WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.150 --> 00:00:01.040 line:15% And tomorrow, You too. 2 00:00:01.040 --> 00:00:06.040 line:15% Marks a big event here, as we celebrate Comcast Cares Day. 3 00:00:06.150 --> 00:00:07.470 line:15% Comcast Cares Day 4 00:00:07.470 --> 00:00:10.770 line:15% is part of our year round commitment to making a difference. 5 00:00:10.770 --> 00:00:14.340 line:15% And we encourage everyone to join us and get involved. 6 00:00:14.340 --> 00:00:16.960 line:15% Just like with Red Nose Day and Global Citizen, 7 00:00:16.960 --> 00:00:19.990 line:15% it's a chance for people everywhere to volunteer their time, 8 00:00:19.990 --> 00:00:23.170 line:15% energy, and passion to improve the lives of others. 9 00:00:23.170 --> 00:00:26.880 line:15% This year Comcast Cares Day falls on April 22nd, Earth Day. 10 00:00:26.880 --> 00:00:30.050 line:15% It's the perfect day to make the world a better place. 11 00:00:30.050 --> 00:00:31.170 line:15% Go to ComcastInTheCommunity.com 12 00:00:32.320 --> 00:00:34.350 line:15% and sign up today to volunteer. 13 00:00:36.160 --> 00:00:37.530 line:15% And for the second year running, 14 00:00:37.530 --> 00:00:39.770 line:15% the initiative is locking arms with two 15 00:00:39.770 --> 00:00:41.870 line:15% of the world's leading non-profits 16 00:00:41.870 --> 00:00:44.030 line:15% Global Citizen and Red Nose Day. 17 00:00:44.030 --> 00:00:46.750 line:15% It's all aimed at exploring new opportunities 18 00:00:46.750 --> 00:00:48.450 line:15% for volunteering, fundraising, 19 00:00:48.450 --> 00:00:51.510 line:15% and taking action to help stamp out poverty. 20 00:00:51.510 --> 00:00:53.850 line:15% And joining us now is senior executive Vice President 21 00:00:53.850 --> 00:00:56.530 line:15% of Comcast Corporation and the company's 22 00:00:56.530 --> 00:00:59.480 line:15% Chief Diversity Officer, David Cohan, 23 00:00:59.480 --> 00:01:02.410 line:15% and CEO of Global Citizen, Hugh Evans, 24 00:01:02.410 --> 00:01:04.240 line:15% joins Donny, Joe, and me as well. 25 00:01:04.240 --> 00:01:09.240 line:15% So David, it's the largest, is it not? 26 00:01:09.370 --> 00:01:11.110 line:15% Yep. It is actually the largest 27 00:01:11.110 --> 00:01:14.990 line:15% day of volunteerism for any business, 28 00:01:14.990 --> 00:01:16.660 line:15% any corporation in America. 29 00:01:16.660 --> 00:01:18.470 line:15% Largest corporate day of service, 30 00:01:18.470 --> 00:01:21.760 line:15% and we will have over 100,000 volunteers 31 00:01:21.760 --> 00:01:26.560 line:15% and 1,000 projects in 21 countries, 42 states, 32 00:01:26.560 --> 00:01:30.747 line:15% the District of Columbia, and in Puerto Rico as well. 33 00:01:30.747 --> 00:01:32.913 line:15% That's like five million service hours. 34 00:01:32.913 --> 00:01:37.335 line:15% Over 15 years, we've had five million service areas, 35 00:01:37.335 --> 00:01:41.190 line:15% service hours, and over 75 hundred projects. 36 00:01:41.190 --> 00:01:43.230 line:15% And what's the bottom line? 37 00:01:43.230 --> 00:01:44.630 line:15% What's the bottom line going in this? 38 00:01:44.630 --> 00:01:47.500 line:15% So the bottom line for our company is that 39 00:01:47.500 --> 00:01:48.910 line:15% Ralph Roberts, our founder, 40 00:01:48.910 --> 00:01:50.890 line:15% always believed that the more healthy 41 00:01:50.890 --> 00:01:53.405 line:15% and vibrant our communities were, 42 00:01:53.405 --> 00:01:56.550 line:15% then the more healthy and vibrant our company would be. 43 00:01:56.550 --> 00:01:59.390 line:15% And we do service all year round, 44 00:01:59.390 --> 00:02:01.079 line:15% but this is our day to celebrate 45 00:02:01.079 --> 00:02:03.840 line:15% and to amplify our commitment 46 00:02:03.840 --> 00:02:05.920 line:15% and the commitment of our employees 47 00:02:05.920 --> 00:02:07.150 line:15% to giving back to the community. 