globe
from 10 July (8pm EDT) to 11 July (10:59am EDT) 2021

in conjunction with
the United Nations High Level Political Forum 2021

Mack Okubo

Executive Producer(Project Director, Music for SDGs)

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Music for SDGs Project & its Global Partners
Promoting SDGs through entertainment and music
Music for SDGs Project:
Under the slogan of No one will be left
behind!, aiming to provide opportunities
for general public to deepen
understanding of SDGs in an easier andenjoyable way through music events
integrating entertainment and education
SDGs or Sustainable Development Goals, which wereadopted at the United Nations Summit in September
2015, are the 17 goals set by the 193 member
countries of the United Nations to be achieved overthe 15 years from 2016 to 2030.

The activities of Music for SDGs are planned and administered by Mack Okubo (project
director), Kippei (singer song writer/music producer) and Flower Harmony (music unit
and event producer) with support of Social-Japan, an incorporated association for a purposeof supporting social action programs, and partnered with Glocha and IAAI as part of#ActionNow initiative, which is supported by UNESCO and MOST. We intend to report on
this event to the United Nations, APEC as well as Japanese Government. Gloria Starr Kins
（editor of UN-recognized “Society and Diplomatic Review”）kindly serves as Ambassador.
(http://MusicForSDGs.com or email MusicForSDGs@gmail.com )Music for SDGs Coalition
Mack

Flower Harmony

Kippei

GloCha/IAAI, global partner #Action Now Ambassador
Gloria Starr Kins
The project’s outcome are to be reported to
APEC, the UN, and the Japanese government.
Music for SDGs supports the Sustainable
Development Goals (SDGs).

About Music for SDGs Coalition

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Mack （Makoto Okubo） (Project Director)
Mack is a multilingual and globally well-known policy advisor, traveling around the world. Formerly he worked for aninternational organization in Switzerland. Among other responsibilities, he is now serving as Sherpa of APFF ESG
Investment Working Group and Co-Sherpa of APFF Sustainable Finance Development Network in APEC, and is actively
promoting SDGs in collaboration with United Nations, OECD, and APEC. He is also known as multi-talented
entertainer. He performs as a singer, dancer, comedian and mimicry artist in various events. He has launched Music for
SDGs Project to promote United Nations’ SDGs through music and produces entertainment events.

Flower Harmony (Yurikago Voice Yukiko Yamashita and music producer
Takeda P）
Flower=Every flower is wonderful, and every human being is important. With the theme of "A world where everyone
can shine", they connect Japan and the world, and play harmony and love at entertainment events, shrines and temples
across the country as a dedication performance. They also host "Japanese Tradition Expo," conveying Japanesetraditional culture. They incorporate activities for the Earth and for the universe into his business and artistic activities,
and their song "Earth of Cosmo" won the Global Award at the United Nations World Space Week Japan 2020.

Kippei（Kippei Miyahara) (Singer/songwriter, music producer & MC,community engagement supporter）
Born in Wakayama, and now based in Kashima City. Apart from his main business, he has been working on revitalizing
the community and fostering culture through his musical activities, and always aspires to give live performances with asense of unity and customer participation with the keyword "enjoy". In addition to songs for himself, he has produced
songs for the J1 Kashima Antlers soccer team, local artists and idols, boys and girls choir, and Yosakoi groups. He
performed in NY at Off-Broadway in 2018 and Carnegie Hall in 2019.

About our Assistant Director/Music Advisor/Musician

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Diversity&Inclusion :Being bridge between Japan and the World through music

Ai Yamashita(pianist/keyboardist/composer)

Ai Yamashita from Japan, a Bostonbased keyboardist, songwriter andalumuni of Berklee College of Music 17’.
Her mission statement is “Being
bridge between Japan and the Worldthrough music” and she has been
contributing for cultural exchange
and music diversity in US with her
J-Pop band “Ai’s Sakura Band”.

