On Tuesday (12.17,) superstar singer/songwriter and and fashion icon Pharrell Williams has been named a UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador for artistic education and entrepreneurship for the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in Paris.
Responsible for promoting such initiatives as protecting Indigenous cultures, advancing education and health care for women, raising awareness of genocide prevention and more, in his acceptance speech, Pharrell stated:
“Growing up in Virginia, never in my wildest dreams did I think I would be given an opportunity like this one.” “I really hope to deepen that sense of unity and togetherness.” “My goal is to promote the kind of education that helps even the odds for marginalized kids like myself, and adults by closing the opportunity path.” “At the core of everything that I do is the belief that opportunity should not be determined by the circumstances of where you come from.”
Having recently performed at the reopening of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, the latest announcement comes some two years after French fashion house Louis Vuitton appointed Pharrell as its men’s creative director.
Since the United States rejoined UNESCO in 2023, Williams is the first American citizen to be appointed Goodwill Ambassador and in June of last year, the artist paraded Vuitton’s Spring 2025 menswear collection at the UNESCO headquarters in Paris, presenting the show as an “homage to mankind”.
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Author: Al Denté
Photo: Matti Hillig