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We Day in Toronto: Your photos, tweets from inside ACC

Al Gore, Nelly Furtado, Martin Sheen, Jennifer Hudson, Justin Trudeau, and many others are in Toronto for We Day, an event created by Free The Children to celebrate young people and create positive change around the world. Here's a collection of tweets and photos from musicians and fans.

  1. Are you at #WeDay? Tweet us your photos! Use hashtag #WeDayStar. Who's your favourite band or speaker so far? @craigkielburger @NellyFurtado
  2. Amazing to see the bowl filled with 18,000 youth. Big shout out to all the educators at #WeDay – thank you for your commitment & passion!
  3. Craig and Marc Kielburger, co-founders of Free The Children, spoke at We Day. They are a couple of the youngest members of the Order of Canada for their work.
  4. At the Air Canada Centre during We Day:
  5. Several musicians took the stage at the ACC in Toronto, including Nelly Furtado:
  6. Drinking a cold, clean glass of water that came right out of the tap and feeling so grateful. #weday #water #freethechildren
  7. The lovely & talented @NellyFurtado is back at #WeDay this year and rocked "Big Hoops" with an amazing group of dancers!
  8. Other performers included: Hedley, Jennifer Hudson, Shawn Desman, and Cirque de Soleil. 
  9. Whoa... @Hedleyonline Hedley warming it up NIIIIICE on stage at #weday... Tough act to follow!!!!!!! I'm on in 30 mins! #tribalvisionyouth
  10. There were also a number of celebrity and inspirational speakers at We Day, such as Martin Sheen.
  11. "One heart with courage is a majority. My wish today is that you will find something worth fighting for." - Martin Sheen. #WeDay
  12. Martin Sheen on the #weday red carpet. Very inspirational speech. Such a sweet man and very funny. instagr.am/p/QH_7dWF0Ew/
  13. What an inspirational speaker! Martin Sheen wows the crowd at #WeDay #Toronto
  14. And... Al Gore
  15. Learned a valuable lesson from @AlGore about the importance of water in our world. #WeDay
  16. #algore gave a powerful speech at #WeDay approaching the youth from a very connected educational standpoint. Who knew!
  17. ... Romeo Dallaire
  18. I've got the goose bumps from Romeo Dellaire's speech #WeDay

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