48 00:02:07.150 --> 00:02:08.205 line:15% And you guys- 49 00:02:08.205 --> 00:02:11.900 line:15% Meeka referenced, what we've done for the last few years 50 00:02:11.900 --> 00:02:16.690 line:15% is to use this incredible outpouring of employee engagement 51 00:02:16.690 --> 00:02:20.780 line:15% to amplify our company's partnerships with Global Citizen 52 00:02:20.780 --> 00:02:21.702 line:15% and with Red Nose Day. 53 00:02:21.702 --> 00:02:22.624 line:15% Well, that's what I was gonna ask you. 54 00:02:22.624 --> 00:02:25.820 line:15% You could have picked just about any organization, 55 00:02:25.820 --> 00:02:29.890 line:15% but you chose Red Nose Day and Global Citizen, why? 56 00:02:29.890 --> 00:02:32.386 line:15% We think all three of these days, 57 00:02:32.386 --> 00:02:36.070 line:15% all three of these organizations fit hand and glove. 58 00:02:36.070 --> 00:02:37.790 line:15% Comcast Cares Day is about service, 59 00:02:37.790 --> 00:02:39.210 line:15% giving back to the community. 60 00:02:39.210 --> 00:02:44.210 line:15% Global Citizen, the world's premier force for activism, 61 00:02:45.170 --> 00:02:48.990 line:15% activating people, having them engaged for advocacy. 62 00:02:48.990 --> 00:02:51.880 line:15% And then Red Nose Day, the premier organization 63 00:02:51.880 --> 00:02:54.640 line:15% for raising funds to eradicate poverty. 64 00:02:54.640 --> 00:02:56.082 line:15% You link that all together, 65 00:02:56.082 --> 00:02:59.087 line:15% and it's a unique opportunity for our employees, 66 00:02:59.087 --> 00:03:02.208 line:15% and for our company to help make change happen, 67 00:03:02.208 --> 00:03:04.860 line:15% and to make the world a better place when we're done. 68 00:03:04.860 --> 00:03:06.920 line:15% And Hugh, the Global Citizen festival 69 00:03:06.920 --> 00:03:08.410 line:15% is always this massive event. 70 00:03:08.410 --> 00:03:09.950 line:15% The next one's in September. 71 00:03:09.950 --> 00:03:12.990 line:15% And obvious, but that's not the only thing Global Citizen. 72 00:03:12.990 --> 00:03:14.610 line:15% You guys are working 24 hours a day, 73 00:03:14.610 --> 00:03:15.930 line:15% seven days a week on this. 74 00:03:15.930 --> 00:03:19.110 line:15% How are you engaging people and keeping the interest going, 75 00:03:19.110 --> 00:03:21.640 line:15% and compelling more people to step up? 76 00:03:21.640 --> 00:03:24.120 line:15% Well, firstly, we've been so proud to partnering 77 00:03:24.120 --> 00:03:25.860 line:15% with Comcast for so many years now. 78 00:03:25.860 --> 00:03:27.720 line:15% This is the fourth year of our partnership together 79 00:03:27.720 --> 00:03:29.530 line:15% with NBC Universal. 80 00:03:29.530 --> 00:03:32.250 line:15% And we see, I think, in this trifecta of the partnership 81 00:03:32.250 --> 00:03:35.630 line:15% between Red Nose Day, Comcast, and Global Citizen, 82 00:03:35.630 --> 00:03:38.300 line:15% a coming together, a volunteerism, a fundraising, 83 00:03:38.300 --> 00:03:40.450 line:15% and an activism all together to make this 84 00:03:40.450 --> 00:03:41.822 line:15% incredibly powerful dynamic. 85 00:03:41.822 --> 00:03:44.670 line:15% And so year round, we've now been encouraging 86 00:03:44.670 --> 00:03:46.510 line:15% Global Citizens to get active 87 00:03:46.510 --> 00:03:47.880 line:15% through the Global Citizen app. 88 00:03:47.880 --> 00:03:48.810 line:15% You can download it. 89 00:03:48.810 --> 00:03:51.430 line:15% You can take action in your community all year round. 