UN76 Celebration 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
23 September 1am EDT (2pm JST) to 11am EDT(12am JST)
24 September 7:30pm EDT (25 September 8:30am JST)
to 9:30pm EDT (25 September 9:30am JST)in conjunction with the 76 th United Nations General Assembly 2021

Mack Okubo(Executive Producer, Project Director, Music for SDGs)

Music for SDGs and its global partners

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Promoting SDGs through entertainment and music
Music for SDGs Project:
A project aiming to provide opportunities for general public to deepen understandingof SDGs in an easier and enjoyable way through music events, integrating
entertainment and education under the slogan of No one will be left behind
Mack OKUBO (Project Director)
Mack is a multilingual and globally well-known
policy advisor, and has been serving as Sherpa, Asia
Pacific Financial Forum (APFF) Insurance Pension
Group, ESG Finance Working Group, and coSherpa, Sustainable Finance Development
Network (SFDN) in the APEC region.

Music for SDGs Coalition
Mack

Flower Harmony

Kippei

GloCha/IAAI, global partner #Action Now

Ambassador
Gloria Starr Kins

He is also known as multi-talented entertainer andhas launched Music for SDGs Project to enhanceawareness of SDGs among the general public,
inviting talented artists who share the same goals.

What are SDGs and Music for SDGs?

What are SDGs?
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were adopted by the United Nations(UN) aiming to achieve 17 goals by 2030 for a sustainable, equitable, andinclusive society with no one left behind as a keyword.
All UN member countries are asked to work together through public(government) and private (corporations and citizens) partnership to achieve
this goal. It is a common global language for sustainable society.
。

How music can help promote SDGs?

While a number of papers and meetings provide high-quality education for those who are alreadyinformed and motivated on SDGs, most general public are still not aware of SDGs or interested in
the subjects. We aim to provide opportunities for general public to learn about SDGs in an easierand enjoyable way through musical and music concerts integrating entertainment and education.
What makes Music for SDGs Project unique?
The project director is a global policy advisor who chairs working groups to promotesustainable development in the Asia-Pacific and collaborates with the UN, OECD, and APEC
to promote SDGs. The project will be reported to the APEC and the UN. Some events may
take place at UN Head Quarters. Our initiative is also well received by the Japanese
Government committed to SDGs and aims to support G20 2019 Japan, TICAD 2019, Tokyo
Olympics & Paralympics 2021, as well as Osaka Expo 2025.

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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 ①

8❑ 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 ②

9❑ 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 event 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.

Music for SDGs’s major activities ③

10❑ On 10-11 July 2021, Music for SDGs co-hosted a 15-hour Music
Festival for SDGs 2021 with GloCha/IAAI in conjunction with
United Nations High Level Political Forum (HLPF), inviting
artists and speakers in collaboration with Catch US Performing
Arts (CUPA), Kimono Global Club (KGC), Mother Earth Cup, Music
for Climate Justice, Rotary Dare to be Great e-Club, SDGs Spiral,
Social-Japan, Society and Diplomatic Review, 360 HUB Global,
Tiara Group, and Women Orchestra Japan, for the purpose ofenhancing awareness on selected SDGs in a form of panel
discussions, speeches and entertainment shows.
❑ On 6 August 2021, Tiara Group hosted an online event
Hiroshima Prayer for Peace, supported by Tiara Grass, Musicfor SDGs, Heiwa Peace and Reconciliation Foundation of New
York, and NY Hiroshima Kai, at the anniversary of the atomic
bombing of Hiroshima. The audience prayed for world peace andheard a series of speeches by lecturers and enjoyed music
performances by artists related with Hiroshima.
❑ On 9 August 2021, Tiara Group hosted an online event
Hiroshima Prayer for Peace, supported by Tiara Grass, Musicfor SDGs, and Heiwa Peace and Reconciliation Foundation of New
York, at the anniversary of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki. The
audience heard a series of speeches by lecturers and enjoyedmusic performances related with Nagasaki, including a song by asinger from Porto in Portugal, a sister city of Nagasaki.

New York Concert for SDGs 2021 (21 September 2021)
On 21 September 2021, Music for SDGs co-hosted UN76 & International Peace Day Celebration New York Concert
for SDGs 2021 with Tiara Group and GloCha/IAAI in conjunction with the 76th United Nations General Assembly(UNGA) and International Peace Day, for the purpose of enhancing awareness on world peace and SDGs.
The event took place at Michiko Studios (149 W 46th St. New York): 7:15pm (open) 7:30pm-9:30pm [EDT]The artists include YUZURINO HANA [Yuzu Natsumi (singer song writer/shamisen player), Rino Aise (Tiara’s
CEO/singer/sanshin player)], Youth Yamada (guitarist/bassist), Jazz4SDGs [Mack Okubo (executive producer/singer/
dancer), Aya Ishida (singer/composer), Nobuki Takamen (guitarist/composer), Ai Yamashita (pianist/ keyboardist/composer), Rintaro Mikami (drummer/composer), Hina Oikawa (alto sax player), Takashi Hirose (bassist)], Akira
Watanabe (musical actress/singer/dancer), and Yurika Ono (dancer), and Elizaveta Kozlova (opera singer/soprano).
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Music
Festival for SDGs 2021 (23-25 September 2023)

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UN76 Celebration
MUSIC FESTIVAL FOR SDGs 2021
UN76 Celebration Music Festival for SDGs 2021
an online music event, co-hosted by Music for SDGs Coalition and
GloCha/IAAI as part of ACTION NOW initiative in conjunction withthe 76 th UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY 2021,
for the purpose of enhancing awareness on SDGs throughentertainment and education, opening in Japan at 2pm(JST)/8pm(EST), covering performers around the globe and concluding in New
York at 11:59pm (JST)/10:59am (EDT) on 23 September 2021.
UN76 & International Peace Day New York Concert for SDGs 2021,
which took place in Times Square, New York, on 21 September 2021,
will be broadcasted around the globe on the second dayfrom 8:30am to 10:30am (JST) on 25 September 2021/7:30pm to 9:30pm(EDT) on 24 September 2021.
Live streamed (free of charge) throughYouTube（http://Youtube.com/c/MusicforSDGs) and
Facebook(http://Facebook.com/MusicforSDGs)
in a series of entertainment shows and educational opportunities.

