Global Citizen’s Emerging Creatives Program provides a platform for emerging creatives in the Global South that are highlighting the need for open civic space worldwide. Through their art, they call for change, shine a light on social injustices, and advocate for the advancement of the Global Goals.
OCTOBER 2026
FEATURED CREATIVE
Diego Moura
BRAZIL
An exhibition created to explain the LGBTQIAP+ acronym was removed from public view after a city council member accused it of sexualizing children. Its educational texts were turned to face the wall.
That experience is part of Brazil’s wider restrictions on civic space. Through Global Citizen’s Emerging Creatives Program, Moura is now creating 12 new works for The ABCs of Diversity, shaped by affection, identity, freedom, and the right to exist fully.
“Those memories became a source of strength and helped shape these new works.”