Ai arranged a number of Japanese anime andpopular songs in Bossa, Jazz, Salsa, teaming up
with Mack and Kippei of Music for SDGs Coalition.
She has recently released ONE PIECE WE ARE!
EDM Remix (https://youtu.be/ecO_cqIGhDk)

Ai Yamashita Website
https://www.aiyamashita.com/

Ai’s Sakura Band
https://youtu.be/s7bhbzeYGa8

In addition, she has recently released
new original song called “Min na
Tomodachi - We are all friends” which
aiming to work on many present
problems such as Racism/Discrimination/Diversity and LGBTQ.
“Minna Tomodachi” (In Japanese)
https://youtu.be/uo2Nidz32J0

Ai attended Youth Climate Action Empowerment
GloCha Youth Dialogue International Youth Day(IYD) 2020 on behalf of Music for SDGs
and reported her activities to promote SDGs
through music.

Ai is now leading the Musicfor SDGs Project as Assistant
Director and music advisor.

About Social-Japan and GloCha/IAAI our global partner

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Social-Japan
Music for SDGs Project is organized in collaboration with Social-Japan (led by Yorihira Monden), a generalincorporated association established to support social contribution activities. With an initiative of Yorihira
Monden, a project team has been formed to support the planning, public relations and management of the
project, produce major events to promote SDGs, and help monitor the project's activities to ensure they arein line with its ultimate goals. https://social-japan.watch/

GloCha/IAAI, our global partner #ACTION NOW
GloCha (Secretary General Miroslav Polzer） is a multi-stakeholder partnership,
formed as 501c3, for individuals, institutions and UN agencies to collaborate
together to act on global challenges. GloCha creates opportunities for youth, social
entrepreneurs and local communities to collaborate for a safe climate and justsociety. GloCha initiates events, and convenes conferences in support of the SDGs
leveraging collaborations and technologies like apps and block chain to improveoutcomes. Its three pillars are culture, technology, and organizational innovation.
GloCha cultivates improved solutions to global challenges as a UN accredited NGO
partner (ECOSOC and UNFCCC) with sister organization, IAAI (International
Association for the Advancement of Innovative Approaches to Global Challenges).
http://www.glocha.info

About our Ambassador and Government Liaison Protocol
Gloria Starr Kins
(Editor-in-Chief and Publisher,
Society & Diplomatic Review)

Gloria is Editor-in-Chief and Publisher of Society& Diplomatic Review (SDR), a United Nations
accredited publication that serves as a directoryof Ambassadors, UN Secretariat, and theConsular Corps. SDR covers diplomatic eventsand is the premier journal covering the UN.
Gloria has been a long-time society anddiplomatic editor of Irish Connections magazine
and Irish Examiner newspaper. Before that, she
worked alongside Wyatt Cooper as an editor for
the Status Diplomat and headed the New York
office of Curtis Publishing encompassing Sat
Evening Post, Holiday magazine, and Status
magazine.

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She is a veteran UN Correspondent, society and diplomatic
editor of many newspapers, and a correspondent for the
Jewish Post newspaper. She represented WOR Radio andTelevision as head of their United Nations Operations, and wasan Associate Producer of NBC’s “Open Mind.” Gloria is ViceChair of the Center for Global Action for Sustainable
Development (CGASD) and was a founding member of
UNICEF’s Manhattan chapter, the Islamic Council of Europe,and the Islamic Defense League in London.
In addition, she also serves as a Government Liaison on the Board of Directors for
the OCCAM Infopoverty World Conference, Oklahoma University liaison, andvarious other organizations and Chambers of Commerce. Recently, Gloria wasmade the head of the North American representative office of Association de la
Plume pour la culture et le development, a Chad-based foundation. She is also
active on the Board of advisers of The Green Earth Enterprises, LLC, a company
that uses aquaponics and hydroponics to solve the world’s food and water
insecurities in addition to IAAI GloCha board of advisers. The Hope Foundation as
well as the Halte Ebola Foundation made Gloria a member of their Board of
Directors. As of recently, Ms. Kins became the Co-Chairman of World Peaceever
TV, an ECOSOC accredited United Nations Foundation. She is also the Vice
President of Ai-Blockchain, a company that develops blockchain technology.

