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CAUSE: We should be proud that Toronto—a city of socially minded citizens (although plagued by our issues of urban poverty)—has been chosen to host the North American launch of The Global Poverty Project, in partnership with Chris Adams, executive producer of Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth, and actor and advocate Hugh Jackman. At the Torontoist-sponsored launch, fellow Aussie, humanitarian, and recent "Young Australian of the Year," Hugh Evans, will share "1.4 Billion Reasons," a ninety-minute live presentation based on research about extreme poverty that aims to demonstrate that we can all be part of the solution. As a bonus addition to this provoking and important event, organizers are planning for special remarks via live video link from Jeffrey Sachs, senior advisor on development and the Millennium Development Goals to the United Nations. And, as the launch coincides with TIFF, rumours have it Hugh Jackman has convinced several high-profile friends to be in attendance. Danforth Music Hall (147 Danforth Avenue), 11 a.m., FREE (first come, first served).

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