Subject: Clinton Foundation News & Guidance 9/4/15
From: Clinton Foundation Press Office <[email-masked]>
To: Clinton Foundation Press Office <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 2015 18:38:04 +0000

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

President Clinton Marks the 10th Anniversary of Hurricane Katrina

President Clinton was in New Orleans over the weekend to help commemorate the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. Read a transcript of his remarks<https://medium.com/cgi-voices/the-power-of-community-a-katrina-10-commemoration-aa891822b906> at the Katrina10 event on the Clinton Foundation's Medium page. You can also read coverage of President Clinton's visit to New Orleans here<http://www.nola.com/katrina/index.ssf/2015/08/bill_clinton_recounts_love_of.html> and here<http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/252264-bill-clinton-celebrate-tonight-new-orleans>.

"What I want you to think about is, what do we owe the memory of those didn't make it? What do we owe the sacrifice and effort of those who risked their lives to save those who survived? What do we owe those who passed away in the last 10 years, who did everything they possibly could to bring New Orleans back and give it a better future?"

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Cleaner Energy is Cheaper Energy for Island Nations

On Tuesday, Reuters published an article about climate change's effects on island nations and how the Clinton Climate Initiative's Islands Energy Program<http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/09/01/us-islands-climatechange-energy-idUSKCN0R13BB20150901> is helping to develop sustainable, renewable energy solutions.

"Dymphna van der Lans, CEO of the Clinton Climate Initiative (CCI), which is working with around a dozen Caribbean and East African island nations to develop and roll out renewable energy strategies, said there was both a moral and economic imperative for such states to transition away from costly diesel imports."

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Chelsea Clinton: "We cannot equate progress with success"

Chelsea co-authored an op-ed for CNN<http://www.cnn.com/2015/09/01/opinions/clinton-sridhar-ebola-public-health/> about the successes surrounding vaccinations for children and the need to devote more resources towards addressing child survival in Africa.

"This is also why the Clinton Health Access Initiative, Partners in Health and other organizations are working with the World Bank to support Liberia's health workforce program so that when the next outbreak occurs -- whether it's Ebola or something else -- it does not become an epidemic."

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Empowering Local Leadership and Leveraging Resources in New Orleans
In an op-ed that appeared in Huffington Post<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/latoya-cantrell/broadmoor-lives-on-how-a-_b_8066388.html> and Medium<https://medium.com/cgi-voices/bringing-sound-back-to-broadmoor-how-we-saved-our-new-orleans-neighborhood-8e3d54c5c81f>, New Orleans City Council Member LaToya Cantrell wrote about how Clinton Global Initiative members came together after Katrina to help rebuild her neighborhood by empowering local leaders and leveraging resources to support the redevelopment plan. In the piece, she writes, "I realized that these commitment-makers not only understood our vision, but could add to it as well."

"Through CGI, the partners made a bold commitment to help rebuild Broadmoor by empowering our local leadership and leveraging resources to support our redevelopment plan."

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L.A. School Is Having Fun... and Getting Healthy
American Heart Associated CEO Nancy Brown authored a piece for Huffington Post<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/nancy-brown/la-school-is-having-fun_b_8064350.html> in which she shares stories about how school teachers across the U.S. are helping their students live healthier lives with help from the Alliance for a Healthier Generation. The Alliance was founded by the Clinton Foundation and the American Heart Association.

"Launched in 2006 with 231 schools in 13 states, through support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, [the Healthy Schools Program] now serves more than 29,000 schools in every state plus the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. It impacts more than 17 million students, making it the nation's most extensive effort to prevent childhood obesity in the place where kids spend so much of their time: school."

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CGI Commitment is Serving Up a Better Future
Through culinary education and training, a CGI Commitment to Action is serving up a better future for women immigrants in France. Read in the New Yorker<http://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/a-cooking-school-in-france-for-women-living-in-the-banlieues> how this commitment is offering "a pathway to self-sufficiency and social integration to marginalized immigrant women, many of whom raise children as single parents."

"Now entering its sixth year, the program is the brainchild of the celebrated French chef Alain Ducasse, who, as a member of the Clinton Global Initiative, was obliged to give something back to his community. 'I am in the field of cooking, so I wanted to give something related to that.'"

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Clinton Foundation Staff Update
We are excited to announce<http://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2015/09/03/chelsea-clintons-spokesman-kamyl-bazbaz-leaves-clinton-foundation/> that Erika Gudmundson, who has served as the Foundation's Deputy Director of Communications, will transition into the role of spokesperson for Chelsea Clinton at the end of the month. Though we're sad to see Kamyl Bazbaz leave us, we're confident that he will continue to do great things in the private sector.

In Case You Missed It:

*         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.

*         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 and highlighting the work of CGI members.

*         Last week, we announced initial speakers and program information for this year's CGI Annual Meeting. Check out the most up-to-date info here<https://www.clintonfoundation.org/clinton-global-initiative/meetings/annual-meetings/2015>.

*         On Women's Equality Day, No Ceilings released its newest data visualization on NoCeilings.org<http://noceilings.org/education-income/#GIN>.

*         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.

Have a great weekend!