Actors, athletes support Let Girls Learn, speak out in support of girls’ education worldwide

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FILE - In this June 11, 2011 file photo, U.S. singer Alicia Keys plays piano as she performs during a concert at Hall of Congress in Paris. Dozens of actors and athletes are joining a U.S. government effort to support girls’ education worldwide. Jennifer Garner, Keys, Anne Hathaway, DeAndre Jordan, Tyler Perry and Kelly Osborne are among the stars explaining the importance of education for girls around the globe in a video premiering Friday, June 20, 2014, for the new Let Girls Learn initiative. (AP Photo/Francois Mori, file)

LOS ANGELES, Calif. – Dozens of actors and athletes are joining a U.S. government effort to support girls’ education worldwide.

Jennifer Garner, Susan Sarandon, Alicia Keys, Anne Hathaway, Tyler Perry and DeAndre Jordan are among the stars speaking out about the importance of education for girls around the globe in an online video premiering Friday for the new Let Girls Learn initiative.

The U.S. Agency for International Development said Friday it is supporting the effort with $201 million in new education programs that will help provide safe learning opportunities for girls in Nigeria, Afghanistan, South Sudan, Jordan and Guatemala.

The stars were moved to make the video after the recent kidnapping of hundreds of schoolgirls in Nigeria and the Taliban’s 2012 attempted assassination of Pakistani schoolgirl and education activist Malala Yousafzai.

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