Global Health Catalyst Summit
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🎤 Sing for Global Health
“Sing for Global/Whole-Person Health” is a GHC initiative empowering young people to use Music as a tool for mental health, healing, connection, and advocacy. Learn more and participate below with opportunities to win prizes that empower you and greater impact in addressing the growing mental health crises with major global health impact
#SingGlobalHealth Competition
Purpose: To harness the power of music to raise awareness, inspire action, and promote global/whole-person health including mental health. This competition invites young people worldwide to use their voices to advocate for better health for all—and optionally, to express gratitude to global health heroes like President George W Bush for his leadership to establish PEPFAR (the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief) and President Joe Biden for the Global Cancer Moonshot.
Theme: “Sing for Global/Whole-Person Health”. Music as a tool for mental health, healing, connection, and advocacy.
Guidelines
Who Can Participate?
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Individuals or groups with individuals of age up to 35 years from anywhere in the world
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Musicians, vocalists, and spoken word artists
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No professional experience required
How to Participate:
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Submit a video (max 3 minutes) which you can record in any way including professionally or with a mobile phone, of your original or adapted song related to:
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Mental health
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Health disparities
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Public health challenges
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Whole-person health (spiritual, physical, mental)
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Uplifting communities through music
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Celebrating global health heroes or people who have had a major impact in global health.This year you have the option of either thanking former President George W. Bush for PEPFAR, or President Joe Biden for Global Cancer Moonshot.
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Timeline:
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Submission Deadline: May 15, 2025
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Public Voting Opens: May 24, 2024
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Winner Announcement: June 7, 2025, online and live from the Global Health Catalyst Summit at Harvard/MIT
🏆 Awards & Recognition:
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Global Winner – $1000
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Continent Champions, i.e. winners from each continent $300
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Voice of Gratitude Award – Best “Gratitude Song” honoring President Bush and/or Biden
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Best Group Award for submissions by a group of individuals singing one song together. A group involves at least 2 people.
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Winners will have sponsorship opportunities including sponsorship to participate in person at the Global Health Catalyst Summit at Harvard/MIT in September 19-21, 2025
Other Upcoming Events
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Sat, Jun 07Hybrid Event at Harvard/MIT and online
