Kristi WootenOct 4, 2016Global Citizen Festival: Bands and Prime MinistersThe annual Global Citizen Festival encourages people to sign petitions and write to world leaders rather than swipe a credit card. Before...
Kristi WootenMay 3, 2016What Happened When Jimmy Carter and Bono Went to the DiscoBono, Jimmy Carter and Nile Rodgers made for a surprising trio of revelers at New York’s Hammerstein Ballroom last Friday night. On the...
Kristi WootenDec 3, 2015Can Miley Cyrus Educate Millennials About the Fight Against AIDS?At Carnegie Hall this past Tuesday night, Miley Cyrus joined U2’s Bono and The Edge, Hozier and Jessie J for a World AIDS Day event...
Kristi WootenJul 13, 2015The Legacy of Live Aid, 30 Years LaterOn July 13, 1985, Africa became a brand. The image of a starving Ethiopian girl named Birhan Woldu flickered across TV screens as Paul...
Kristi WootenNov 18, 2014The Original Recipe for "Do They Know It's Christmas?"One of the driving forces behind the original Band Aid recording looks back 30 years. THREE decades before One Direction, Ellie Goulding...
Kristi WootenApr 28, 2014Jimmy Carter on Women's Rights: Presidential DecreeJIMMY CARTER, the 39th president of the United States, is known for staunch opinions on matters ranging from peace in Palestine to poetry...
Kristi WootenJan 24, 2014Angélique Kidjo's Memoir: About a GirlANGELIQUE KIDJO’S childhood in Benin was a whirl of different languages and cultural influences. Hers was a family that spoke French, Fon...