Music for SDGs’s major activities

7❑ This project’s first event Off-Broadway Jazz Concert – Anime for SDGs thattook place at a theater in Times Square in New York on 1 November 2018,
converting Japanese anime songs into Jazz and combining with talks on SDG
topics corresponding to respective anime movies. The audience enjoyed Jazz
music and learned about the importance of SDGs.
❑ In 2019-21, Shiori Abe (violinist), Mika Watanabe (pianist), Seika Itoh (musicalactress/singer) and Mack Okubo (lecturer) participated in musical presentations
on SDGs at Efma Insurance Summit in Vienna, ASEAN Insurance Congressin Bali and Keio University and Kyoritsu Women’s University lecture.

❑ On 26 October 2020, Music for SDGs co-hosted United Nations 75 Year
Celebration Music Festival for SDGs 2020 with GloCha/IAAI, aiming tocelebrate United Nations’ 75th Year Anniversary and enhance a publicawareness on SDG topics through a talk and music performance. The 17 hour
online event started from opening in Japan, followed by various cities in Europe,
Africa and concluded with a grand finale in New York, in a series ofentertainment shows and educational opportunities. 34 groups of artists,
including a Broadway star, joined the event.
❑ On 21 November 2020, Music for SDGs co-hosted 24-Hour Telethon on Global
Homelessness with the IAPSS （International Association of Political Science
Students), the United Nations Association South New York (UNA-USA), UN2020,
UN75, Music for SDGs, The World Is Watching, US-ASEAN Youth Council, andGPODS, which covered the 6 Regions: Oceania, Europe, Asia, Africa, Latin
America and USA/Canada, and provided some panelists and organized all thetalent shows for the event.

Music for SDGs’s major activities

8❑ On 22-23 April 2021, Music for SDGs and GloCha/IAAI co-hosted a 24-hour
online music event Earth Day Music Festival 2021 in conjunction with
INTERNATIONAL EARTH DAY, in collaboration with Clermont Choir Foundation(South Africa), CATCH US PERFORMING ARTS (CUPA), International
Association of Political Science Students (IAPSS), Jackson Family Foundation
Japan (Japan), KIMONO GLOBAL CLUB (KGC), Mother Earth Cup Zero, Music
for Climate Justice (M4CJ), ROTARY Dare to be Great e-Club, SDGs Spiral,
Social Japan, Society and Diplomatic Review, Tiara Group, WOMENORCHESTRA JAPAN, for the purpose of enhancing awareness on SDGs throughentertainment and education, starting from opening in Japan, followed by
Europe, Africa and New York in a series of entertainment shows andeducational opportunities.
❑ On 11-14 May 2021, International Association of Political Science
Students (IAPSS) hosted World Congress, where students gathered from 6
regions, Oceania, Asia, Europe, Africa, Latin America, and USA/Canada. Musicfor SDGs was honored to be part of the World Congress to organize themusical performance by a pre-recorded video program, edited by Miki Takasugi.
❑ On 22-23 June 2021, Tiara Group and Heiwa Peace and Reconciliation
Foundation of New York co-hosted an online concert Prayer for Okinawa,
supported by Music for SDGs, in conjunction with Okinawa’s Memorial Day, a
day designated to commemorate the war dead from the Battle of Okinawa
among others. The audience enjoyed a series of music performance relatedwith Okinawa, and heard speeches about Okinawa’s history and importance ofpreserving world peace and beautiful nature.

国連総会2020のサイドイベント
Music
Festival for SDGs 2021 (10-11 July 2021)

MUSIC FESTIVAL
FOR SDGs 2021
Hosted globally ONLINE in conjunction of the United Nations High Level Political
Forum 2021, by Music for SDGs Coalition(Mack, Kippei & Flower Harmony) and Glocha/IAAI
10 July 8pm (EDT)/11 July 2am (CET)/11 July 9am (JST)～11 July 10:59am (EDT)/11 July 4:59pm (CET)/11 July 11:59pm (JST)Live streamed (free of charge) through YouTube（http://Youtube.com/c/MusicforSDGs)
and Facebook(http://Facebook.com/MusicforSDGs) in a series of entertainment shows andeducational opportunities. Enjoy the shows and be part of the Sustainable Development
Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations.
The event is planned and administered by Music for SDGs Coalition, or Mack
(Project Director), Kippei (Singer song writer/music producer) and Flower
Harmony (Music unit/event producer), co-hosted by GloCha/IAAI as part of#ActionNow, which is supported by UNESCO and MOST, in collaboration with
CATCH US PERFORMING ARTS (CUPA), KIMONO GLOBAL CLUB (KGC), Mother
Earth Cup, Music for Climate Justice (M4CJ), ROTARY Dare to be Great e-Club,
SDGs Spiral, Social Japan, Society and Diplomatic Review, 360HUB GLOBAL,
Tiara Group, and WOMEN ORCHESTRA JAPAN.
The outcome of this event is intended to be reported to the United Nations, APEC
as well as the Japanese Government.

