Social Media Events: Social Good Summit in New York on September 20th

This Monday Mashable and 92Y are hosting one of this years most prominent social media events dedicated to the topic of social good. The Social Good Summit will focus on how new media can be used to bring awareness to some of the worlds most challenging problems. It's the kickoff for UN Week, running Monday the 20th till Friday the 24th. The goals of the summit are to raise awareness for the Millennium Development Goals, create opportunities for public engagement, and showcase solutions and innovative approaches.

The Millennium Development Goals are set and agreed upon to help defeat poverty, hunger, disease, lack of shelter, and gender inequality around the world. The goals were established in 2000 and are being acted upon to be reached by the year 2015. Some of the goals are very ambitious and include reducing the proportion of people living on less than $1 a day in half, eliminating two thirds of the child mortality rate of those under five years old, achieve universal access to HIV/AIDS treatment to those who need it and increasing the literacy rate of people between the ages of 15-24.

Mondays gathering will be just one of the many social media events for social good happening around the world during the week. Mashable has declared September 23rd as Social Good day and there are currently over 1500 meetups that are scheduled to help celebrate. The #socialgood hashtag is being used to unite supporters via Twitter and YouTube. The Facebook page for SocialGood can be found at facebook.com/socialgood. Visit the Meetup page to find a social media event near you.

Speakers at the Social Good Summit include:

Howard Buffett: Policy Advisor for the White House Domestic Policy Council
Pete Cashmore: Founder of Mashable
Raymond G Chambers: The Secretary Generals Special Envoy for Malaria with the United Nations
Adam Conner: Public Policy for Facebook
Geena Davis: Academy Award Winning Actor
Susan Smith Ellis: CEO of RED
Elizabeth Gore: Executive Director of Global Partnerships
Doc Hendley: Founder of Wine to Water
Chris Hughes: Founder of Jumo
Jessica Jackley: Co-Founder of Kiva and ProFounder
Oren Jacob: Executive Producer of "Ready, Set, Bag"
Carrie James: Research Director of Project Zero at Harvard University
Lisa M. Materson: Co Host of "The Doctors"
Judy McGrath: MTV Networks Chairman and CEO
Soledad O' Brien: CNN Anchor and Special Correspondent
Rachel Sklar: Editor for Mediate.com
Ted Turner: Chairman of Turner Enterprises and The United Nations Foundation
Sherrie Rollins Westin: Executive Vise President and Chief Marketing Officer of Sesame Workshop

The event will be held between 1 and 6pm on Monday September 20th at 92Y at Lexington Avenue and 92nd Street in New York City. Tickets are available now through eventbrite. Click here to learn more about the event or visit mashable.com/unweek to watch it unfold via Livestream. Visit the Mashable events page and the Justmeans events page to learn about other upcoming social media events.