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CGI 2013 Day Two: Hillary Clinton Announces New Commitments

Posted in CGI, Clinton Global Initiative, Hillary Clinton, Hillary Rodham Clinton, tagged , , , on September 25, 2013| Leave a Comment »

This morning, at CGI 2013, Hillary announced new commitments.   The video will not embed, but you can see it HERE.

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President Clinton, Former Secretary Clinton, and Chelsea Clinton Unveil New Commitments to Action on Second Day of 2013 Clinton Global Initiative Annual Meeting

Commitments announced today focus on women’s empowerment, mobilizing youth, conserving natural resources, and building resilient cities

NEW YORK, NY – Today, during the second day of the 2013 Clinton Global Initiative Annual Meeting, President Bill Clinton, Former Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton, and Clinton Foundation Vice Chair Chelsea Clinton announced new Commitments to Action that will address pressing global challenges. Speakers discussed how investments in women’s employment yield significant gains in the health and education of children, in the prosperity of businesses, and in the economy overall.

“Women and girls still comprise the majority of the world’s unhealthy, unfed and unpaid, marginalized in so many ways.  We’ve built an architectural structure of laws and norms to protect women’s rights, but 2015 will mark 20 years since that conference in Beijing calling for the full and equal participation of women,” said Former Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton. “I believe it’s time for a full and clear-eyed look at how far we have come, how far we still have to go, and what we plan to do together about the unfinished business of the twenty-first century, the full and equal participation of women.”

Featured speakers included Her Excellency Sheikha Lubna Al Qasimi, Minister, International Cooperation and Development of the United Arab Emirates; Hillary Rodham Clinton, Former Secretary of State of the United States; Chelsea Clinton, Vice Chair, Clinton Foundation; Lloyd C. Blankfein, Chairman and CEO, The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.; Michael R. Bloomberg, Mayor, City of New York; John Chambers, Chairman and CEO, Cisco; America Ferrera, Actor, Producer, Activist; Christiana Figueres, Executive Secretary, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC); Nancy Gibbs, Managing Editor, TIME; Irwin Jacobs, Founding Chairman and CEO Emeritus, Qualcomm; Muhtar Kent, Chairman and CEO, The Coca-Cola Company; Jim Yong Kim, President, World Bank Group; Andrew Liveris, Chairman and CEO, The Dow Chemical Company; Wanjira Mathai, Director and Project Leader, Wangari Maathai Institute for Peace & Environmental Studies; Peggy Mativo, Founder and Executive Director, PACEmaker International; Bill McDermott, Co-chief Executive Officer, SAP AG; Pat Mitchell, President and CEO, The Paley Center for Media; Luis Alberto Moreno, President, Inter-American Development Bank; Piers Morgan, Host, CNN’s Piers Morgan Live; Denis O’Brien, Chairman, Digicel; Judith Rodin, President, The Rockefeller Foundation; Jim Rogers, Chairman of the Board, Duke Energy Corporation; Arne M. Sorenson, President and CEO, Marriott International, Inc.; Halla Tomasdottir, Founder and Chair, Sisters Capital; Fareed Zakaria, Host, CNN-GPS.

Former Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton, Chelsea Clinton and CGI commitment makers also announced new Commitments to Action and reported progress of commitments made at past CGI Annual Meetings.

The following new commitments were announced today in Plenary Sessions:

Advancing Women-Owned Businesses in New Markets
Commitment by: WEConnect International; Accenture; WalMart Stores, Inc.; Ernst & Young; DLA Piper; Cherie Blair Foundation for Women; Pfizer Inc.; McLarty Associates; Vital Voices Global Partnership; International Center for Research on Women; U.S. Department of State
Partners: IBM; The Boeing Company
In 2013, this private and public sector consortium committed to collaborate across the development lifecycle of small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) to create a more efficient, effective channel to identify, develop and scale high-potential women entrepreneurs who can become strong corporate suppliers. The partners committed to track and measure at least $1.5 billion in combined total new money spent by commitment makers targeting at least 15,000 women-owned businesses based outside the U.S. by 2018.

WeTech: Women Enhancing Technology
Commitment by: Institute of International Education
Partners: Qualcomm Incorporated; Juniper Networks; McKinsey & Company; Google Inc.; Intel Corporation; Citrix Systems, Inc.; Goldman, Sachs & Co.; Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology; International Museum of Women
In 2013, the Institute of International Education committed to creating an employee pipeline of 2,000 girls and women toward the technology sector. This $10 million investment will include programs to encourage parents and schools to teach technology subjects to girls, mentorship and scholarship opportunities, and other professional development opportunities.

Intel Connecting Women to Bridge Africa’s Gender Gap
Commitment by: Intel Corporation
Partners: Telecentre.org Foundation; CARE; World Vision; World Pulse; ChangeCorp, Inc.
In 2013, Intel committed to reducing the gender-based gap in technology use in Sub-Saharan Africa for young women by 50 percent, bringing five million young women online over the next three years. In collaboration with NGOs working in the field of women and technology, Intel committed to seek out young women and provide them with access to digital literacy training, ongoing support, and women-tailored content that they can access individually, in shared computing environments, or through a peer-to-peer model.

Bioinnovation in Africa: People, Forests, Food, Energy
Commitment by: Novozymes A/S
Partners: CleanStar Ventures; IMC, Inc.; Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies; Cornell University Center for Sustainable Global Enterprise; Dometic; Zoe Enterprises Products and Supplements; Soros Economic Development Fund; Impact Carbon; Bank of America Merril Lynch; Industrialization Fund for Developing Countries
In 2011, Novozymes and CleanStar Ventures committed to launch CleanStar Mozambique (CSM), a food-energy system to drastically improve both the environment and human lives through farmer engagement, agro-processing, distribution, and retail. CSM now works with smallholder farmers throughout Mozambique to introduce restorative and profitable systems for producing food and energy for local markets. To date, CSM has launched the world’s first sustainable cooking fuel facility and been recognized by the International Finance Corporation and the Financial Times as a 2012 “Sustainable Investment of the Year.”

Flush for Good: Affordable, Aspirational Sanitation
Commitment by: American Standard Brands
Partners: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation; BRAC; International Development Enterprises; WaterAid; PRAN-RFL Group
In 2013, American Standard Brands committed to donate one SaTo latrine pan, which incorporates a hygienic water seal through a counterweighted trap door, for every Champion toilet sold in the U.S. and Canada in 2013. Partners BRAC and WaterAid will help to distribute 500,000 latrines over the next two years in rural Bangladesh, reaching 2.5 million people. In addition, from 2014 to 2017, American Standards Brand will develop, manufacture, and distribute improved and affordable sanitation products in countries such as Cambodia, Kenya and India.

Turning Garbage into Renewable Energy & Economic Development
Commitment by: Navitus Sustainable Industries
Partners: State of Utah; University of Utah; Caterpillar Inc.; City of Sandy, Utah; Adolfson & Peterson
In 2013, Navitus Sustainable Industries committed to building three waste-to-energy facilities in partnership with local communities in Utah by 2015. Through this commitment, Navitus will partner with local communities to provide sustainable solutions to both clean energy generation and local waste management. These facilities are projected to generate enough electricity to power nearly 100,000 homes, diverted nearly 1,000,000 tons of garbage from landfills, and create 300 green jobs.

Creating Biodiversity Markets for Artisanal Fishers
Commitment by: Advanced Conservation Strategies
Partners: Shellcatch, Inc; Pontífica Universidad Católica de Chile
In 2013, Advanced Conservation Strategies committed to piloting and scaling a market-based incentive program that provides additional revenue streams to Chilean artisanal fishers to offset the loss in revenue associated with conservation efforts. Focused on linking emerging markets with ancillary marine conservation initiatives to empower artisanal fishers, the model is scalable and applicable throughout Latin America and beyond.

Fishery Improvement Fund: Catalyzing Healthy Fisheries
Commitment by: Walton Family Foundation, Inc.
Partners: Darden Restaurants, Inc.; National Fish and Wildlife Foundation; New England Aquarium
In 2013, the Walton Family Foundation committed to funding and expanding a series of Fishery Improvement Funds (FIPs) over three years. These FIPS will dramatically expand sustainable fishing practices in various regions of the globe while helping to meet global demand for ocean products.

Evaluating Coastal Wetlands: Bang for Our Restoration Buck
Commitment by: Center for American Progress
Partners: Oxfam America
In 2013, the Center for American Progress committed to establishing metrics that assign monetary value to restored and protected U.S. coastal wetlands ecosystems in order to better integrate ecosystem protection and restoration into U.S. policy on coastal infrastructure and land use. The commitment will include a published report explaining why coastal ecosystems are valuable, why investments in restoration are needed, and will conclude with specific recommendations for policy makers and the public.

Expanding Marine Protection from Wild Coasts into the Ocean
Commitment by: Waitt Foundation; Wildlife Conservation Society
Partners: Waitt Institute; Gabon National Parks; Forum for the Conservation of the Patagonia Sea; Fundación Patagonia Natural
In 2013, Wildlife Conservation Society and the Waitt Foundation committed to supporting government efforts to scale up existing coastal marine protected areas (MPA) in Fiji, Argentina, and Gabon to new extents, using new resources and a unique approach of leveraging land to sea extension of coastal parks. This commitment will increase the area of ocean protected by more than 9,500 square miles.

Expanding the Dataset of Recreational Ocean Use and Users
Commitment by: Surfrider Foundation
Partner: Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
In 2013, Surfrider Foundation committed to conduct a comprehensive study to collect spatially explicit recreational use and economic data for coastal areas in the United States mid-Atlantic region. Non-consumptive recreational ocean use provides significant economic and social benefits to coastal communities: economic benefits through direct economic expenditures, as well as visitor expenditures locally on food, beverages, parking, and coastal recreational activities; and social benefits through engaging local coastal residents in ocean planning processes and connecting their economic well-being to ocean planning and conservation.

Shellfish Farming for Women and Oceans
Commitment by: Paso Pacífico
Partners: Inter-American Development Bank; National Fisheries Institute; Phillips Foods, Inc.
In 2013, Paso Pacífico committed to establishing women-run oyster aquaculture operations in Nicaragua, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, and Costa Rica. Over three years approximately 100 women will receive aquaculture micro-enterprise development trainings. The diversity of native shellfish will be evaluated and oysters, in particular, will be assessed for their quality and export potential. The management of the oyster fishery will also serve as a community model to increase local community understanding for the benefits of marine management zones and protected areas.

Island Conservation and Sustainable Livelihoods for Women
Commitment by: Seacology
Partners: Global Energi Sistem Tuban Surabaya; Aneka Surya Surabaya; Yayasan PAKTA Sumba; Yayasan BAHTERA
In 2013, Seacology committed to launching three new projects over a three year period to incentivize island communities in Indonesia to protect local terrestrial or marine ecosystems, by supporting women’s economic development initiatives in exchange for creating no-take indigenous community conserved areas (ICCAs). The goal of this commitment is to provide island women in marginalized communities with sustainable livelihoods in exchange for protecting local ecosystems.

More Fish – A Better Future for Mesoamerican Reef Fishers
Commitment by: Mesoamerican Reef Fund
Partners: The Summit Foundation; KfW Bankengruppe; Overbrook Foundation; Comunidad y Biodiversidad; FUNDAECO; Cuerpos de Conservación de Omoa
In 2013, the Mesoamerican Reef Fund (MAR Fund) committed to expanding their Community Fisheries Program in the Mesoamerican Reef region, to protect and restore local marine ecosystems and fisheries to increase the species abundance and size, thereby improving food security and increasing fishers’ incomes. The Community Fisheries Program supports the active participation of organized groups of fisher men and women in fisheries management and recovery, promoting an ecosystem-based approach which includes the establishment of critical fisheries recovery sites.

PIPA Marine Conservation Model for Economic Development
Commitment by: Conservation International
Partners: Republic of Kiribati; Global Conservation Fund; New England Aquarium; Phoenix Islands Protected Area Conservation Trust
In 2013, Conservation International and its partners committed to the next phase of conservation of island and ocean ecosystems in the Phoenix Islands through the first capitalization of the Phoenix Island Protected Area (PIPA) Trust Endowment Fund. The Trust will ensure long-term ecosystem protection and further the economic development of Kiribati.

Sustainable Oceans Alliance
Commitment by: The TerraMar Project
Partners: Michael Dorsey; Global Partnerships Forum
In 2013, the TerraMar Project committed to launch the Sustainable Oceans Alliance (SOA) to mobilize the international community and the public at large on the importance of the Oceans and the Seas and to ensure that the 193 UN Member States recognize and incorporate oceans in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), to be adopted in 2015.

Sustainable Seafood: Improving Supply and Driving Demand
Commitment by: Bumble Bee Foods, LLC.; World Wildlife Fund
Partners: Marine Stewardship Council
In 2013, Bumble Bee committed to contribute a minimum of $1 million over the next five years to the World Wildlife Fund’s (WWF) ocean conservation efforts in conjunction with the sale of its Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certified Wild Selections product line. Contributions will be utilized to further fisheries and marine conservation efforts and expand sustainable fishing practices globally.

From Periphery to Core: Proving Nature’s Value
Commitment by: JetBlue Airways Corporation
Partners: The Ocean Foundation
In 2013, JetBlue committed to reshaping their fundamental financial assumptions by translating and integrating the benefits of beautiful and pristine natural environments into the financial models that airlines use to calculate their revenue. JetBlue will incorporate environmental values into the airline’s revenue stream to create a clearer financial signal and argument to commit to specific future ocean conservation policies. JetBlue will also introduce a waste reduction program on their airplanes and at airports to educate its customers about the importance of both ocean systems and waste reduction.

The following progress reports were announced today in Plenary Sessions:

Technology to Address Gender-Based Violence in Haiti
Commitment by: Digital Democracy
Partners: The Institute for Justice & Democracy in Haiti (IJDH); Bureau des Avocats Internationaux (BAI); Partners in Health; Zanmi Lasante; Lawyers Earthquake Response Network (LERN); Madre; New Media Advocacy Project (N-Map); KOFAVIV (Commission of Women Victims for Victims); FAVILEK (Women Victims Get up Stand Up); KONAMAVID (National Coordination of Direct Victims); Fanm Viktim Koperativ (Women Victim’s Cooperative); IFKB (Association of Women Victims of Bel AIr); KONAMSI (Victim Cooperative and Small Business)
In 2010, Digital Democracy (DD) committed to providing its Haitian partners with the technical tools and training needed for a comprehensive approach to prevent rape and gender-based violence (GBV) in Haiti. Working with a coalition of lawyers, health and psycho-social service providers, and strong networks of Haitian women and girls, Digital Democracy’s commitment will document cases of violence using network responders via mobile phones and provide comprehensive technical training to women and girls to respond to the attacks and effectively advocate for changes to further prevent violence. To date, DD and its local grassroots partners, have launched a 24-hour free emergency response hotline that has fielded over 8,000 calls and connected more than 300 GBV survivors to medical, legal, and psychosocial care. In addition, they have developed a comprehensive system to track, analyze, map, and share GBV-related data with local, national, and international partners, which currently contains over 1,100 documented incidents of GBV.