9Music Festival for SDGs 2021 (10-11 July 2021)

10This event is being planned in conjunction with United Nations High Level Political Forum (HLPF), inviting artists
and speakers in collaboration with collaborating partners for the purpose of enhancing awareness on selected
SDGs in line with the priorities for HLPF2021 in a form of panel discussions, speeches and entertainment shows.
❑ Supporting Children and Leaving No One Behind (education × music × sport)❑ Protecting Environment and Mother Earth (innovation × art × music)❑ Promoting Sustainable Fashion (fashion × dancing × music)❑ Improving Health and Sustainability (food × healthcare × dancing × music)❑ Bringing Hope, Love and Peace (connecting people around the globe through music)

Music Festival for SDGs 2021 Time Table
Act One (Grand Opening)
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11 July 9:00amJST/11 July 2:00amCET/10 July 8:00pmEDT Opening❑
Music for SDGs Coalition (Mack/Flower Harmony/Kippei) & Ayumi
Ueda (Opening with “We Are the World Musicians” & “Wings to Fly”) ❑9:30am JST/2:30am CET/8:30pm EDT Yukie Kakubari ※Humming for Peace❑

9:45am JST/2:45amCET/8:45pmEDT Akira Watanabe ※musical×SDGs ❑10:00amJST/3:00amCET/9:00pm EDT Asuka Cali ※Sustainable Fashion ❑10:30am JST/3:30am CET/9:30pm EDT Kimono Global Club
※ Promotion of kimono.Japanese culture (Reiko Okamoto/AKANE KIKAKU/❑

11:00am JST/4:00am CET/10:00pm EDT CATCH US PERFORMINGARTS Supporting artists, nurturing young talents （Yuko Motoki/Miyoko
Hirakawa/Leo Suzuki/Tina Motoki/Lina Persson/Shihori/SHAFT BLAZE/Yuya
Hiraoka/Kohsuke Kuwahara/IG/OFUKU/Tomonori Muraoka/Keito Ito）
11:30am JST/4:30am CET/10:30pm EDT Tiara Group ※Okinawa
Special: love, peace and nature (Rino Aise/Mack/Aihi with Aihi Band
/Aya/Yuzu Natsumi/Rina Maejima with Ayano Ikemura/Sonny
Ochiai/Taru/Heiwa Peace Band/Kippei/Flower harmony）❑

12:30pm JST/5:30am CET/11:30pm EDT Takana Shimabukuro &Miyuki Kamiya ※SDGs ambassadors from Okinawa: “Artists withdisabilities 100” Project/Zero Emission Labo Okinawa❑

1:00pm JST/6:00am CET/11 July 0:00am EDT FaiRy ※Dancing group ofchildren with and without disabilities（Rina Yoshikawa）❑

1:30pm JST/6:30am CET/0:30am EDT Women Orchestra (Shiori
Abe/Hanako Morikawa) ※Promoting Japanese culture through music, andsupporting empowerment of women and sustainable music carrier

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3:00pm JST/8:00am CET/2:00am EDT Kyoko Sasaki ※Wadaiko drumarranged by Yuka Taniwaki
3:30pm JST/8:30am CET/2:30am EDT SDGs Spiral (Tae Morikawa)
3:45pm JST/8:45am CET/2:45am EDT Social Japan (Yorihira Monden)

