Subject: Clinton Foundation News & Guidance
From: Clinton Foundation Press Office <[email-masked]>
To: Clinton Foundation Press Office <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2016 23:43:20 +0000

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

Clinton Foundation launches digital 2015 Annual Report
Last week we released our Annual Report for 2015<http://2015.clintonfoundation.org/>. This report shows the impact that our programs have had in the last year through stories of those around the world who are benefitting from our work. It also shows the progress that these programs have made over the past year, reaching more people. For example:

·         The Clinton Development Initiative has reached more farmers, in total helping improve the incomes and livelihoods of 105,000 farmers as of 2015, up from 85,000 the year before;

·         The Clinton Giustra Enterprise Partnership has expanded its reach to impact the lives of 450,000 through market opportunities created by social enterprises in Latin America, the Caribbean, and South Asia;

·         The Alliance for a Healthier Generation has broadened its work to more than 31,000 schools in 50 states providing students with healthier foods and more physical activity in an effort to decrease childhood obesity.
Read the Annual Report at 2015.clintonfoundation.org<http://2015.clintonfoundation.org/>

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CGI Winter Meeting Participant Hamdi Ulukaya on Business’ Role in Tackling the Refugee Crisis
Last week, President Clinton announced the 2016 Annual Meeting theme “Partnering for Global Prosperity” at the CGI Winter Meeting. After the one-on-one conversation with President Clinton, Mic interviewed Hamdi Ulukaya, Founder and CEO of Chobani and Founder of Tent Foundation, was interviewed by Mic<http://mic.com/articles/134406/chobani-ceo-hamdi-ulukaya-has-a-message-on-refugees-every-business-needs-to-hear#.EcQWGD1Dz>. Hamdi discussed how the businesses community can work together to tackle the Syrian refugee crisis.

“Ulukaya spoke after appearing alongside former President Bill Clinton on Thursday afternoon at the annual Clinton Global Initiative Winter Meeting for a discussion on his work on the refugee crisis.

…‘I've seen it with my own eyes and in my own factories,’ Ulukaya told Mic. ‘When refugees move in a magnitude like this, something happens that they become more aware, more dedicated and harder working. If they're accepted into the community, they'll do whatever [they can] to help the community.’”

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Chelsea Clinton: Meet 3 Young Leaders Who Are Transforming the Health Industry
Chelsea Clinton wrote a piece on Medium<https://medium.com/@ClintonFdn/meet-3-young-leaders-who-are-transforming-the-health-industry-d002b486a916#.8mrekrvxu> highlighting three young 2016 Health Matters Summit participants who are transforming the health industry.

“At this year’s Summit, many of our conversations included and highlighted young industry leaders who are playing a greater role than ever in the discussions and solutions, reflecting a larger trend that has us at the Clinton Foundation excited. Through the Foundation’s various initiatives — including the students who gather each year for Clinton Global Initiative University (CGI U) — we have seen, heard and supported young social entrepreneurs drive some of the social sector’s most promising efforts to reduce health disparities around the world.”

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Former CGI U Student discusses Winter Meeting “Invest in Her” Working Group Session
Former CGI U student Samir Goel authored a piece for Mogul<https://onmogul.com/stories/invest-in-her-means-more-than-money> on the key takeaways from the CGI Winter Meeting working group session “Invest in Her.”

“Last week I had the opportunity to attend the Clinton Global Initiative Winter Meeting and participate in the working session titled “Invest In Her.”

“…Coming full-circle: the wage-gap is an extension of the biases that are ingrained from early ages. Women are not worse negotiators than men, they are simply not encouraged to be aggressive or value themselves as highly. Imagine if at age 4 a girl was asked about building legos, at age 12 the economy, and age 18 her dream. Investing in her does not mean creating quotas for jobs and investment, it means believing in HER.”

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Transforming Cultures and How to Overcome the Gender Gap in STEM
Terri McCullough, director of the Clinton Foundation’s No Ceilings initiative, penned an op-ed in Fortune<http://fortune.com/2016/02/06/myth-women-tech/> in response to the question “What do you think is the most significant barrier to female leadership?” The piece outlines the gains that girls and women have made in the last twenty years and the gaps that still remain with a particular focus on the gender gap in STEM. The piece was also featured in Fortune’s Broadsheet<http://fortune.com/2016/02/08/the-broadsheet-february-8th/> on Monday.

