Some #SmallSmurfsBigGoals Highlights
#TeamSmurfs joins United Nations to help make the world a happier place.
On Saturday, 18 March, United Nations headquarters in New York hosted the Smurfs “Blue Carpet” event and welcomed special guests, including the U.S. actors and voice artists in the movie “Smurfs: The Lost Village” Demi Lovato (Smurfette), Joe Manganiello (Hefty) and Mandy Patinkin (Papa Smurf).
Ahead of International Day of Happiness (20 March), #TeamSmurfs joined forces with the United Nations to help make the world a happier place by supporting the Sustainable Development Goals, which were adopted by Member States to end poverty, reduce inequality and tackle climate change by 2030.
The Smurfs are promoting the 17 Sustainable Development Goals to show how happy the world can be if we all take action to achieve them. After all, they know that Smurf Village is only fun when everyone has enough to eat and has no worries — and no Gargamel.
The day kicked off with a blue carpet event in which “Smurfs: The Lost Village” stars honored three young activists, Karen Jerath, Sarina Divan and Noor Samee, with a symbolic key to the Smurfs Village in recognition of their work promoting the Sustainable Development Goals in their communities.
We were live on Facebook from the Blue Carpet, and asked Demi Lovato, Joe Manganiello, and Mandy Patinkin how they felt about partnering with the UN on the International Day of Happiness and why they thought the Sustainable Development Goals were important.
All of them shared their personal connection to the Goals and what they were doing to raise awareness about them. They highlighted how each and every one of us can make a difference, regardless of our size.
Throughout the day, we covered the events on Snapchat too.
You can follow “united-nations” on Snapchat to get updates on United Nations special events.
1500 students from the International Model UN conference were also at UN headquarters to celebrate the International Day of Happiness and learn about the Sustainable Development Goals with #TeamSmurfs. Their enthusiasm to make the world more peaceful, equitable and healthy gave us all hope for a better future.
Voice actors Demi Lovato, Joe Manganiello and Mandy Patinkin were energized by the young people’s desire to make a change in the world as well. In the General Assembly Hall, they stressed that everyone is part of the solution and can make a difference — no matter how small or blue they are.
You can start showing your support for #TeamSmurfs and the Sustainable Development Goals by posting about them on social media using #SmallSmurfsBigGoals.
You can also find out more at: www.smallsmurfsbiggoals.com
See below some more social media highlights from the Saturday’s blue carpet event:
