Subject: Clinton Foundation News & Guidance 8/28/15
From: Clinton Foundation Press Office <[email-masked]>
To: Clinton Foundation Press Office <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2015 18:32:42 +0000

Hi everyone – we wanted to give you some updates on recent events, Foundation work, and announcements in the news this week and last.

Women’s Empowerment in Haiti

Refinery29<http://www.refinery29.com/2015/08/92969/chelsea-clinton-foundation-haiti-women-empowerment#.mfdbkf:4DM6> joined the Clinton Foundation on our recent trip to Haiti, where they got a firsthand look at our work there and what we’re doing to empower girls and women. We hope you’ll watch the video<http://www.refinery29.com/2015/08/92969/chelsea-clinton-foundation-haiti-women-empowerment#.mfdbkf:4DM6> that accompanies the piece as well.

“I think there is such a case for optimism about Haiti,” Chelsea says. “And also really about what women can do when we’re truly unfettered.” These female entrepreneurs strive for success not because it will bring them wealth or fame, but because with steady employment, they’re able to economically support not just their families but also other women as well.

Share this article on TWITTER here: https://twitter.com/ClintonFdn/status/636651853325975552
Share this article on FACEBOOK here: https://www.facebook.com/ClintonFoundation/posts/839346722853437

In New Orleans, Shifting the Focus from “Recovery to Innovation”

Yesterday, New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu wrote an op-ed published by Quartz<http://qz.com/489233/mitch-landrieu-what-weve-learned-in-the-decade-since-katrina/> commemorating the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. The piece highlights the work of President Clinton and CGI members to build back New Orleans following the storm. Retweet Mayor Landrieu’s op-ed here.

I had the opportunity to meet with [President Clinton] when he came down to New Orleans on behalf of the Bush-Clinton Katrina Fund following the hurricane and subsequent levee failures. He had recognized this moment as a global challenge rather than just a local disaster. It was then that we heard about his plans for the Clinton Global Initiative–a cross-sector platform that eventually transformed philanthropy and informed our efforts to put New Orleans back together.

Share this article on TWITTER here: https://twitter.com/ClintonGlobal/status/637023612877324288

Announcing CGI Annual Meeting Participants and Program

Yesterday, we announced initial speakers and program information for this year’s CGI Annual Meeting. President Bill Clinton and Chelsea Clinton will be joined September 26-29 in New York City by more than 1,000 of the most influential leaders from philanthropy, business, government, and civil society. Themed “The Future of Impact,” to define the next decade of solving global challenges and highlight the necessary next steps for accelerating progress going forward. Coinciding with the United Nations’ new Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), members of the CGI community will explore how to take action on issues like climate change, women’s equality, and global health.

Participants include Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan; Joyce Banda, Former President of the Republic of Malawi; Richard Branson, Founder Virgin Group & Virgin Unite; Jim Brett, President, West Elm; Ursula M. Burns, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Xerox Corporation; Kathy Calvin, President and CEO, United Nations Foundation; Bernice Dahn, Minister of Health, Republic of Liberia; Sylvia Earle, Founder and Chairman, The Sylvia Earle Alliance and National Geographic Society Explorer-in-Residence; Irakli Garibashvili, Prime Minister of Georgia; Hage Geingob, President of the Republic of Namibia; Ralph Gonsalves, Prime Minister of Saint Vincent and The Grenadines; Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović, President of the Republic of Croatia; Hugh Grant, Chairman and CEO, Monsanto Company; Ólafur R. Grímsson, President of Iceland; Atifete Jahjaga, President of the Republic of Kosovo; Jim Yong Kim, President, World Bank Group; Yang Lan, Chairman, Sun Media Group and Sun Culture Foundation; Jane Madgwick, Chief Executive Officer, Wetlands International; James A. Michel, President of Seychelles; Joseph Muscat, Prime Minister of the Republic of Malta; Enrique Peña Nieto, President of Mexico; Sean Parker, Chairman of the Parker Foundation‎; Frieda S. Pinto, Actor & Producer of Girl Rising; Edi Rama, Prime Minister of the Republic of Albania; Judith Rodin, President, The Rockefeller Foundation; Juan Manuel Santos Calderón, President, Republic of Colombia; Kailash Satyarthi, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, 2014; Maithripala Sirisena, President of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka; Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, President of the Republic of Liberia; Elizabeth Hausler Strand, Founder and CEO, Build Change; Neil deGrasse Tyson, Astrophysicist, American Museum of Natural History; Muhammad Yunus, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and Chairman, Yunus Centre; and more to be announced. Erin Burnett, anchor, “Erin Burnett OutFront”; Fareed Zakaria, host of CNN’s “Fareed Zakaria GPS” and Washington Post columnist; Becky Quick, co-anchor of CNBC’s “Squawk Box”; and Shane Smith, CEO and co-founder of Vice Media, will moderate special sessions for broadcast.

On the evening of Sunday, September 27th, the 9th Annual Clinton Global Citizen AwardsTM presented by Starkey Hearing Foundation will be held during a special ceremony to honor outstanding individuals for their exemplary leadership and groundbreaking work which has effected positive, lasting social change.

Remember to check our website<https://www.clintonfoundation.org/clinton-global-initiative/meetings/annual-meetings/2015> for the most up-to-date list. See the full press release on featured participants and programming here<https://www.clintonfoundation.org/press-releases/president-clinton-and-chelsea-clinton-convene-world-leaders-11th-clinton-global>, and share the news on Twitter here<https://twitter.com/ClintonGlobal/status/636972302131924992>.

Also check out what our friends and partners are tweeting:

·         Devex ‏@Devex <https://twitter.com/devex/status/636991404468793348>  Aug 27

We're heading to #CGI2015 next month! Excited to be bringing you news from this great lineup of speakers!

·         Alice Korngold ‏@Alicekorngold <https://twitter.com/alicekorngold/status/636978520279924736>  Aug 27

Excited 2participate @clintonglobal 4my 8th yr! Read re #CGI: http://amzn.to/1at3BcN  #ABetterWorldInc Join #CGI2015

Celebrating Progress and Identifying Gaps that Remain
On Women’s Equality Day, No Ceilings released its newest data visualization on NoCeilings.org<http://noceilings.org/education-income/#GIN>. It details the educational challenges faced by girls and boys in low-income households. Also, check out this TIME Magazine article<http://time.com/4010645/womens-equality-day/?utm_source=sf-fb&utm_medium=social>, which features an infographic<https://timedotcom.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/women-equality-day1.png?w=560&h=2800> based in part on data compiled by No Ceilings.

Share on TWITTER here: https://twitter.com/ClintonFdn/status/636595399185289216

Share on FACEBOOK here: https://www.facebook.com/ClintonFoundation/posts/839186326202810

Correcting Inaccuracies about the Foundation
Knowing the facts is important. In an article about Sen. Rand Paul’s trip to Haiti, the AP portrayed Paul’s claim that “almost none” of Foundation funding went to charity as an open question instead of debunked falsehood<http://mediamatters.org/research/2015/08/20/ap-presents-blatant-falsehood-about-clinton-cha/205059>.

The Associated Press presented Sen. Rand Paul's false attack that "almost none" of the Clinton Foundation's spending goes to charity as an unresolved, open question. But experts say the Clinton Foundation's charitable spending is "very good" by industry standards, and attacks like Paul's are "simply wrong" and amount "to a misunderstanding of how public charities work."

Share the fact check on TWITTER here: https://twitter.com/mmfa/status/634409641754013696

#ActionIsGreater in Haiti
Virgin Unite, the entrepreneurial foundation of the Virgin Group, profiled the Clinton Foundation’s lifesaving work in Haiti<http://www.virgin.com/unite/our-community/staffreads-rebuilding-haiti-with-arts-and-crafts> and our recent #ActionIsGreater campaign.

“The Clinton Foundation’s #ActionIsGreater campaign is an important reminder that although circumstances may appear insurmountable, when smart brains, big hearts and genuine commitment come together, life changing progress can be made.”

