Subject: Clinton Foundation News & Guidance
From: Clinton Foundation Press Office <[email-masked]>
To: Clinton Foundation Press Office <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 26 Feb 2016 23:00:03 +0000

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

Clinton Climate Initiative Launches Women in Island Energy Leadership Network
The Thomson Reuters Foundation wrote a piece<http://news.trust.org/item/20160226145933-ly6r4/>, titled “It's time for women to take power in the global move toward clean energy,” spotlighting yesterday’s launch of the Clinton Climate Initiative’s Women in Island Energy Leadership Network. Chelsea Clinton helped launch this network, which is being led by CCI’s Islands Energy Program, by hosting a webinar with other female leaders in climate change. The webinar highlighted the challenges, opportunities, and innovations for advancing women’s leadership in the island energy sector.

“Just as renewable energy is beginning to take a much bigger share of the world energy market, the number of young women pursuing science and math degrees in the United States is falling…To help change that – and not just at home – the U.S.-based Clinton Climate Initiative has launched a project, focused on the Caribbean, called the Women in Island Energy Leadership Network.

…The new network… will ‘connect, convene, and promote women leaders’ in energy companies and initiatives in the islands, and work to support them – particularly young women – in joining the renewable energy workforce in the Caribbean.”

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2016 Clinton Global Initiative Winter Meeting Highlights Women’s Empowerment and LGBT-Inclusion
Inside Philanthropy<http://www.insidephilanthropy.com/girls-women-grants-funding/2016/2/23/whats-the-clinton-foundation-doing-for-womens-empowerment.html> covered the 2016 Clinton Global Initiative Winter Meeting with two articles that provided in-depth looks at two issue-areas discussed during the meeting: women’s empowerment and LGBT-inclusion in the workplace.

The first piece, titled “What's the Clinton Foundation Doing for Women's Empowerment?” describes the Clinton Foundation’s No Ceilings initiative, the creation of the Full Participation Report, and the CGI Winter Meeting session, “Invest In Her: Integrating Gender Inclusive Practices in Business & Supply Chains.”

“What is clear, though, is that the Clinton Foundation continues to play a very unusual and valuable role in terms of bringing together different power players and getting them to connect with each other to tackle big problems. The Full Participation Report also shows how the foundation can play a key role in marshalling new data and framing issues.”

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Inside Philanthropy<http://www.insidephilanthropy.com/home/2016/2/24/also-on-the-clinton-foundation-agenda-getting-business-behin.html> also published an article titled “Also on the Clinton Foundation Agenda: Getting Business Behind LGBT Equality” describes the genesis of the CGI commitment “Open For Business,” a coalition of businesses pushing to make LGBT inclusiveness the norm.

“Here’s a hopeful sight—a young, female leader quizzing bank and credit card company executives on their approaches to LGBT equality…The setting for this display of young leadership and rapidly changing corporate culture is a plenary session of the Clinton Global Initiative’s Winter Meeting on February 4, which brought together over 450 leaders from diverse backgrounds in the nonprofit, for-profit, and government sectors, to discuss world problems with an eye toward making progress.”

Continuing Coverage of the CGI Commitment Announcement on Detroit Home Mortgages
Coverage from last week’s CGI commitment announcement in Detroit continued this week from Detroit Free Press<http://www.freep.com/story/money/personal-finance/susan-tompor/2016/02/20/huntington-bank-firstmerit-mortgages-detroit/80554098/>, Next City<https://nextcity.org/daily/entry/plan-fix-detroit-mortgages-homebuying-program-clinton-global>, and Curbed Detroit<http://detroit.curbed.com/2016/2/18/11080186/detroit-home-mortgage-announced-buying-will-get-a-little-easier>. The commitment “The Detroit Home Mortgage initiative,” a new mortgage program, aims to increase homeownership opportunities in Detroit by offering new and much needed financing tools for homebuyers who are ready to buy a home, but lack the upfront capital to pay for necessary home repairs. Clinton Foundation President Donna Shalala spoke about the announcement on The Cats’ Roundtable<http://www.catsimatidis.com/radio/3645/> last Sunday morning.