The event is supported by Clermont Choir
Foundation, HEIWA MATSURI, Humming forPeace, 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 WOMENORCHESTRA JAPAN. The outcome of this event
is intended to be reported to the United Nations,
APEC as well as the Japanese Government.

UN76 Celebration Music Festival for SDGs 2021 (23-25 September 2021)
This event was held in conjunction with the 76th United Nations General Assembly(UNGA), inviting artists and speakers in collaboration with collaborating partners forthe purpose of enhancing awareness on selected SDGs in a form of panel discussions,speeches and entertainment shows.

“Dare to be Great!”USA

LebanonPortugal

Ghana

EthiopiaIndonesia

USA

USA

USA

Lebanon

Pakistan

USA

USA

Indonesia

Japan

Mongolia

China

South Africa

USA

USA

Kazakhstan

Peru

Uganda

Kenya

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UN76 Celebration Music Festival for SDGs 2021 Time Table
Act One❑23 Sep 2:00pmJST/7:00amCET/1:00amEDT Opening Music for
SDGs (Mack/Flower Harmony/Kippei) & Gaia Leone ※We are theworld & MUSES project❑

2:30pm JST/7:30am CET/1:30am EDT Kippei ※Music × SDGs❑

3:00pm JST/8:00am CET/2:00am EDT FaiRy ※ Dancing group of thosewith and without disabilities (Rina Yoshikawa）

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3:40pm JST/8:40am CET/2:40am EDT Hiwasa Kaori & Hiroko
Uchino ※Sign language × dancing❑❑

3:45pm JST/8:45am CET/2:45am EDT Eiko ※A talent produced by
Kippei❑❑

4:00pm JST/9:00am CET/3:00am EDT Sochia ※Good health × music❑

4:30pm JST/9:30am CET/3:30am EDT Heiwa Matsuri ※Connecting
44 cities in kimono around the globe for Peace (Mayu Ogawa)❑

5:30pm JST/10:30am CET/4:30am EDT Flower Harmony※love×earth❑

6:00pm JST/11:00am CET/5:00am EDT Aimee Ujiie (Nihonshu
Joshi) ※Japanese sake × SDGs❑

6:30pm JST/11:30am CET/5:30am EDT Women Orchestra (Shiori
Abe/Hanako Morikawa) ※Promoting Japanese culture through music,
and supporting empowerment of women and sustainable music carrier

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7:15pm JST/12:15pm CET/6:15am EDT SDGs Spiral (Tae Morikawa)
7:45pm JST/12:45pm CET/6:45am EDT Yuei Ogata & Mika Yanai※Connecting people through music
8:00pm JST/1:00pm CET/7:00am EDT Iara & Lia Magalhaes※ singer and activist sisters from Porto, Portugal

8:30pm JST/1:30pm CET/7:30am EDT Miyako & Mika Tsubota※music ×education × SDGs
9:00pm JST/2:00am CET/8:00am EDT Mikiko Sato ※Music × SDGs
9:15pm JST/2:15pm CET/8:15am EDT Yukie Kakubari (Hummingfor Peace) ※Connecting the world through humming
9:30pm JST/2:30pm CET/8:30am EDT Kumi Fuma & EAAAK
Glamorous ※Balance ball × dancing × health
9:45pm JST/2:45pm CET/8:45am EDT Social Japan (Yorihira
Monden) ※Diversity and inclusion
10:00pm JST/3:00pm CET/9:00am EDT Rotary Dare to be GreateClub (Bill Graham & Youth) ※Connecting hundreds of millions
10:45pm JST/3:45pm CET/9:45am EDT Music for Climate Justice(Alexandre De Beauharnais Romanovsky), 360 HUB
GLOBAL (Ingel-Mette Stenseth) & Clermont Choir
Foundation (Wiseman Mkhize) ※Cop26, Stockholm +50 & beyond
11:15pm JST/4:15pm CET/10:15am EDT Mother Earth Cup ※Awards
to target technologies, services, and initiatives on SDGs (Naoto Anzai）
11:30pm JST/4:30pm CET/10:30am EDT Plenary
Music for SDGs (Mack/Flower Harmony/Kippei) & Ye Jin ※pipafrom Shanghai (“UN ROCKS – UN Ambassadors”)

Act Three❑

25 Sep 8:30am JST/1:30am CET/24 Sep 7:30pm EDT❑

8:35am JST/1:35am CET/7:35pm EDT Yuzurino Hana (Yuzu Natsumi &Rino Aise）& Youth Yamada
9:05am JST/2:05am CET/8:05pm EDT Elizabeta Koslova ※Chagall × music
9:20am JST/2:20am CET/8:20pm EDT Jazz4SDGs (Mack/Aya Ishida/Nobuki

Act Two❑

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UN76 & International Peace Day Celebartion New York
Concert for SDGs 2021 Tiara Group (Rino Aise）& Music for
SDGs (Mack/Ai Yamashita)

Takamen/Ai Yamashita/Takashi Hirose/Rintaro Mikami/Hina Oikawa） &Akira Watanabe & Yurika Ono & Rino Aise”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 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