Share this article on TWITTER here: https://twitter.com/ClintonFdn/status/634454869361958912

CGI Commitment-Makers are “doing well by doing good.”
Yesterday, Fortune Magazine launched their “Change the World List: Companies that are doing well by doing good.”<http://fortune.com/2015/08/20/introducing-change-the-world-list/?xid=nl_daily> CGI worked with Fortune to develop the list, and a whopping 36 companies<http://fortune.com/change-the-world/> out of the 50 listed are CGI commitment-makers.

Share this article on TWITTER here: https://twitter.com/ClintonGlobal/status/634465305067040768

#Commit2Ten with the Alliance for a Healthier Generation
Chelsea Clinton talked to Yahoo Parenting<https://www.yahoo.com/parenting/chelsea-clinton-how-life-changed-the-moment-127483154557.html> about how to keep you family healthy and the Alliance for a Healthier Generation’s #Commit2Ten<http://commit2ten.org/> campaign, which encourages us all to add ten more minutes of physical activity every day.

Share this article on TWITTER here: https://twitter.com/ChelseaClinton/status/636548499719360512

CGEPartnership Connects Indian Farmers to Markets
The Clinton Giustra Enterprise Partnership is working with CropConnect Enterprises to streamline the farming process in India. See how this partnership empowers farmers and reduces agricultural waste in an article in Forbes.<http://www.forbes.com/sites/abehal/2015/08/18/in-indias-disorganized-agricultural-sector-a-connector-of-crops-to-markets/>

Partnering with former president Bill Clinton and Canadian philanthropist Frank Giustra’s Clinton Giustra Enterprise Partnership, [CropConnect Enterprises] is currently working to create joint platform across India’s often ignored northeastern states. They plan to introduce a crop cycle that allows farmers to maintain a sustainable business throughout the year by growing different types of fruits and vegetables.

Share this article on TWITTER here: https://twitter.com/ChelseaClinton/status/633793775849095168

CGI Commitment Proves that Tech Girls Rock
As part of a 2011 CGI Commitment to Action, CA Technologies partnered with the Boys & Girls Clubs of America for Tech Girls Rock, a program aimed at encouraging young women to enter the high tech world. Watch a video by The Balancing Act<http://www.thebalancingact.com/tech-girls-rock/> to see the program’s workshops and important work.

Share this article on TWITTER here: https://twitter.com/ClintonFdn/status/633707447455191041

Fashion Goes Green with the help of CGI U Students
Showing that sustainability can be boundless, CGI U students Lydia Baird and Willa Tsokanis of the Fashion Institute of Technology were featured in the Wall Street Journal<http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-latest-thing-in-green-1439936042> for their innovative textile composting system. Surprised how biodegradable textiles were often thrown away, the students developed a CGI U commitment showing how the fashion industry can more sustainable through textile composting.

Share this article on TWITTER here: https://twitter.com/ClintonFdn/status/634062337427795968
Share this article on FACEBOOK here: https://www.facebook.com/ClintonFoundation/posts/835718249882951

School District Wins Award from the Alliance for a Healthier Generations
Congratulations to Texas’ McAllen Independent School District for being the first school district<http://www.themonitor.com/news/local/mcallen-isd-first-district-to-gain-health-award-for-all/article_beb264b8-45fe-11e5-9489-6b3aae7e2a99.html> to have all of its schools recognized by the Alliance for a Healthier Generation. Last week, all 32 schools were awarded the 2015 National Healthy Schools Bronze Award. With the Alliance’s support, thousands of students in McAllen are living healthier lives.

In Case You Missed It:

·         President Clinton was featured on the cover of Inc. Magazine’s<http://www.inc.com/magazine/201509/james-ledbetter/inc-interview-bill-clinton.html> September issue.

·         LA Times<http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-golf-dwyre-20150827-story.html> wrote about the CareerBuilder Challenge PGA tournament, hosted in partnership with the Clinton Foundation.

·         As part of World Elephant Day yesterday, Clinton Foundation Vice Chair Chelsea Clinton authored an op-ed<http://www.aol.com/article/2015/08/12/chelsea-clinton-to-protect-africa-s-elephants-stop-the-demand/21221340/> for AOL titled “To protect Africa’s elephants, stop the demand.

Have a great weekend!