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CGI Session-Going Small for Big Results: Microfranchise and Entrepreneurial Growth
It’s been a full first day already at the Clinton Global Initiative in New York. This morning, CGI sessions have explored climate change with President Clinton and eight other world leaders, population issues with Clinton and New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof, author of Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide. Then, attendees learned Read more…
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CGIU 2010 Concludes with a Focus on Haiti
At the Clinton Global Initiative University (CGIU) conference this year, the final plenary session centered on the devastating earthquake that rocked Haiti on January 12, 2010. For me, this final panel was the most moving of the entire weekend. It is plain to see why Haiti was the focus of the final session at this Read more…
CGI and Young Leaders Collaborate for Change at the CGIU Conference
“I strongly believe that, through CGIU, we can harness the energy and power of today’s young leaders to improve the lives of people around the world and build a stronger future for us all.” – President Bill Clinton Reflections from Clinton Global Initiative University (CGIU)… At this conference we spent 36 hours rubbing shoulders with the Read more…
Tagged Bill Clinton, Campus, Clean energy, Climate Change, Clinton Global Initiative, College, Conference, Global change, Health, Human Rights, Leaders, Microfinance, Opportunity International, Poverty, Students, YAO, Young Ambassadors for Opportunity
