Subject: Clinton Foundation In The News 7/2/15
From: Clinton Foundation Press Office <[email-masked]>
To: Clinton Foundation Press Office <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2015 18:56:51 +0000

Good afternoon and happy early Independence Day! Ahead of the holiday weekend, we wanted to give you updates on recent events, Foundation work, and announcements in the news this week:

*         Yesterday, Correct the Record published a fact check of an article in The Week about the Clinton Foundation, pointing out the high level of transparency, the allegations that have been debunked several times, and the positive philanthropic work of the Foundation that is improving millions of lives around the world. See the fact-check here: http://correctrecord.org/five-things-the-week-should-have-reported-about-the-clinton-foundation/

Share/retweet the fact-check here: https://twitter.com/CorrectRecord/status/616603738493423616

*         Tonight at 7:30 PM ET and 10:30 PMET, Bloomberg TV will air a special filmed at CGI America last month. Moderated by Betty Liu, the CGI Conversation, "Tequity: Innovation, Technology, and Diversity," features Aneesh Chopra, Co-Founder and Executive Vice President of Hunch Analytics, Kay Koplovitz, Founding and Managing Director, Springboard Fund, and Jake Schwartz, Co-founder and CEO, General Assembly,  in a panel discussion on innovation, technology, and diversity.

Bloomberg TV will replay this special episode throughout the weekend:

o   Friday, July 3 at 8am and 11am

o   Saturday, July 4 at 8am, 11am, 3pm, 8pm and 10pm

o   Sunday, July 5 at 8am, 11am and 3pm

Share/retweet CGI's alert about this important panel airing this weekend: https://twitter.com/clintonglobal/status/616665196229214208

*         Following Chelsea Clinton's speech at the 8th Biennial Childhood Obesity Conference in San Diego, several outlets covered her discussion about the national urgency of treating childhood obesity and the work of the Alliance for a Healthier Generation. Read about the speech in the San Diego Union-Tribune<http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/2015/jun/30/chelsea-clinton-childhood-obesity-conference/>, or watch a story about her speech at CBS 8 San Diego<http://www.cbs8.com/story/29444131/chelsea-clinton-talks-child-obesity-at-local-event>.

Share/retweet the San Diego Union-Tribune article here: https://twitter.com/sandiegojournal/status/616149893099356161

*         Today, Dara Duguay, Executive Director of the Credit Builders Alliance (CBA), posted an op-ed on Medium about the importance of including rental payments on credit histories. CBA is a CGI member and has undertaken a CGI Commitment to Action that will help turn rent reporting as a way for low-income renters to build their credit. Read the op-ed here: https://medium.com/cgi-voices/how-rental-payments-can-finally-help-americans-build-credit-and-boost-the-economy-639130d5aaa3

Share/retweet the Credit Builders Alliance op-ed here: https://twitter.com/clintonglobal/status/616671578454118400

*         This week, it was announced that Sir Fazle Hasan Abed, founder and chairman of BRAC (formerly Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee) won the World Food Prize. Sir Abed is a CGI member and winner of the inaugural Clinton Global Citizen Award in 2012. Watch Sir Abed speak about labor and global supply chains at the 2013 CGI Annual Meeting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smtncxgpADI

Share/retweet CGI's congratulations to Sir Abed here: https://twitter.com/ClintonGlobal/status/616632427734241281

*         The New Jersey Jewish News profiles the work of Adina Lichtman, a student at NYU, who founded Knock Knock Give a Sock, a nonprofit that has collected tens of thousands of socks for homeless people. Adina participated in CGI University this year. Read about her work here: http://njjewishnews.com/article/27730/student-works-her-socks-off-for-homeless#.VZVn8_lVikp

Share/retweet about Adina's work here: https://twitter.com/NJJN/status/616613377700331520