Global Shapers Community 52 Weeks, 52 Cities Initiative 2014 Week Number From Date To Date Hub of the Week What is special about this Hub and this week? Week 1 6 January 12 January San Jose Hub San Jose Hub opens the year with its great celebrative spirit Week 2 13 January 19 January Zurich Hub Zurich Hub launches their First Zero-Emission Taxi Fleet project Week 3 20 January 26 January 26 Nairobi Hub Nairobi Hub tweets as a winner of last year's Coca Cola Grant Challenge; Nairobi Shaper tweets live from the Annual Meeting 2014 in Davos Week 4 27 January 2 February Rabat Hub Rabat Hub launches a new project and highlights a successful year Week 5 3 February 9 February Toronto Hub Toronto Hub launches Capitalize for Kids campaign Week 6 10 February 16 February Moscow Hub Moscow Shapers tweet live from the Olympics in Sochi Week 7 17 February 23 February Rome Hub Shapers from Rome, Milan, Genoa and Venice get together for an all-italian Shapers gig Week 8 24 February 2 March Singapore Hub Singapore Hub meets Global Community Partner, the Abraaj Group Week 9 3 March 9 March Baku Hub Baku Hubs celebrates International Women s Day on March 8 Week 10 10 March 16 March Boston Hub Boston Shapers meet Global Community Partner, the Abraaj Group Week 11 17 March 23 March Dublin Hub St Patrick's Day celebration
Week 12 24 March 30 March Colombo Hub During the week when Shapers are selected for Post-2015 MDG initiative, Colombo Shapers work on the Towards the Next Set of Development Goals" project and actively tweet information and ask important questions on the topic Week 13 31 March 6 April Panama Hub Panama Hub tweets live from SHAPE Latin America and the World Economic Forum on Latin America Week 14 7 April 13 April Atlanta Hub On April 5, Atlanta Hub brings together a multistakeholder group to hack projects to continue moving their city forward Week 15 14 April 20 April Al-Khobar Hub Al-Khobar Hub launches their first initiative and talks about what it takes to run a project Week 16 21 April 27 April Medellin Hub Medellin Hub celebrates Earth Day Week 17 28 April 4 May Mexico City Hub The week leading to Cinco de Mayo Week 18 5 May 11 May Abuja Hub Abuja Hub tweets live from SHAPE Africa and the World Economic Forum on Africa Week 19 12 May 18 May Pittsburgh Hub Pittsburgh Hub collaborates with Food Revolution Pittsburgh for an event held at a local High School that will showcase the efforts of a year-long cooking club at the school; on May 17, Pittsburgh Hub celebrates the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia Week 20 19 May 25 May Manila Hub Manila Hub tweets live from the World Economic Forum on East Asia
Week 21 26 May 1 June Georgetown Hub On May 26, Guyana celebrates its Independence and the Georgetown Hub launches a new project; they tweet about their country, its culture and history Week 22 2 June 8 June Port Louis Hub June 8 is World Ocean Day; Shapers in the Port Louis Hub share their environmental, economic and social perspectives on the ocean, including their upcoming ocean-related projects Week 23 9 June 15 June Ekaterinburg Hub Having some fathers in the Hub, Ekaterinburg Shapers celebrate Father's Day (June 15) and present several of their new projects Week 24 16 June 22 June Detroit Hub Detroit Hub tweets live from SHAPE North America Week 25 23 June 29 June Astana Hub Astana Hub tweets live from SHAPE Eurasia Week 26 30 June 6 July Jakarta Hub Jakarta Shapers have their Hub retreat and launch a new project Week 27 7 July 13 July Minneapolis Hub This week is in unison with all of the local festivities going on during the Major League Baseball All-Star Weekend hosted at Target Field and other relevant Minneapolis summer events Week 28 14 July 20 July Soweto Hub Soweto Hub celebrates Nelson Mandela's birthday and Nelson Mandela International Day on 18 July Week 29 21 July 27 July Jeddah Hub This week coincides with the end of Ramadan and the start of Eid; Jeddah Shapers celebrate by starting a campaign, 30 days of giving, specifically tailored for the Holy month of Ramadan
Week 30 28 July 3 August Sana'a Hub Sana'a Hub celebrates International Day of Friendship (30 July) Week 31 4 August 10 August Yerevan Hub Yerevan Hub celebrates International Day of the World s Indigenous Peoples on 9 August Week 32 11 August 17 August Lima Hub Peru plans the launch of their big forum Perú en 50, an initiative to promote youth leadership in the country Week 33 18 August 24 August Geneva Hub 350+ Global Shapers Hubs Curators come together for an Annual Curators Meeting in Geneva Week 34 25 August 31 August Washington Hub On 29 August, the Washington Hub celebrates the International Day against Nuclear Tests Week 35 1 September 7 September Kaliningrad Hub Kaliningrad Hub celebrates the International Day of Charity on 5 September Week 36 8 September 14 September Beijing Hub Beijing Hub tweets live from the Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2014 in Tianjin Week 37 15 September 21 September Lisbon Hub Lisbon Hub tweets live from SHAPE Europe Week 38 22 September 28 September Lusaka Hub On 27 September, Lusaka Hub celebrates World Tourism Day Week 39 29 September 5 October Montevideo Hub Shapers host a series of local meetings in Montevideo; they also celebrate International Vegetarian Day on 1 October Week 40 6 October 12 October Hanoi Hub Hanoi Hub tweets live from SHAPE Asia Pacific Week 41 13 October 19 October Vienna Hub Hub Projects Week. Vienna Hub's project "Impact Entrepreneur Apprentice" shows its first results; Shapers discuss what it takes to launch a successful project Week 42 20 October 26 October New York Hub New York Hub celebrates United Nations Day on 24 October
Week 43 27 October 2 November Athens Hub Athens Shapers launch their internships initiative; they also celebrate Halloween with the whole community Week 44 3 November 9 November Ahmedabad Hub Ahmedabad tweets live from SHAPE South Asia and the World Economic Forum on India Week 45 10 November 16 November Almaty Hub Almaty Hub celebrates the World Science Day of Peace and Development on 10 November 10, and the International Day of Tolerance on 16 November 16; they also host Global Entrepreneurship Week in Almaty and actively tweet from this event all week Week 46 17 November 23 November Harare Hub Harare Hub celebrates Africa Industrialization Day on 22 November and World Children's Day on 20 November 20 (as part of their Make love movement) Week 47 24 November 30 November Chicago Hub Chicago Shapers engage in activities celebrating International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women on 25 November Week 48 1 December 7 December Doha Hub Doha Shapers tweet live from SHAPE MENA; on 1 December 1, World AIDS Day, the community engages in discussions on HIV/AIDS Week 49 8 December 14 December Kampala Hub Kampala Hub celebrates World Human Rights Day Week 50 15 December 21 December Tel Aviv Hub Tel Aviv Shapers celebrate Hanukkah Week 51 22 December 28 December Shanghai Hub Hub Recruitment Week; Shanghai Hub facilitates a discussion on recruiting new Shapers to the Hub Week 52 29 December 4 January 2015 San Juan Hub San Juan closes the year with their great optimistic spirit