Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorVerizon has assembled a lineup of celebs and activists for its inaugural Citizen Verizon Assembly next week, tapping Yara Shahidi, Karamo Brown, Andrew Yang, Ben & Jerry’s CEO Matthew McCarthy and more for a livestreaming event discussing strategies for driving social change.The July 28 event is part of the telco’s corporate-responsibility initiative committing to a carbon-neutral footprint by 2035, a new job-skills training program and a digital-inclusion effort.The free livestreaming Citizen Verizon Assembly will take place Tuesday, July 28, from 5-6 p.m.
ET, available on Yahoo Finance and Verizon’s Twitter account.The virtual event will include a discussion on building a future that’s inclusive, moderated.
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