90 00:03:51.430 --> 00:03:53.700 line:15% Not only in your community, but your goal, 91 00:03:53.700 --> 00:03:55.990 line:15% and your moving there is to create 92 00:03:55.990 --> 00:04:00.270 line:15% the Global Citizen community that lives 24 hours a day, 93 00:04:00.270 --> 00:04:02.980 line:15% seven days a week, and you simply use this concert 94 00:04:02.980 --> 00:04:05.450 line:15% as a way to activate that community and build it. 95 00:04:05.450 --> 00:04:07.560 line:15% Exactly, we've grown to have eight and a half million 96 00:04:07.560 --> 00:04:08.920 line:15% members now around the world. 97 00:04:08.920 --> 00:04:11.470 line:15% And it's hugely exciting, cuz this year, 98 00:04:11.470 --> 00:04:13.546 line:15% we're taking the festival to Germany for the first time, 99 00:04:13.546 --> 00:04:14.379 line:15% which wouldn't Oh my goodness. 100 00:04:14.379 --> 00:04:16.990 line:15% have been possible without the support of Comcast. 101 00:04:16.990 --> 00:04:19.960 line:15% And in fact, Chancellor Merkel of Germany 102 00:04:19.960 --> 00:04:22.350 line:15% gave us an amazing message yesterday of support 103 00:04:22.350 --> 00:04:25.440 line:15% where she came out and said how excited she was 104 00:04:25.440 --> 00:04:27.164 line:15% to invite Global Citizen to come to Germany. 105 00:04:27.164 --> 00:04:28.122 line:15% We made her That's incredible. 106 00:04:28.122 --> 00:04:29.740 line:15% I'm just curious, are you gonna shake her hand 107 00:04:29.740 --> 00:04:30.573 line:15% when you meet her? Yeah? 108 00:04:30.573 --> 00:04:31.430 line:15% (laughing) 109 00:04:31.430 --> 00:04:32.290 line:15% Are you gonna think about it? 110 00:04:32.290 --> 00:04:34.840 line:15% I thought I was about to hear a pitch 111 00:04:34.840 --> 00:04:36.280 line:15% for Morning Joe in Germany. 112 00:04:36.280 --> 00:04:37.113 line:15% (laughing) 113 00:04:37.113 --> 00:04:37.946 line:15% Actually, we're on you. 114 00:04:37.946 --> 00:04:38.820 line:15% Well, you guys should come with us. 115 00:04:40.670 --> 00:04:42.100 line:15% We wanna do Europe this summer 116 00:04:42.100 --> 00:04:43.940 line:15% and look at America form London. 117 00:04:44.980 --> 00:04:46.430 line:15% Well, actually, there's an election Germany. 118 00:04:46.430 --> 00:04:47.320 line:15% Exactly. 119 00:04:47.320 --> 00:04:49.374 line:15% You've just broken the news to Phil Griffin. 120 00:04:49.374 --> 00:04:50.207 line:15% Yeah. 121 00:04:50.207 --> 00:04:52.781 line:15% (all taking at once) 122 00:04:52.781 --> 00:04:53.614 line:15% And the British will like it. 123 00:04:53.614 --> 00:04:54.680 line:15% David, give me a moment. 124 00:04:54.680 --> 00:04:55.580 line:15% You're in the center of this, 125 00:04:55.580 --> 00:04:58.520 line:15% and you put this 50 million hours and stats. 126 00:04:58.520 --> 00:05:00.910 line:15% give me a moment that you've seen in this initiative, 127 00:05:00.910 --> 00:05:03.260 line:15% just in front of you between the Comcast employee, 128 00:05:03.260 --> 00:05:04.550 line:15% and a situation that just kinda sums it up? 129 00:05:04.550 --> 00:05:07.060 line:15% So there's so many great stories every year. 130 00:05:07.060 --> 00:05:10.570 line:15% One of my favorites, I was out in Albuquerque. 131 00:05:10.570 --> 00:05:13.290 line:15% We were at a troubled school doing service 132 00:05:13.290 --> 00:05:16.190 line:15% at that school building, a television studio. 133 00:05:17.060 --> 00:05:18.720 line:15% And I was just walking around 134 00:05:18.720 --> 00:05:23.450 line:15% and saw some Comcast employees working in a garden 135 00:05:23.450 --> 00:05:26.060 line:15% doing some planting, and there was a young woman there 136 00:05:26.060 --> 00:05:28.480 line:15% tears streaming down her face. 137 00:05:28.480 --> 00:05:31.720 line:15% And I sort of looked at her; I was worried she hurt herself. 138 00:05:32.860 --> 00:05:34.586 line:15% The lawyer in me is always worried. 139 00:05:34.586 --> 00:05:36.090 line:15% (laughing) 140 00:05:36.090 --> 00:05:37.706 line:15% Let me help you right now. 141 00:05:37.706 --> 00:05:38.700 line:15% Can you please find this. 142 00:05:38.700 --> 00:05:41.089 line:15% So I kneeled down, I introduced myself. 