“You don’t need a platform to make a difference,” Jordan Fisher tells Billboard backstage at the 2023 humanitarian summit.
“Global Citizen’s goal for equity or aid where poverty’s concerned is obviously a mountain to climb, and they’ve done such beautiful work already,” he toldof the summit leaders. “I think the only thing that’s going to help us get to the next level and continue to progress a world where our grandkids and great-grandkids can actually do well is empower everyone.
“You don’t need a platform to make a difference,” he continued. “That’s evident in the power of streaming and gaming, and that tangibility between someone sitting behind their phone or computer and feeling part of a community through a person that’s a very normal person that’s also playing video games or talking about films or doing reactions or reviews.”
Friday’s event included discussions on climate change, abortion access, protecting protesters in Iraq and Kenya, promoting female workplace equity and more. Katie Holmes helped introduce the proceedings and encouraged viewers to spread awareness of Global Citizen Now’s message, Busy Philipps called for more inclusion of reproductive health storylines in entertainment and the reinstatement of Roe v.
Toward the end of the summit, Fisher participated in a panel titled “The ‘Good’ Life,” during which he emphasized how valuable endorsements from influencers and artists are when it comes to making positive change in any regard. “We live in a very creator-based economy and marketplace right now,” he said onstage. “Consumers can sniff it out, they’re smart; That little touch of authenticity goes a long way. We can use each other to empower and move forward.
“Artists already have the most useful toolkit already to make change,” the Brooklyn-based artist toldprior to his panel appearance. “Art speaks. Artists have always had a way of speaking about humanity and impacting people.”as well as his new music, which he confirms towill be arriving sometime this year. “When we get to have those kinds of conversations, and they’re presented in a way that’s translatable for people, it does a lot more good than people think,” he added.
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