 

Creating Opportunities for Girls Through Land Rights
Commitment by: Landesa
Partners: Omidyar Network; Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation; Nike Foundation; Department of Social Welfare and Development, Government of West Bengal
In 2010, Landesa and its partners committed to improve economic and social empowerment of adolescent girls in Sub-Saharan Africa and Asia by strengthening their land rights. Now in its third year, Landesa has partnered with the West Bengal Department of Women and Child Development, to implement a pilot of the government’s SABLA scheme, a nationally-funded program to empower adolescent girls. To date, 299 girls groups have been established in West Bengal. Also in 2010, Landesa launched a community-based participatory project to improve the land tenure security of women and girls in northern Uganda and is now scaling this approach and methodology to ten other communities in two districts of northern Uganda and will share the model with other stakeholders interested in improving women’s and girls’ land rights in similar contexts.

The 2013 CGI Annual Meeting is sponsored by Tom Golisano, Ambassador Gianna Angelopoulos, Hult International Business School, Rockefeller Foundation, Starkey Hearing Foundation, Victor Pinchuk Foundation, Barclays, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, The Coca-Cola Company, Duke Energy, Ford Foundation, P&G, Shangri-La Industries, United Postcode Lotteries, Varkey Gems Foundation, BlueCross BlueShield of North Carolina, Cisco, Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women, NRG, APCO Worldwide, Aft, Booz Allen Hamilton, Delos, Deutsche Bank, Dow, ExxonMobile, HP, Fuel Freedom Foundation, the Inter-American Development Bank, InterEnergy, Laureate International Universities, Microsoft, Nike Foundation, Pfizer, Standard Chartered, Swiss Re, Toyota, unite4:good, Western Union, Diageo and Jive.

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Hillary Clinton at CGI 2013 Day One

Posted in CGI, Clinton Global Initiative, Hillary Clinton, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , , , , on September 24, 2013| 12 Comments »

Aside from being the hostess with the mostest today, Hillary participated in this event which was not livestreamed but was recorded for broadcast.

Breakout Sessions

2:00 PM –

 3:30 PM

CGI Conversations hosted by CNN’s Sanjay Gupta

Advancing Progress: Investing in Healthy and Educated Girls and Women

Session Features:  Filmed for Broadcast  •   Panel

When girls and women are healthy, educated, and fully integrated into their societies and economies, their countries flourish. Yet today, women are still twice as likely as men to be illiterate, gender-based violence remains persistent and widespread, and approximately 800 women worldwide die daily from preventable causes related to pregnancy and childbirth. Targeted investments focused on expanding access to high-quality health care and education for girls and women can work to overcome these continued challenges, resulting in longer life expectancies, increased economic participation, and fuller social and political agency.

This session will highlight specific approaches that enable girls and women worldwide to learn, earn, thrive, and control their own destinies — and will explore critical considerations for achieving the next generation of global developments objectives.

Moderator:

Sanjay Gupta, Chief Medical Correspondent, CNN

Participants:

Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah, Queen of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
Hillary Rodham Clinton, Former Secretary of State of the United States
Melinda Gates, Co-chair and Trustee, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Muhammad Yunus, Chairman, Yunus Social Business – Global Initiatives

President Clinton Opened 2013 Clinton Global Initiative Annual Meeting Emphasizing “Mobilizing for Impact”

Commitments announced today will address improving nutrition, combating cholera, ending child marriage and providing safe drinking water

New York, NY – Today, President Bill Clinton, former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, and Chelsea Clinton opened the ninth Clinton Global Initiative Annual Meeting organized around the theme “Mobilizing for Impact.” Over the course of three days, more than 1,000 international leaders and innovators will convene to explore how cross-sector partnerships can create sustainable improvements in living conditions for people worldwide. Today, speakers discussed how philanthropic and public funds are still essential to fully resolve issues that cannot be addressed by markets alone.

“As CGI’s ninth Annual Meeting begins, I am once again profoundly impressed by the dynamic group of leaders from around the world who chose to be here today,” said Chelsea Clinton. “The dedication and passion of CGI members from the public, private and non-sectors alike remind us that, when it comes to addressing global challenges, we are all in this together. In the next three days, I look forward to learning more about how the commitments made in years past are having an impact and seeing how the partnerships forged this year at CGI will attack some of the world’s most pressing problems.”

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Clearly,  she loves working with her family.   We love seeing her so happy!

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Will Hillary Drop In?

Posted in Appearances, Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, CGI, Chelsea Clinton, Clinton Global Initiative, Hillary Clinton, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Uncategorized, Willam Jefferson Clinton, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on September 23, 2013| Leave a Comment »

This conversation between two presidents was announced a few days ago.  Clearly it is part of President Obama’s campaign to explain the Affordable Care Act.  The news that broke this morning via Kate Bolduan on CNN was that Hillary might drop in for this conversation.  She did not cite any sources or elaborate, but I would not want to miss that!  Would you?

President Obama and President Clinton to Hold Conversation on Health Care at 2013 CGI Annual Meeting

September 20, 2013
NEW YORK – On Tuesday, September 24, President Barack Obama and President Bill Clinton will engage in a conversation about the benefits and future of health care reform in America and access to quality health care around the globe.  This will be preceded by a session hosted by Chelsea Clinton in which key leaders and CGI commitment-makers will discuss the importance of investing in prevention to tackle the rise of non-communicable diseases, such as cancer and diabetes. This is part of the newly announced lineup of global leaders announced by President Clinton, Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, and Chelsea Clinton.

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Tune-in live to the 2013 Annual Meeting, beginning Tuesday, September 24 at 9:00 am ET | View the live Webcast Schedule »

Apparently this conversation takes place near the end of this session.

Plenary Session

4:00 PM –

 5:30 PM
Channel 1

Healthier Futures: Prioritizing Prevention

The rise in non-communicable diseases (NCDs) is one of the greatest threats to global health and economic development in the 21st century, accounting for 63 percent of global deaths. The leading risk factors — tobacco use, unhealthy diets, and physical inactivity — play a major role in the cause of high-burden NCDs such as cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, and cancer.

In this session, key leaders from across sectors will share HOW members can:

• position prevention, with an emphasis on risk factors, at the center of the health debate
• invest in more economical measures to address NCDs — such as early testing and diagnosis — rather than costly treatment
• leverage new insights from the field of behavioral economics to incentivize change at home and in the workplace

President Obama and President Clinton will engage in a conversation about the benefits and future of health care reform in America and access to quality health care around the globe.

Panel

Moderator:

Chelsea Clinton, Vice Chair, Clinton Foundation

Participants:

Margaret Chan, Director-General, World Health Organization
Adrian Gore, Chief Executive Officer, Discovery Holdings Limited
Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, President and CEO, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Closing Conversation

Participants:

President Barack Obama, 44th President of the United States
President Bill Clinton, Founding Chairman, Clinton Global Initiative; 42nd President of the United States

Clinton waits to walk onto stage at US-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue in Washington

… and maybe also Hillary!

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Clinton Global Initiative: How you can participate.

Posted in Bill Clinton, CGI, Chelsea Clinton, Clinton Foundation, Clinton Global Initiative, Hillary Clinton, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Willam Jefferson Clinton, tagged , , , , , on September 23, 2013| Leave a Comment »

The 2013 Annual Meeting will be structured around a single theme: Mobilizing for Impact. This theme explores ways the CGI members and member organizations can be more effective in leveraging individuals, partner organizations, and key resources in their commitment efforts. Mobilizing the right entities – and allowing them to reach their full potential – creates lasting and scalable success. This builds on CGI’s 2012 theme, Designing for Impact, which encouraged the design of purposeful commitments from the outset.

The Clinton Foundation has shared four ways in which you can participate in the conversation.

Clinton Foundation
Tomorrow, more than 1,000 leaders from around the world will join together in New York City for the ninth Clinton Global Initiative Annual Meeting. And we’re hoping you’ll join the conversation online, using social media to share and learn about the Commitments to Action that members are making to address some of our world’s most daunting challenges.

Here are four ways you can participate in the global conversation.

1. RSVP to watch the live webcast of #CGI2013 on Livestream.

All of the Plenary Sessions and many of the Breakout Sessions at #CGI2013 will be webcast live at: http://live.clintonglobalinitiative.org. View the full agenda here.

2. Join the conversation on Twitter.

Follow @ClintonGlobal and @ClintonFdn on Twitter and use the official meeting hashtag #CGI2013.

3. Interact in real-time with #CGI2013 on Facebook.

“Like” the Clinton Global Initiative and Clinton Foundation on Facebook to see exclusive content during the meeting.

4. View #CGI2013 through a different lens on Instagram.

Follow @ClintonGlobal on Instagram to see meeting photos and exclusive meeting videos.

Thank you!

The Clinton Foundation

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Clintons in the Media: Bill on GPS and Hillary in New York Magazine

Posted in Bill Clinton, CGI, Chelsea Clinton, Clinton Foundation, Clinton Global Initiative, Hillary Clinton, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Too Small To Fail, Uncategorized, Willam Jefferson Clinton, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on September 22, 2013| 8 Comments »

Hillary’s much-anticipated first print interview since leaving the State Department hit the stands today amid the usual 2016 speculation and gossip further stimulated by Bill Clinton’s appearance on GPS with Fareed Zakaria.

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While pundits busily speed-dial their individual Hillaryland insiders, we do best to bear in mind that these interviews, his and hers, coincide with the kick-off this week of the Clinton Global Initiative in New York and have much more to do with that and Hillary’s new job, projects and efforts than with 2016.

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Here is a bit of the article, but, like me, you are probably going to want your own souvenir hard copy.

Hillary in Midair

She’s learned from her mistakes. Three years before November 8, 2016, she’s working hard to be relaxed, calm, easy. But, all the while, the old Clinton gears are whirring.

By Joe HaganPublished Sep 22, 2013

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Photo: Douglas Friedman/Trunk Archive

For four years, Hillary Rodham Clinton flew around the world as President Barack Obama’s secretary of State, while her husband, the former president Bill Clinton, lived a parallel life of speeches and conferences in other hemispheres. They communicated almost entirely by phone. They were seldom on the same continent, let alone in the same house.

But this year, all that has changed: For the first time in decades, neither one is in elected office, or running for one. Both are working in the family business, in the newly renamed nonprofit that once bore only Bill’s name but is now called the Bill, Hillary, and Chelsea Clinton Foundation, which will hold its annual conference in New York next week.

“We get to be at home together a lot more now than we used to in the last few years,” says Hillary Clinton. “We have a great time; we laugh at our dogs; we watch stupid movies; we take long walks; we go for a swim.

“You know,” she says, “just ordinary, everyday pleasures.”

In the world of the Clintons, of course, what constitutes ordinary and everyday has never been either. So the question was inevitable: Given who he is, and who she is, does Bill, among their guffaws over the dogs and stupid movies, harangue her daily about running for president?

To this, Hillary Rodham Clinton lets loose one of her loud, head-tilted-back laughs. “I don’t think even he is, you know, focused on that right now,” she says. “Right now, we’re trying to just have the best time we can have doin’ what we’re doin’. ”

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Cannot refrain from saying how much I love to hear Hillary laugh!

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Look Out Ahead! Clinton Interviews Coming Up!

Posted in Bill Clinton, CGI, Chelsea Clinton, Clinton Foundation, Clinton Global Initiative, Hillary Clinton, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Too Small To Fail, Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , on September 18, 2013| 6 Comments »

Both Bill and Hillary Clinton are talking to the media, but before everyone jumps to 2016 conclusions,  let’s understand that we are likely to be seeing Clintons on the horizon with some frequency over the upcoming week as they host heavy hitters from all over the globe at the 2013 Clinton Global Initiative.  Live feeds will be streamed here.

This will be the first year that Hillary will be able to participate fully since accepting the post of Secretary of State.   Over the past four years she did make time to address participants but was otherwise occupied during the week representing all of us at the U.N. General Assembly.  She will not be subject to that obligation this year,  and we can all be assured that both her husband and her daughter will be thrilled to have her aboard for the long run this time around.

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For starters, we can look forward, on Sunday, to seeing former President Clinton (and informal Obama Administration “Secretary of Explaining Stuff”) with Fareed Zakaria on CNN’s GPS discussing the  Syrian weapons deal.  Most assuredly he will be granting other interviews in the course of the week likely on morning and evening news broadcasts.

Meanwhile,  Hillary’s first interview with the print media since leaving the State Department will be available when New York Magazine hits the stands on Monday coinciding with the opening of CGI according to Politico.

Hillary Clinton grants interview to N.Y. Mag

Hillary Clinton is pictured. | Reuters

Reuters

By DYLAN BYERS |

After an eight-month hiatus, Hillary Clinton is talking to the media again.

Earlier this month, the former Secretary of State and likely 2016 presidential candidate sat down with New York Magazine’s Joe Hagan for her first major interview since leaving the State Department on Feb. 1, POLITICO has learned.

The interview is expected to be published in print and online on Monday, the first day of the annual Clinton Global Initiative meeting in New York. All three Clintons — Hillary, former President Bill, and daughter Chelsea — are featured speakers at the event.

A Clinton spokesperson declined to comment on the interview; Hagan did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

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We know that Mme. Secretary has been working assiduously out of camera range getting her own initiative, Too Small to Fail, organized and off the ground.  A joint effort between the Bill, Hillary, and Chelsea Clinton Foundation and Next Generation,  Too Small to Fail is dedicated to the health and well being of children aged 0-5.   Yesterday, the foundation announced the formation of leadership and advisory councils for the initiative, and we can be sure that Hillary and her team will be diving into their projects over the coming week.

Even when she is not in front of the camera lenses,  our Hillary seems to be in the news and on our screens with great regularity due to all the 2016 speculation, but it will be wonderful to see her addressing and explaining her new endeavors.  She, as we all know, is an excellent “explainer” herself!

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Hillary Clinton Forms Advisory and Leadership Councils for Too Small to Fail

Posted in Clinton Foundation, Clinton Global Initiative, Hillary Clinton, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Too Small To Fail, tagged , , , , , on September 17, 2013| 5 Comments »

In advance of the Clinton Global Initiative 2013, taking place in New York City next week, Hillary Clinton’s initiative, Too Small to Fail, dedicated to the health and well being of children aged 0 -5, is about to launch with a full board of advisors gathered by Hillary herself.

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Too Small to Fail Announces Formation of Advisory and Leadership Councils

 

Sep 17, 2013 | Clinton Foundation | New York, New York  | Press Release

Hillary Rodham Clinton convenes expert group of advisors to set course of action for improving the health and well-being of children ages zero to five

Washington DC—National early childhood development experts, business leaders, community advocates and political leaders will join Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and longtime child advocate James Steyer today for the inaugural meeting of the Too Small to Fail Advisory and Leadership Councils. Too Small to Fail is a joint initiative of Next Generation and The Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation. The goal of Too Small to Fail is to help parents, caregivers, communities and businesses take meaningful, evidence-based actions that will improve the health and well-being of America’s youngest children, ages zero to five, and prepare them to succeed in the 21st century.

The new advisory and leadership council members, who bring years of experience across academic disciplines and sectors, will serve as expert advisors, spokespeople, and leaders for Too Small to Fail, helping to promote a national discussion to advance understanding of the science of early childhood development among parents and other communities.

Additionally, the council members will advise Too Small to Fail in the development of a public education campaign focused on encouraging parents and caregivers to take simple actions that will improve learning and health for young children, and on securing business commitments to improve conditions for families.

“At the Clinton Foundation we’re focused on empowering people to live better lives. New scientific research is helping us understand the building blocks that children need to get the best start in life,” said Secretary Clinton. “Along with Next Generation, we want to make sure that we get that information out to the largest number of parents possible. So I am grateful to all the experts in early learning, childhood development, business, and family policy who have joined Too Small to Fail. Together, we’ll give parents and children what they need to succeed.”

“I am really excited to work so closely with a group of experts who really care about our children, and who want to share their time and expertise with Too Small to Fail,” said James Steyer, chair of the Board and co-founder of Next Generation. “We need real solutions to the problems affecting children now, and this group will help take this conversation to boardrooms and family rooms across the country.”

The full list of Leadership Council and Advisory Council members is as follows:

Leadership Council Members

  • Susan A. Buffett – Chairman, The Sherwood Foundation, the Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation, and the Buffett Early Childhood Fund
  • Senator Bill Frist – Professor of Business and Medicine, Vanderbilt University; former Majority Leader, United States Senate
  • *Carol Larson – President and CEO, David and Lucile Packard Foundation
  • Peter Long – President and CEO, Blue Shield of California Foundation
  • Cindy McCain – Advisor, McCain Institute for International Leadership
  • J.B. Pritzker – Managing Partner and Co-Founder, The Pritzker Group
  • *Liz Simons – President, Heising-Simons Foundation
  • *Sterling Speirn – CEO and President, W.K. Kellogg Foundation
  • *James Steyer – Co-Founder and Chair of the Board, Next Generation; CEO and Founder, Common Sense Media
  • Tom Steyer – Founder, Fahr LLC; Co-Founder, Next Generation

Advisory Council Members

  • *Paula Braveman – Professor of Family and Community Medicine and Director of the Center on Social Disparities in Health, University of California, San Francisco
  • *Ellen Bravo – Executive Director, Family Values @ Work Consortium
  • *David Coleman – President, College Board
  • Chris Edley – Professor and Dean, University of California, Berkeley School of Law
  • *Ronald Ferguson – Creator of the Tripod Project for School Improvement, and Faculty Co-chair and Director of Achievement Gap Initiative, Harvard University
  • *Sandra Gutierrez – National Program Director of Abriendo Puertas/Opening Doors, Families in Schools
  • *George Halvorson – Chairman, Kaiser Permanente; Chair, California’s First 5 Commission on Children and Families
  • Nadine Burke Harris – Founder and CEO, Center for Youth Wellness
  • James Heckman – Henry Schultz Distinguished Service Professor of Economics, University of Chicago
  • *Joan Lombardi – Director, Early Opportunities; Senior Advisor, the Buffett Early Childhood Fund; Senior Fellow, the Bernard van Leer Foundation
  • *Melvin Ming – President and CEO, Sesame Workshop D
  • Sendhil Mullainathan – Professor of Economics, Harvard University; Founder of ideas42
  • *Kris Perry – Executive Director, First Five Years Fund
  • *Delia Pompa – Vice President for Education, National Council of La Raza
  • *Ralph Smith – Senior Vice President, Annie E. Casey Foundation
  • Deborah Stipek – Professor and former Dean, Stanford Graduate School of Education
  • *Dana L. Suskind – Professor of Surgery, University of Chicago; Director, the Pediatric Cochlear Implant Program; Founder and Director, the Thirty Million Words Initiative
  • *Sara Martinez Tucker – CEO, National Math + Science Initiative; Former Undersecretary, U.S. Department of Education
  • *Fred Volkmar – Director, Yale Child Study Center
  • *Jane Waldfogel – Compton Foundation Centennial Professor, Columbia University School of Social Work

*In attendance at meeting

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About Next Generation

Next Generation promotes solutions to two of the biggest challenges confronting the next generation of Americans: The risk of dangerous climate change, and the threat of diminished prospects for children and families. Through the use of non-partisan research, policy development, and strategic communications, we identify strategies that help deploy clean, advanced energy technologies; we also work to ensure a level playing field from which today’s kids can build a brighter future.

Learn more at www.thenextgeneration.org, www.facebook.com/thenextgeneration.org and on Twitter @nextgen_USA.

About The Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation

The Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation builds partnerships of great purpose between businesses, governments, NGOs, and individuals everywhere to deliver lasting solutions and empower people to live better lives. Because of our work, 18,000 American schools are providing kids with healthy food choices in an effort to eradicate childhood obesity; 21,000 African farmers have improved their crops to feed 30,000 people; 248 million tons of greenhouse gas emissions are being reduced in cities worldwide; more than 5,000 people have been trained in marketable job skills in Colombia; more than 5 million people have benefited from lifesaving HIV/AIDS medications; and members of the Clinton Global Initiative have made nearly 2,300 Commitments to Action to improve more than 400 million lives around the world.

Learn more at http://www.clintonfoundation.org, and on Twitter @ClintonFdn.

 

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Clinton Global Initiative 2013 Participants Announced

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This came in from CGI today.  There will be occasional updates over the next several months, but it is a blockbuster of a beginning!

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President Barack Obama, Christine Lagarde, Sheryl Sandberg, and Archbishop Desmond Tutu Among More than 1,000 Global Leaders to Join President Clinton, Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, and Chelsea Clinton for Ninth Annual Meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative

Top business, government, and NGO leaders and philanthropists, including Bono, lead singer, U2, and co-founder, ONE and (RED); Winnie Byanyima, executive director, Oxfam International; Mo Ibrahim, founder and chairman, Mo Ibrahim Foundation; Antony Jenkins, group chief executive, Barclays PLC; Tawakkol Karman, 2011 recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize and founder, Women Journalists Without Chains; Bill McDermott, co-chief executive officer, SAP AG; Arne M. Sorenson, president and CEO, Marriott International, Inc., and others to explore ‘Mobilizing for Impact’ at 2013 CGI Annual Meeting, September 23-26 in New York City

NEW YORK – Today, President Bill Clinton, Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, and Chelsea Clinton announced the program and participants for the ninth Annual Meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI), to be held September 23-26 in New York City.

President Barack Obama, 44th President of the United States; Christine Lagarde, managing director, International Monetary Fund; Sheryl Sandberg, chief operating officer, Facebook; and Desmond M. Tutu, archbishop emeritus and chairman of the Elders, will join more than 1,000 CGI members and leaders from business, government, the nonprofit sector, and philanthropy to create solutions to some of the world’s most pressing challenges.

Featured participants at the 2013 CGI Annual Meeting will also include His Excellency Sheikh Abdullah Al Thani, chairman, Ooredoo Group; Feng An, president, Innovation Center for Energy and Transportation; Matt Bannick, managing partner, Omidyar Network; Cherie Blair, founder, Cherie Blair Foundation for Women; Bono, lead singer, U2, co-founder, ONE and (RED); Winnie Byanyima, executive director, Oxfam International; Gary M. Cohen, executive vice president, Becton, Dickinson and Company (BD); Robert Collymore, chief executive officer, Safaricom Limited; Esther Duflo, Abdul Latif Jameel Professor of Poverty Alleviation and Development, MIT, director, Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL); Regina E. Dugan, senior vice president, advanced technology and projects, Motorola Mobility; Tony Elumelu, chairman, Heirs Holdings Limited; Hikmet Ersek, president and CEO, the Western Union Company; Linda J. Fisher, vice president, safety, health & environment, and chief sustainability officer, DuPont; Helene D. Gayle, president and CEO, CARE; Adrian Gore, chief executive officer, Discovery Holdings Limited; Aldi Haryopratomo, co-founder and CEO, Rekan Usaha Mikro Anda (Ruma); Mo Ibrahim, founder and chairman, Mo Ibrahim Foundation; Antony Jenkins, group chief executive, Barclays PLC; Tawakkol Karman, founder, Women Journalists Without Chains; Kay Krill, president and CEO, ANN INC.; Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, president and CEO, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation; Rose Marcario, chief executive officer, Patagonia Works; Eduardo Martinez, president, the UPS Foundation; Bill McDermott, co-chief executive officer, SAP AG; Satyan Mishra, co-founder, Drishtee; Radha Muthiah, executive director, Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves; Mark Newton, vice president, corporate social responsibility and sustainability, the Timberland Company; Tracy Palandjian, co-founder and CEO, Social Finance, Inc.; Bre Pettis, chief executive officer, Makerbot Industries; Bunker Roy, founder, the Barefoot College; Soraya Salti, president and CEO of Middle East and North Africa, Junior Achievement Worldwide, INJAZ Al-Arab; S.D. Shibulal, managing director and CEO, Infosys Limited; Arne M. Sorenson, president and CEO, Marriott International, Inc.; Faith Taylor, senior vice president, sustainability and innovation, Wyndham Worldwide; Halla Tomasdottir, founder and chair, Sisters Capital; Zhang Xinsheng, president, International Union for Conservation of Nature; and Gabi Zedlmayer, vice president, sustainability and social innovation, Hewlett-Packard, among others.

Members at the Annual Meeting develop commitments: new, specific, and measurable plans to address one of the world’s most pressing challenges, in areas ranging from Environmental Stewardship to Education & Workforce Development to Global Health. Convening under the 2013 theme Mobilizing for Impact, participants will explore how to create lasting and scalable success in their commitment efforts by effectively leveraging people, partner organizations, and key resources.

Plenary session topics at the 2013 Annual Meeting include:

  • Impact Giving and Investing, which will explore how members can engage philanthropists, investors, social entrepreneurs, and NGOs to comprehensively and most effectively take on global issues;
  • Healthier Futures: Prioritizing Prevention, which will highlight ways to put prevention at the center of the health debate, invest in more economical measures to address non-communicable diseases, and use behavioral economics to encourage change at home and on the job;
  • Women Decision-Makers in The Global Economy, which will provide strategies to boost women’s access to decision-making positions in environments ranging from small businesses to the boardroom;
  • Vital Resources: Doing More with Less, which will address how individuals, communities, and businesses around the world can work together to bridge the gap in the supply and the demand for natural resources;
  • Creating Business at the Base of the Pyramid, which will highlight successful business models that have led to both profitable markets and considerable social benefits, and how to accelerate the creation of these business opportunities by harnessing mobile technology; and
  • Game-Changers in Technology, which will address how to successfully apply the next generation of innovation technology – such as 3D printing, crowdsourcing, and gamefication – in developing solutions to current global challenges.

In addition to the Annual Meeting’s plenary sessions, CGI members will also engage in networking, partnering, and learning opportunities through a variety of engaging formats, including highly interactive design workshops, commitment-based community dialogues, pitch sessions, and conversations with global leaders, which will be moderated by Fareed Zakaria, host of “CNN-GPS”; Charlie Rose, host of “Charlie Rose”; Piers Morgan, host of CNN’s “Piers Morgan Tonight”; and Maria Bartiromo, anchor of CNBC’s “Closing Bell with Maria Bartiromo” and “On the Money with Maria Bartiromo,” and taped for broadcast.

Please visit http://www.clintonglobalinitiative.org/ourmeetings/2013/ regularly for the latest program details and list of participants. Follow us on Twitter @ClintonGlobal and Facebook at facebook.com/clintonglobalinitiative for meeting news and highlights. The event hashtag is #CGI2013.

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President Clinton Announces Record Results for CGI America 2013

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June 14, 2013

President Clinton Announces Record Results at 2013 Clinton Global Initiative America Meeting

President Bill Clinton and NJ Governor Chris Christie Conclude the Meeting with a One-on-One Conversation

2014 CGI America meeting to convene in Denver, Colorado

CHICAGO – This year, CGI America attendees developed 74 new commitments valued at more than $1.6 billion, which aim to positively impact the lives of more than 2 million people in the United States. The two-day gathering attracted nearly 1,000 leaders of government, business, philanthropy, and NGOs dedicated to improving the nation’s long-term competitiveness. President Bill Clinton, Former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, and Chelsea Clinton announced that, after three years in Chicago, the next CGI America meeting will convene in Denver in 2014. President Clinton and New Jersey Governor Chris Christie closed the meeting with a conversation on leadership, cooperation, and collaboration.

“Over the past few days, I’ve seen new partnerships formed and meaningful commitments made that will make a difference in the lives of more than 2 million people,” said President Clinton. “Thanks to these commitments, more than $1.4 billion of new capital will be invested in or loaned to small- and medium-sized enterprises, more than a quarter million people will have improved access to STEM education, and more than 1.2 million tons of greenhouse gasses will be avoided. The work of these dedicated leaders is a great example of what’s working and why collaboration is crucial for lasting success.”

“Over the years, there have been 2,600 concrete Commitments to Action at CGI,” said Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton. “I traveled the world quite extensively, the last four years. One of the lessons I took away is that this model of partnerships and commitments is at the heart of what we need to do to meet the challenges of the twenty-first century.”

“CGI America participants have raised the bar by developing a record number of commitments before the meeting began, in addition to creating 50 other commitments and tangible action plans here on-site,” said Chelsea Clinton. “Over the past two days, the collective dedication to creating the sorts of opportunities everyone in America deserves and our future needs is truly inspiring.”

Throughout the meeting, attendees generated Commitments to Action: new, specific, and measurable plans to address an economic challenge facing the United States. Some of the commitments announced today will help expand America’s advanced manufacturing sector, make Tennessee the first state to provide comprehensive transition services for all youth who “age out” of foster care, and launch an $11 million fund for healthy food enterprises in rural and urban communities.

When fully funded and implemented, these new CGI America commitments will ensure that:

  • More than 10,000 jobs will be created or filled. Among these, nearly 1,500 are specifically indicated as clean/green jobs.
  • More than $1.4 billion of new capital will be invested in or loaned to small- and medium-sized enterprises.
  • More than 4,500 small- or medium-sized enterprises will receive non-monetary support, such as assistance developing business plans and pro bono consulting, technical training, and access to new markets.
  • More than 250,000 people will have improved access to capital and financial services.
  • More than 212,000 students will gain access to STEM education opportunities.
  • More than 10,000 youth will gain access to mentoring.
  • More than 10,000 teachers will be trained or gain new skills.
  • More than $190 million of new capital will be invested in green initiatives.
  • More than 1.2 million tons of greenhouse gasses will be avoided, mostly through building retrofits and energy efficiency efforts.

Bloomberg anchor Trish Regan hosted discussions for broadcast on Bloomberg TV on America’s energy security and getting capital off the sidelines, featuring Ellen Kullman, chair of the board and CEO of Dupont; Jim Rogers, chairman, president, and CEO of Duke Energy Corporation; Wesley Clark, chairman and CEO of Wesley K. Clark & Associates; Gary D. Cohn, president and COO of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.; Mark Cuban, entrepreneur; and Valerie Jarrett, senior advisor to the president, the White House.