Detroit Free Press: “The game changer is called ‘Detroit Home Mortgage.’ It's a clever strategy to overcome a huge hurdle -- the appraisal gap -- that blocked many potential Detroit homeowners. Too often, home sales fell through because of ultra-low appraisals that turned off banks. Or the buyer couldn't afford to make needed major repairs…Big names involved include: Huntington, Flagstar Bank, Talmer Bank and Trust, FirstMerit Bank, Liberty Bank, the Ford Foundation, The Kresge Foundation and the Michigan State Housing Development Authority. The group began tackling the problem after two days of discussions at the Clinton Global Initiative America meeting last June in Denver.”

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Read this behind-the-scenes story at how the commitment came about: https://www.clintonfoundation.org/blog/2016/02/18/it-just-became-easier-families-buy-home-detroit-0

Too Small to Fail’s Twitter Tips on How to Talk to Kids about Race
Last week, Mashable<http://mashable.com/2016/02/18/how-to-talk-about-race-kids/#ss.jZE8DhZqT> used Too Small to Fail’s Twitter tips<https://twitter.com/2SmallToFail> as a resource for a piece about how to talk to kids about race.

Too Small to Fail<https://twitter.com/2SmallToFail/status/697889181884936192?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw> ‏@2SmallToFail  Feb 11
Strength of character, resilience, self-esteem & respect for differences are important topics for all children to learn about all year round

Too Small to Fail<https://twitter.com/2SmallToFail/status/698283055350476800?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw> ‏@2SmallToFail  Feb 12
Making sure children access diverse books is a great way to ensure they know what our diverse world is like. http://bit.ly/1Sw20h0<https://t.co/HDo1jIq3ee>

Too Small to Fail<https://twitter.com/2SmallToFail/status/700048476416122881?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw> ‏@2SmallToFail  Feb 17
Storytelling teaches children how to empathize with other people. More on our blog: http://bit.ly/1npXmib

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Endurance Athlete Partners with Alliance for a Healthier Generation to Fight Childhood Obesity
Last month we wrote about a Washington Post<https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/six-months-seven-mountains-two-poles--and-the-pursuit-of-one-record/2016/01/11/f7e04fde-b813-11e5-85cd-5ad59bc19432_story.html> story on how pro endurance athlete Colin O’Brady is working to raise $1 million to combat childhood obesity in partnership with the Alliance for a Healthier Generation. This week, Parade Magazine<http://parade.com/459455/nancyberk/colin-obrady-climbs-the-highest-mountains-to-tackle-childhood-obesity/> caught up with Colin as he attempts to break a world record by completing the Explorers Grand Slam - climbing the highest mountain on each of the seven continents and trekking to the North and South Poles - in six just months.

“These days, Colin O’Brady is climbing even higher as he attempts to set the world record for the Explorers Grand Slam—climbing the highest mountain on each of the seven continents and trekking to the North and South Poles. Partnered with the Alliance for a Healthier Generation, O’Brady’s charity Beyond 7/2 (which highlights his journey while inspiring children to lead active and healthy lives) hopes to raise $1 million to combat childhood obesity and educate others in the process.”

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CGI Annual Meeting Named One of Biz Bash’s Top 100 Events in NYC
The CGI Annual Meeting was included in the Biz Bash 2016 Top 100 Events in NYC<http://www.bizbash.com/clinton-global-initiative-annual-meeting-1-political-diplomatic-event/gallery/177280>. Every year, the Biz Bash researches events throughout New York, looking to recognize the most influential annual gatherings in the area.

“World leaders in politics, business, and philanthropy convene annually to collaborate on ways to solve global challenges. Participants in last year's meeting ranged from Bill Gates to Charlize Theron to astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson. Next: September 19-21, 2016”

In Case You Missed It:

·         A piece in The Atlantic’s CityLab<http://www.citylab.com/housing/2016/02/detroit-home-mortgage-housing-market-appraisals-lending-clinton-global-initiative/463395/> illustrates the first-of-its-kind nature of the Detroit CGI commitment, CGI’s role in sparking action, and how it has the potential to correct a market failure, not just provide a short-term solution.

·         A few weeks ago, 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.

·         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.

·         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.