何谓全球公民？Hugh Evans先生认为全球公民是指不会将自己定位为某个国家，某个部落或者族裔的一员，而是将自己视为人类的一部分，并秉承这样的理念来解决当今世界的各种挑战。你是全球公民吗？ 通过'世界公民'平台， 人道主义者Hugh Evans创造了一个数百万人的在线社区——一致努力于在2030年前消除极度贫穷。全球公民是指不会首先将自己定义为某个国家，某个部落或者族裔的一员，而是将自己视为人类的一份子并且秉承这样的理念来解决当今世界各种重大挑战。A global citizen is someone who self-identifies first and foremost not as a member of a state, a tribe or a nation, but a member of the human race, and someone who is prepared to act on that belief to tackle our world's greatest challenges.Our work is focused on finding, supporting and activating global citizens.从贫困，气候变化到两性不平等，归根结底，他们都是全球性的问题， 而其最终的解决办法只能是全球公民要求其领导人拿出全球性解决方案。From poverty, climate change, gender inequality…… they are ultimately global issues and they can ultimately only be solved by global citizens demanding global solutions from their leaders.面对这个艰巨的任务，我们问自己：我们如何才能获得足够的关注，招募足够广泛的参与者从而实现长期的胜利呢？And as we embarked upon this challenge, we asked ourselves, how do we gain enough pressure and build a broad enough army to win these fights for the long term?我们唯一的解决方案就是：我们需要想办法将那些参与“让贫困成为历史”活动的民众短期的激情转为长期的激情。这需要成为他们的一种认知。We could only think of one way. We needed to somehow turn that short-term excitement of people involved with the Make Poverty History campaign into long term passion. It had to be part of their identity.我们并不需要凭空创造全球公民。我们已经遍布全球。我们只是需要组织起来，采取行动。See, we don't need to create global citizens from nothing. We're already everywhere. We just need to be organized and motivated to start acting.正是这种狭隘主义导致了这种二分论，因为这种论述将一个国家的穷人同他国的穷人对立起来。它自以为能将我们以及我们的国家与外界隔绝。整个世界都是我们家园Parochialism offers this false dichotomy, because it pits the poor in one country against the poor in another. It pretends we can isolate ourselves and our nations from one another. The whole world is our backyard, and we ignore it at our peril.世界已然不同，那些顺应历史潮流的人已经将眼光投到了国境之外。The world has changed and those of us who look beyond our borders are on the right side of history.全球公民团结一致，探究问题的究竟，驳斥怀疑论者，拥抱我们所共同享有的这个世界。Global citizens who stand together, who ask the question 'Why?', who reject the naysayers and embrace the amazing possibilities of the world.
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