4:00pm JST/9:00am CET/3:00am EDT Flower Harmony ※love×earth
4:15pm JST/9:15am CET/3:15am EDT Ai Yamashita ※Peace&Friendship
4:30pm JST/9:30am CET/3:30am EDT Miho Sasaki ※Jazz4SDGs (Mack)
5:00pm JST/10:00am CET/4:00am EDT Ayako ※love×hope
5:15pm JST/10:15am CET/4:15am EDT Seika Itoh & Yurina Kutsukake※Eigo De Dance, educating children with dance and music
5:45pm JST/10:45am CET/4:45am EDT Kippei ※music×SDGs
6:00pm JST/11:00am CET/5:00am EDT TheCreators2030 YouthAct Three (Grand Finale)

Sheila Cliffe/Chizuru Hoshi/Shoya Kamei/Nanami Minami/Azumi & Satoshi Aikawa) ❑
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7:00pm JST/12:00pm CET/6:00am EDT Meghan Picerno ※Staring
Christine Daae for the Phantom of the Opera
7:15pm JST/12:15pm CET/6:15am EDT Musa Hitomi and friends※Dancing musical with children (Under the Sea, Poupelle of Chimney Town)
7:30pm JST/12:30pm CET/6:30am EDT Yuei Ogata ※World Peace
7:45pm JST/12:45pm CET/6:45am EDT Sara Kimura & Veducate
Japan ※Vegan × SDGs
8:15pm JST/1:25pm CET/7:25am EDT SAO TI ※diversity × music
8:45pm JST/1:45pm CET/7:45am EDT Nicolette Templier (Aera Moon)※Miss Earth USA Eco 2019
9:00pm JST/2:00pm CET/8:00am EDT Music for Climate Justice(Alexandre De Beauharnais Romanovsky/Rocky Duwani) & 360 HUB
GLOBAL (Inger-Mette Stenseth/Helena Lindemark/Peter Nehme）※Planningmusic events back to back to COP26 and STOCKHOLD 50+
10:00pm JST/3:00pm CET/9:00am EDT ROTARY Dare to be Great eClub(Bill Graham & Youth) ※Connecting hundreds of millions thru Read-a-thon
10:30pm JST/3:30pm CET/9:30am EDT Yagull ※Power of music & SDGs
(Kana Kamitsubo & Sacha Markovic)
10:45pm JST/3:45pm CET/9:45am EDT Mother Earth Cup ※Awards
launched to target technologies, services, and initiatives on SDGs WITH YOU(Naoto Anzai/Toshihiro Yoneyama/Takumi Kinoshita/Mina Horie/Yuta Sono &Natsumi Nishikawa/Gloria Starr Kins & Mack as special advisors）
11:00pm JST/4:00pm CET/10:00am EDT Plenary & Closing
Society and Diplomatic Review (Gloria Starr Kins）GloCha (Miroslav
Polzer) & Music for SDGs Coalition (Mack/Flower Harmony/Kippei)(Closing with “UN ROCKS – UN Ambassadors”)

Teaming up with Kimono Global Club (KGC)

12Kimono Global Club (KGC) (President, Reiko Okamoto）
Reiko founded the Kimono Global Club (KGC) with the philosophy of "working on a business that breathes
new life into the ancient Japanese culture". KGC plans to introduce kimono culture to the world, introducing
traditional kimonos and innovative kimono dresses, and holding events and seminars. KGC formed Kimono
Ambassadors with a wide range of backgrounds to convey KGC's philosophy and the joy of kimono. Musicfor SDGs has a comprehensive partnership with KGC and cooperates in public relations, and entertainment.

Japanism 48
Reiko has launched an institute which
will provide comprehensive education
programs both for Japanese andforeigners to deepen understanding of
the Japanese Culture “Wabunka” andits implications in a global context. It
may give you a hint to live in harmony
in a changing world of uncertainty.
The program covers the 8 key areas of the Japaneseculture, such as rituals, martial arts, food culture,
traditional crafts, performing arts, and kimono culture,and consists of 48 modules, including tea ceremony,sumo, karate, ukiyoe, kabuki, among others.

Shoya Kamei is supporting
KGC’s management.
Seiko Kitagawa
supports Kimono
Calendar Project

SheilaCliffeChizuru Hoshi
JaparanAzumi & Satoshi
AikawaNanamiMinamiA kimono dance PV
choreographed by AKANEKIKAKU, renowned for“Bubbly Dance” and themusic video for "Poupelleof Chimney Town" hasbeen completed.