“We know more than ever about the progress women have made, and how far we still have to go. While women’s representation in the private sector has improved over the past 20 years, gender inequality still persists at every level. The chasms are especially prevalent in tech, and in areas such as computer science, the gap is actually worsening…Data from No Ceilings: The Full Participation Project at the Clinton Foundation, reveal that while women earn the majority of all undergraduate degrees in the U.S., they earn only 18% of computer science degrees, down from a high of 37% in 1984. A 22-cent gender wage gap persists, and women continue to spend a disproportionate amount of time on unpaid work.”

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In Case You Missed It:

·         Forbes highlighted<http://www.forbes.com/sites/brucelee/2016/01/30/bill-clinton-part-ii/#574b44da4ca7> President Clinton’s work tackling some of the biggest health issues facing the United States today. The story discusses the 2016 Health Matters Summit and CHMI’s work to combat prescription drug abuse, mental health problems and health disparities.

·         In continuing coverage of Adapt Pharma and CHMI’s collaboration to offer a free carton of Narcan, a nasal spray that quickly reverses heroin overdose, to all high schools in the U.S., the Philadelphia Inquirer<http://mobile.philly.com/beta?wss=/philly/education&id=367249101>, Lancaster Online<http://lancasteronline.com/news/local/all-pa-schools-to-get-limited-doses-of-heroin-antidote/article_a8d58b5c-c911-11e5-b0ea-3fea81c665e2.html>, NBC 10<http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/health/Pennsylvania-High-Schools-Narcan-Heroin-Antidote-367331471.html?_osource=SocialFlowFB_PHBrand>, and NJ.com<http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2016/02/pennsylvania_becomes_first_state_to_provide_school.html> wrote about how Pennsylvania will be the first state to supply the live-saving antidote.

·         Devex posted a piece<https://www.devex.com/news/does-development-need-virtual-reality-87657> about the development sector’s growing use of virtual reality media. The piece highlights CGI’s virtual reality film, “Inside Impact,”<https://www.facebook.com/clintonglobalinitiative/videos/10153250212525318/> including a video interview with the producer of the film.

·         To commemorate National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (Feb. 7), theGrio published this op-ed<http://thegrio.com/2016/02/05/black-church-hiv-aids-awareness-stigma/> from Pastor John Faison Sr. about the CGI commitment made by the NAACP and Gilead Sciences to significantly scale up their initiative, The Black Church and HIV: The Social Justice Imperative.

·         We announced the newest class of Presidential Leadership Scholars. The Presidential Leadership Scholars program<http://www.presidentialleadershipscholars.org/> is a leadership development initiative that draws upon the resources of the presidential centers of Lyndon B. Johnson, George H.W. Bush, William J. Clinton, and George W. Bush. The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette wrote<http://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2016/feb/03/61-picked-as-2016-s-leadership-scholars/?f=news-arkansas> about the program and the scholars selected for the 2016 class, including two Arkansans.

Finally, an article in the Washington Post<https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/clinton-foundation-received-subpoena-from-state-department-investigators/2016/02/11/ca5125b2-cce4-11e5-88ff-e2d1b4289c2f_story.html> reported the Clinton Foundation received a subpoena from State Department investigators last fall. Here are the facts:

-          The Clinton Foundation is not the focus of the probe.

-          As the story makes clear, the focus of the subpoena is narrow and is not about the important, life-changing work of the Clinton Foundation.

-          Numerous charity watchdogs have rated the Foundation highly on its work, management, transparency and accountability. The American Institute of Philanthropy’s “Charity Watch” awarded the Clinton Foundation an “A” rating<http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/clinton-foundation-factcheck-org-donations/2015/06/19/id/651411/> for its financial performance, noting that the Foundation spent 89 percent of its 2013 expenses on charitable programs and activities, and GuideStar<http://www.guidestar.org/profile/31-1580204> has lauded the Foundation for our "commitment to data transparency."