In a session moderated by Ali Velshi, business anchor of Al Jazeera America, Houston Mayor Annise Parker, Jessica Jackley, venture partner at the Collaborative Fund, and Bill Simon, president and CEO of Walmart U.S., discussed what collaborations are required to ensure the country’s global competitiveness in the twentieth century.

For more information, including the full program, visit cgiamerica.org. Follow us on Twitter @ClintonGlobal and Facebook at facebook.com/clintonglobalinitiative for meeting news and highlights. The event hashtag is #CGIAmerica.

The following new commitments and progress reports were announced today:

Aligning Educational Pathways to Jobs & Careers
Commitment By: Business Roundtable
Partners: The Joyce Foundation; Lumina Foundation for Education, Inc.; Siemens AG; ACT Foundation
In 2013, the Business Roundtable committed to develop a summary of the U.S. job market to get a clearer picture of the current and potential role of industry-recognized certifications in order to address the skills gap. This summary will identify common elements among identified credentials, occupations and skills that are in-demand. The findings of the project will be utilized to inform the Business Roundtable’s action and advocacy efforts. A final report will be produced to advise the Business Roundtable’s future work on the creation of industry standards, in sectors where they do not exist, in order to address the skills mismatch. This work hopes to encourage industry leaders to take a leadership role in setting competency standards.

American DreamBuilder: The Women’s Business Creator
Commitment By: Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc.
Partners: Thunderbird School of Global Management; Bluedrop Performance Learning; Fresh Start Women’s Foundation
In 2013, Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold, The Thunderbird School of Global Management, and BlueDrop Performance Learning committed to build off the success of their 2011 Commitment to Action that launched the DreamBuilder program in Latin America by bringing the program to the United States. The DreamBuilder program consists of 12 online business courses and a virtual support network that will be provided at no cost to at least 4,500 women in Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Texas, giving these women the training and support they need to launch their own businesses.

Serving Our Female Vets/Military Families
Commitment By: Grace Institute
Partners: Rick Miners; Jeri Sedlar; Sheila Casey; Ariela Keysar; Eileen Lynch; Saundra Thomas; Eviction Intervention Services; Continuum Health Partners; OC61 Salon and Spa; Goldman, Sachs & Co.; Blue Star Families; General Belinda Pinckney; Women Veteran’s Interactive; Linear Media
In 2012, Grace Institute committed to tackling the issues of increasing homelessness and unemployment among female veterans. The Grace Institute aimed to enroll, train, and place in jobs 15 female veterans/female family members of veterans, who will be educated through the Grace Institute’s six-month, tuition-free job training program, offered support from Social Work staff, and provided access to numerous programs to aid in the transition to civilian life. The Grace Institute’s commitment to target specifically female veterans and military spouses and families has led to a significant increase in their representation within the program. The class that began in August 2012 admitted four female veterans and 16 military family members while the class that began in April 2013 includes four female veterans and 11 military family members. In total, 36 women have been admitted to the program to-date and five have been placed into employment.

Expanding Jobs to Build On
Commitment By: Consortium for Worker Education
Partners: The New York City Council; Kingsborough Community College Association, Inc.; City University of New York (CUNY); Nontraditional Employment for Women (NEW); South Bronx Overall Economic Development Corporation (SoBRO); East River Development Alliance; Henry Street Settlement; Brooklyn Workforce Innovations (BWI)
In 2011, The Consortium for Worker Education committed to scaling its Jobs to Build On (JtBO) program, which will place 1,250 New York City residents in full-time, living wage occupations – jobs paying $10.50 per hour with employee health benefits and $11.50 per hour without – and provide them with follow-up tracking and retention services for one year. CWE’s CGI Commitment to Action ran from July 1st, 2011 to June 20, 2012, during which a total of 3,076 individuals received workforce preparation, 1,482 individuals were placed in employment opportunities, and 922 entered training programs. Participants gained employment in nearly every industrial sector, including transportation, healthcare, travel and tourism, construction and building maintenance, administration, civil service, and the emerging green industries.

Engaging and Mentoring Youth Thru Culinary Arts
Commitment By: Emeril Lagasse Foundation
Partners: Liberty’s Kitchen, Inc.
In 2013, the Emeril Lagasse Foundation committed to investing in the expansion and scaling of Liberty’s Kitchen. Liberty’s Kitchen will relocate to a much larger space as part of the ReFresh Project in New Orleans, and as a result of increased operational space they will serve an additional 200 under resourced youth over two years in foodservice training and employment connections. As part of Liberty’s Kitchen social enterprise model, food prepared by trainees will provide an additional 4,000 healthy meals for school children in New Orleans.

National Database of Black Businesses
Commitment By: U.S. Black Chambers, Inc.
Partners: Dell Inc.; ESRI
In 2013, the U.S. Black Chambers, Inc. (USBC) committed to creating an online database of African-American businesses in the United States. The USBC seeks to include 10,000 businesses in the database within the next 12 months. With this commitment, USBC will leverage its membership of over 240,000 businesses and its strategic partnership with national organizations to become the repository for Black business statistics. This database will serve as a resource for corporations, business owners, consumers, and other stakeholders to make more informed business decisions.

EMPOWERHER: Reinventing and Restoring communities
Commitment By: Dress for Success
Partners: The Fortune Society; Grace Institute; Foodbank for New York; Sanctuary for Families; Phoenix House
In 2013, Dress for Success Worldwide committed to address the reintegration and reemployment needs of formerly incarcerated women by creating and implementing the EmPowerHER pilot program to provide a framework for the reentry and restoration of these women into their communities. By collaborating with reentry programs to broaden and deepen support networks and implementing the Going Places Network by Walmart and the Professional Women’s Group, EmPowerHER will provide a continuum of services to women at all phases of the journey and address the unique circumstances facing this population while they transition effectively into the workforce.

Creating Veteran-Owned Coops for Deep Energy Retrofits
Commitment By: Building Performance Contractors Association of NY State
Partners: Cooperative Development Institute; State of New York; Green Workers Cooperative Academy
In 2013, as a dual effort to provide sustainable career pathways for veterans and reduce energy waste in American homes, the Building Performance Contractors Association of New York State (BPCA) committed to developing a veteran-owned cooperative business to perform deep energy retrofits in New York. This pilot start-up will create 15 new jobs and complete 24 home retrofits in one year. Through the launch of this initial coop, BPCA will create the infrastructure, which will include operational resources for business development as well as training and mentor support, for a scalable and replicable model that can be used across other communities in the U.S.

Empowering Workers to Save and Invest in their Futures
Commitment By: EARN
Partners: SaveUp; Citigroup Inc.
In 2013, EARN committed to improving savings and wealth creation for low-income communities with incentive-based savings tools that will foster lifelong savings habits, skill building, and secure financial assets among low-wage workers. Through a new mobile-enabled online platform, EARN will open 10,000 new rewards savings accounts over the next three years for targeted individuals who have no previous history of savings but aspire to reach short- and long-term financial goals. This commitment is a part of a larger scaled expansion for EARN to help 1 million low-wage workers save $1 billion by the year 2022.

Preventing Summer Reading Loss with Mobile Technology
Commitment By: Kids Read Now
Partners: One Call Now; Leib and Barbara Lurie Foundation; City of Piqua; City of Vandalia; United Way of Troy, Ohio
In 2013, Kids Read Now committed to expanding a research-driven program to address summer reading loss for first- through third-graders in Southwest Ohio. Every Sunday night, the family will receive a phone call or text message via One Call Now communications technology, which the student responds to with the title of the book he or she read and how much he or she enjoyed the book of their choosing. When the data is received by Kids Read Now, the next book will be mailed. If the student continues to read every week, he or she can earn all nine books on their list. Students will be tested as they exit school in the spring and again as they enter school in the fall to measure summer learning loss. The short-term goal is for all children participating in the Kids Read Now program to enter the school year reading at grade level. The long-term outcome will be all participating children reading at grade level by the time they enter fourth grade. When brought to scale, this commitment will reach over 18,000 children in first through third grades by 2015.