Teaming up with CATCH US PERFORMING ARTS (CUPA)

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Supporting artists, nurturing young talents, and aiming to build a better society
through culture, arts and entertainment

CATCH US PERFORMING ARTS (CUPA)
CUPA was founded as a 501(C)(3) non-profit organization on September 1, 2018. CUPA’s mission is to support artists
under the themes of Japan and nurture young talents, to strive to maintain a relationship between the U.S. andJapan in an effort to build a better society through culture, arts and entertainment.
Part I Dance performance
The film was shot with a special
from NY, LA and Osaka
permission at Jozaiji Temple, which
Leo
Tina
Lina
Shihoriboasts a history of more than 500 years. Suzuki
Motoki Persson （singer
The content of the film is fun for bothsong writer）
（NY）
（LA）
（LA）
children and adults, containing themesof kimono, dance, and SDGs. Enjoy thesetalented dance videos by performers
from NY, LA, Tokyo, and Osaka.
SHAFT BLAZE （Osaka）

Photo:
Jozaiji
Temple,Tokyo

Part II SDG’s Rock Tokyo
Yuya Hiraoka IG(Aijiro Tanaka) OFUKU（Director）（Cast）（Cast）

KohsukeKuwahara

Tomonori
Muraoka

Keito
Ito（Composer）（Cast）（Cast）

Teaming up with Tiara Group14

Okinawa Special: Bringing love, hope and world peace, and building a beautiful planet
together through “Prayer for Okinawa”

Tiara Group
Under the concept of “Discover past, live today and connect with future”, Tiara Group holds events on peace, humanrights, environment, and cultural understanding of each country. Through music, dance, recitation among others,
Tiara aims to deepen understanding between people around the world, and to prevent friction and conflict.
Rino Aise（Founder and CEO）

SDGs Ambassadorsfrom Okinawa

Performers
Aihi
with Aihi Band

Aya

Yuzu
Natsumi

Mack
Okubo

Sonny
OchiaiRina
Ayano
Maejima Ikemura

Taru

KippeiHeiwa Peace
Band

Flower Harmony

TakanaShimabukuro

MiyukiKamiyaTeaming up with WOMEN ORCHESTRA JAPAN

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Focusing on women's empowerment (SDG5) and education (SDG4), it also covers topics
such as environment, innovations, and disasters, and promotes Japanese culture.

Women Orchestra
All-female orchestra founded by Shiori Abe, which aims to deliver innovative,
tailored and easily-accessible performance under the concept of empowered
women and ensures carrier after marriage and childbirth for participating artists.
Shiori Abe（Founder and CEO）

Hanako Morikawa（Executive Director）

Shiori Abe (violin) , Mika
Watanabe (pianist), Seika
Itoh (musical actress/singer)
and Mack Okubo (lecturer)
participated in musicalpresentations on SDGs at
Efma Insurance Summit in
Vienna, ASEAN Insurance
Congress in Bali and Keio
University and Kyoritsu
Women’s University lecturein Tokyo in 2019-2022.

Teaming up with SDGs Spiral

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SDGs Spiral
Tae Morikawa（Co-Chair, SDGs Spiral）

An NPO based in Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka, co-chaired by Tae Morikawa, Akira
Ogawa and Yuichi Suzuki, which aims to create a sustainable society from thestandpoints of citizens by planning events and proposing activities that anyone canengage in. The goal is to enhance awareness of the general public on SDGs and to
facilitate actions through public-private partnership at the same time.
Colorhythm Risa
Art for environmental awarenessBorn in Fukuoka. Graphic andweb designer, MC, Radio
personality, event planning andmanagement, lecturer, andproject coordinator. She wasawarded the Prime Minister'sPrize at Japan SDGs Awards in2019 for efforts to achieve SDGs
in a shopping district where
diverse commercial facilities aregathered and closely connectedto the lives of citizens.

