welcome back to the global citizen festival. we are here on the great lawn of central park in new york city. last year's festival saw 18 announcements made by world leaders on a variety of key issues. when all is said and done the impact will be felt by 259 million people by the year 2020. tickets to today's festival were free but were earned by having individuals take action to end extreme poverty. in all 48,000 tickets were handed out to today's event. 48,000. joining us now the founder and ceo of mashable, pete cashmore and executive director of in92 account street y, mashable and the 92nd y are partnering with the united nations foundation and it starts tomorrow. great to have you here. >> we're really excited. it's the sixth year of the social good summit running