143 00:05:41.089 --> 00:05:42.274 line:15% Execute himself to the least. 144 00:05:42.274 --> 00:05:43.340 line:15% Yeah. (laughing) 145 00:05:43.340 --> 00:05:45.960 line:15% I'm sure your X signed release is before you. 146 00:05:45.960 --> 00:05:47.950 line:15% So I said, but is there something wrong? 147 00:05:47.950 --> 00:05:49.310 line:15% And she just looked up at me and she said, 148 00:05:49.310 --> 00:05:52.143 line:15% Mr. Cohan, I went to this school. 149 00:05:52.143 --> 00:05:55.840 line:15% I was close to being a high school dropout. 150 00:05:55.840 --> 00:05:57.800 line:15% This school saved me, 151 00:05:57.800 --> 00:06:00.088 line:15% and I ended up graduating form high school. 152 00:06:00.088 --> 00:06:03.240 line:15% I thought I was gonna drop out, or go to jail. 153 00:06:03.240 --> 00:06:04.874 line:15% I ended up graduating from this high school, 154 00:06:04.874 --> 00:06:07.040 line:15% getting a job at Comcast. 155 00:06:07.040 --> 00:06:08.980 line:15% I've been at Comcast for three years. 156 00:06:08.980 --> 00:06:10.930 line:15% I've been promoted twice. Wow. 157 00:06:10.930 --> 00:06:14.104 line:15% And I'm just overwhelmed by seeing all of my colleagues 158 00:06:14.104 --> 00:06:17.730 line:15% out here helping to make this school that saved my life 159 00:06:17.730 --> 00:06:18.563 line:15% a better place. That's great. 160 00:06:18.563 --> 00:06:19.729 line:15% That's awesome. 161 00:06:19.729 --> 00:06:22.510 line:15% You sort of say, oh my God. 162 00:06:22.510 --> 00:06:24.320 line:15% This is why we do it, yeah. 163 00:06:24.320 --> 00:06:25.920 line:15% Talking about moments like that, 164 00:06:25.920 --> 00:06:28.240 line:15% I've always said, one of the things about faith, 165 00:06:28.240 --> 00:06:29.073 line:15% Yeah. 166 00:06:29.073 --> 00:06:30.266 line:15% Is, and a higher being, 167 00:06:30.266 --> 00:06:34.090 line:15% is that you take the emphasis off yourself, 168 00:06:34.090 --> 00:06:37.360 line:15% you help others, and it actually makes you feel better. 169 00:06:37.360 --> 00:06:38.950 line:15% Well, regardless of your faith, 170 00:06:38.950 --> 00:06:40.300 line:15% or whether you have no faith, 171 00:06:40.300 --> 00:06:41.741 line:15% getting involved Yeah. 172 00:06:41.741 --> 00:06:46.741 line:15% In events like this, it really does enrich you 173 00:06:46.970 --> 00:06:48.220 line:15% to give of yourself. 174 00:06:48.220 --> 00:06:50.810 line:15% 100%, last year David and I, 175 00:06:50.810 --> 00:06:53.050 line:15% and Richard Curtis from Red Nose, 176 00:06:53.050 --> 00:06:55.730 line:15% so we went to Sir Jonah's school, which is up in Harlem. 177 00:06:55.730 --> 00:06:59.280 line:15% And we saw first hand the impact that you can have 178 00:06:59.280 --> 00:07:00.650 line:15% with a day of volunteerism. 179 00:07:00.650 --> 00:07:01.483 line:15% And we just stood there. 180 00:07:01.483 --> 00:07:03.500 line:15% We were painting the walls of the classroom. 181 00:07:03.500 --> 00:07:04.564 line:15% We were painting outside. 182 00:07:04.564 --> 00:07:06.120 line:15% And to think that the next day, 183 00:07:06.120 --> 00:07:07.265 line:15% kids were gonna come to school 184 00:07:07.265 --> 00:07:09.890 line:15% and see their whole classroom brightened up, 185 00:07:09.890 --> 00:07:11.310 line:15% we were just so happy to be a part of it. 186 00:07:11.310 --> 00:07:12.360 line:15% So it's a true honor. 187 00:07:12.360 --> 00:07:15.490 line:15% Well Comcast Cares Day takes place tomorrow. 188 00:07:15.490 --> 00:07:17.340 line:15% And one of the great things about it is that 189 00:07:17.340 --> 00:07:19.050 line:15% anyone can take part in it. 190 00:07:19.050 --> 00:07:21.910 line:15% You can get more information at ComcastInTheCommunity.com.