Footballs forchildren in Africa

Tae Morikawa’s SDGs
Radio Inviting experts
and activists as guests

Teaming up with Mother Earth Cup

17Awards launched to target technologies, services, and initiatives
that contribute to the achievement of the 17 goals of the SDGs

Mother Earth Cup Zero

Gloria Starr Kins（Society and Diplomatic Review）

MOTHER EARTH CUP ZERO (MEC ZERO) is a citizen participation
type contest on the theme of SDGs. The contest targets
technologies, services and initiatives that contribute to theachievement of the 17 goals of the SDGs. We will receive video
materials from the applicants, edit a 2-minute promotional video
and a 10-minute full-length video at no charge, and make these
introductory videos collectively available for viewing. The numberof paid views will be evaluated as the number of votes and awards
will be given. The videos will be subtitled in English so that they
can be disseminated not only in Japan but also overseas.

Naoto Anzai Toshihiro（President）

Yoneyama

Takumi
Kinoshita（Vice President） （Public Relations）

Mina Horie（PR Ambassador）

Gloria, Editor-in-Chief and Publisher of Society& Diplomatic Review (SDR), has been
appointed as a Special Advisor to the Mother
Earth Cup. In honor of her great contributions
in building sustainable society, it was decided toestablish the Gloria Award as the grand prize.
Mack Okubo (Music for SDGs)
Mack, Project Director, Music for SDGs, has also
been appointed as a Special Advisor to theMother Earth Cup.

Yuta Sono（singer）& Natsumi Nishikawa（singer）
Singing Mother Earth Cup Zero’s
theme song “WITH YOU”
(Lyrics Toshihiro Yoneyama)

Teaming up with Music 4 Climate Justice
A musical event exploring theissues and impacts of ‘Climate
Injustice’ (November 2021)
Music for Climate Justice (M4CJ) is planning to hold an unparalleled music eventin the conjunction with COP26, with A-list artists from around the world
performing their most meaningful work to save planet and people, andindigenous artists stepping into the light to share their art with the world.

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Music for SDGs aims to support this initiative, whichshare a common goal to promote sustainable future
through music, art and education.

Teaming up with Rotary Dare to be Great EClub

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The goto place for those who are crazy enough to think they canchange the world and daring enough to try
1. Too small a % of world population iseffectively engaged in addressing
world’s problems to avoid potentiallyexistential consequences.

2. Need ways to get hundreds ofmillions more aware andconcerned and more willing to get
effectively engaged.

“Dare to be Great!”USA

LebanonIndonesia

USA

USA

USA

Lebanon

Pakistan

USA

USA

Indonesia

USA

Kazakhstan

3. Examples:a. Getting hundreds of millions voting
in global Future We Want Song-

PortugalPeru

Writing Contest

b. Getting hundreds of millions ofschool children participating in
global Read-for-a-Better-World
read-a-thon to demonstrate
resolve to overcome the year of
education lost due to Covid

Ghana

Ethiopia

Japan

Mongolia

China

South Africa

USA

UgandaKenya

”Music for SDGs” Project contributing to sustainable future
through music Mack Okubo, Project Director

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Music for SDGs’ Main Schedule in 2021（tbc）

Jan 2021 Music for SDGs Anime Festival @online, supporting
an elementary school construction project in Cambodia
Jan 2021～ Musical speeches and lectures ＠Keio University,
Kyoritsu Women’s University (Kagayaki & Women Orchestra）
22 April 2021 Earth Day Music Festival ＠online

Supporting artists
with disabilities 100

Supporting elementary school
construction in Cambodia

11 May 2021 IAPSS World Congress ＠online

23 June 2021 Tiara Concert “Prayer for Okinawa” ＠online
10-11 July 2021 United Nations HLPF side event＠ online
6 August 2021 Tiara Concert “Prayer for Hiroshima” ＠online
9 August 2021 Tiara Concert “Prayer for Nagasaki” ＠online
Sep 2021 UN General Assembly side event ＠NY and/or online
Nov 2021 Cop26 side event ＠worldwide online
Joining Music for Climate Justice (M4CJ)’s Global Music Festival

For more details, visit mackglobe.com or MusicForSDGs.com

or email Mack (mackglobe@gmail.com or MusicforSDGs@gmail.com)

3Q and/or 4Q 2021 Jazz Anime Concert ＠NY
Throughout the year 2021 hosting music events, providing
artists or panelists for meetings and SDG promoting events