Inspiring a New Generation of Entrepreneurs and Innovators 
Commitment By: The National Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Partners: Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation; Make Media; New York Hall of Science; Maker Education Initiative
In 2013, the National Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation (NCEI) committed to create an exhibition space near the National Mall in Washington, D.C., to celebrate entrepreneurship and innovation in America. The NCEI envisions this space opening by 2024 and reaching a significant share of the 30 million visitors who come to the Mall each year. Over the next three years, the NCEI will also conduct programs to reach 50,000 youth with in-person experiences that foster interest in entrepreneurship. Specifically, the NCEI will engage class trips to Washington, D.C., in a unique curriculum featuring design and 3D printing workshops as well as meetings with entrepreneurs. It will also begin convening a Young Makers on the Mall celebration every summer.

Appalachian Community Capital
Commitment By: Appalachian Regional Commission; Kentucky Highlands Investment Corporation; Deutsche Bank AG; Pathway Lending; Virginia Community Capital
Partners: Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation, Inc.; Bank of America Corporation; Blue Moon Fund; State of Virginia; Mountain Association for Community Economic Development; Alternatives Federal Credit Union; Mountain BizWorks; The Progress Fund; Access to Capital for Entrepreneurs; Appalachian Development Corp; Appalachian Development Corp; Natural Capital Investment Fund
In 2013, the Appalachian Regional Commission, along with local Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) and philanthropic and bank investors, committed to establish a new financial intermediary, Appalachia Community Capital, and help capitalize it with $42 million. Over the next 24 months, this new financial intermediary will leverage $233 million of private bank capital and help create 2,200 jobs throughout the Appalachian region. Appalachian Community Capital will significantly increase business lending in Appalachia by pooling the capital needs of its members, attracting investors at a larger scale, and providing a simplified vehicle for impact investors; dramatically reducing underwriting and servicing costs associated with investing in individual CDFIs. Additionally, the new institution will facilitate sharing of best practices between new and emerging Appalachian loan funds and bring new and needed financial products to the region. Ultimately, this capital will support growing loan demand in a variety of sectors including agriculture, energy, health care, and manufacturing.

Mobilizing STEM Professionals to Mentor Students
Commitment By: US2020
Partners: Hewlett-Packard Company; Tata Consultancy Services Ltd.; Cisco; Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation; NCTAF
In 2013, US2020 and a wide range of partners committed to the launch of the US2020 City Competition, a contest through which cities and counties will develop and submit plans to significantly increase the number of local STEM professionals who mentor students. After selecting up to five winning cities, US2020 will give those cities additional resources to operationalize their plans as US2020 pilot cities and will publically recognize their efforts so as to encourage others to follow their lead. Additionally, US2020 and its partners will work nationally to match STEM professionals with mentoring opportunities via an online matching platform as part of a larger movement to greatly increase STEM mentorship across the country. These efforts will enable at least 5,000 STEM field professionals to mentor a minimum of 10,000 students and provide them with increased opportunities to develop the skills they will need to be the inventors and technologists of the future.

Mobilizing for 20,000 Excellent New STEM Teachers  
Commitment By: Carnegie Corporation of New York
Partners: American Museum of Natural History; Ashoka Changemakers; Citizen Schools; Baltimore City Public Schools; Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard; Creative Commons; Google Inc.; The National Science Foundation; KIPP Houston; EnCorps; Good Corps; DSST Public Schools; DSST Public Schools; IDEA Public Schools, and many others.
In 2011, the Carnegie Corporation, along with a wide range of partners, committed to identifying and funding programs that focus on recruiting and training 20,000 new STEM teachers within three years, while supporting existing STEM educators. To do this, Carnegie and its partners planned to create a funding pool valued at a minimum of $20 million and invite relevant programs to apply. The commitment, now known as 100Kin10, has progressed significantly since its launch in 2011. After having exceeded the initial goal of $20 million by $4 million, the campaign launched a second fund that has raised $7.5 million to date, with a target goal of $20 million by June of 2013. In addition, the network has surpassed 130 partner organizations. As a result of the growing movement, over 7,000 STEM teachers have been recruited and trained, with thousands more supported and retained to date. Partners have committed to training more than 35,000 new teachers on the way to their goal of training 100,000 by 2021.

Joint Wind Power Development Project on Tribal Lands
Commitment By: Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe; Crow Creek Sioux Tribe; Yankton Sioux Tribe; Rosebud Sioux Tribe; Oglala Sioux Tribe
Partners: Arent Fox LLP; Herron Consulting LLC; Intertribal Council on Utility Policy; Rally; Liati Group LLC; Bush Foundation; Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors
In 2013, five Sioux Tribes in South Dakota committed to the formation of the Oceti Sakowin Power Authority, a multi-tribal Power Authority, with the purpose of designating Tribally-owned land for a wind farm and transmission facilities. The Sioux Tribes committed to the creation of the Power Authority and the pre-development phase of a longer-term project to finance, develop, and operate a 1,000 megawatt utility-scale wind power and transmission system across the South Dakota Sioux Reservations. The creation of the Power Authority will uniquely allow the Sioux Tribes to own the wind and transmission assets and distribute the surplus revenue to its member Tribes.

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Clintons Announce Denver as Host of CGI America 2014

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June 14, 2013

 

President Bill Clinton, Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, and Chelsea Clinton Announce Denver, Colorado as Host of 2014 CGI America Meeting

 

4th Meeting of CGI America will bring leaders from business, government, NGOs, and foundations together in Denver to develop solutions to major social, economic, and environmental challenges in the United States

 

New York – President Bill Clinton, Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Chelsea Clinton announced today that the Clinton Global Initiative will hold its fourth CGI America meeting in June 2014 in Denver, Colorado.

 

“When we began CGI America, I imagined it as an initiative that could travel across the country to highlight the importance of working collectively to meet our common challenges on domestic issues that affect us all,” said President Clinton. “I’m grateful to Chicago for getting us started and know that Denver is the right place to continue our work. Last year alone, Denver added 12,250 new jobs, 15,000 new residents, and 1,000 new businesses and is home to one of the most vibrant communities of NGOs.”

 

“Colorado’s commitment to healthy communities, culture and the environment makes our state the perfect host for CGI America,” Gov. Hickenlooper said. “We believe our Western venue will attract the world’s foremost leaders to share new ideas and tackle some of the most pressing global issues.”

 

“Denver could not be more proud to host this conference that harnesses innovation in local government, identifies real-time solutions to fight back from the Great Recession, and helps cities succeed in the global marketplace,” Mayor Hancock said. “Denver has a strong entrepreneurial spirit paired with a sincere dedication to collaboration that creates a solid foundation to support CGI’s goals of promoting economic recovery in the U.S.”

 

Local civic leaders, Steve Farber and Steve Bachar, who joined President Clinton, Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Chelsea Clinton on stage, have mobilized a group of Denver-based organizations to help bring the meeting to the Mile High City next year, also welcome CGI to this thriving city where communities work collaboratively to tackle their toughest challenges.

 

For more information, visit cgiamerica.org. Follow us on Twitter @ClintonGlobal and Facebook at facebook.com/clintonglobalinitiative for upcoming meeting news and highlights.

 

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