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It's been a productive few months at the Clinton Foundation. In this newsletter, we share updates on our recent work – meeting with partners in preparation for the upcoming Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) 2023 Meeting, advancing our efforts to combat the opioid crisis, and celebrating 10 years of Too Small to Fail. Plus, check out exclusive content shared this quarter highlighting Black Music Appreciation Month, President Bill Clinton's recent visit to Oxford and Albania, and more. 
 
We hope you follow along with us as the work continues.  
   
— Clinton Foundation team

📍CLINTON GLOBAL INITIATIVE

The Road to September

President Bill Clinton, Secretary Hillary Clinton, and Chelsea Clinton are bringing leaders together at the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) 2023 Meeting to tackle the world’s most pressing challenges. Their message: “Keep going.” This year’s meeting will focus on what it takes to keep going while building on more than 3,900 Commitments to Action™ — specific, measurable projects that address a pressing global challenge, including climate resilience, inclusive economic growth, health equity, and the global refugee crisis. See the first look at our program.

In recent weeks, CGI brought leaders together for six events across four continents to take action. Here's what you may have missed: 

• President Clinton met with public and private sector leaders in Sofia, Bulgaria to discuss advancing solutions on food security, climate, and gender equity. We caught up with climate activist and CGI member Craig Cohon while we were there. Watch his inspiring message. 

• Secretary Clinton advanced CGI efforts to fight the overdose crisis. In a visit to the Foundation for Recovery in Las Vegas, NV, Secretary Clinton met with overdose survivors and announced 720,000 doses of naloxone distributed through a CGI partnership since 2019.

• Chelsea Clinton led a conversation with leaders in Tel Aviv to explore examples of how technology and partnerships have helped them expand their work. Participants also shared lessons in entrepreneurship, innovation, and impact.

• Storytellers addressed gun violence, health inequity, and the plight of Iranian women and girls. Leaders met in New York City for Story Studio, special CGI programming that seeks to harness the power of storytelling to ignite social change.

• Leaders in Latin America and the Caribbean gathered to address issues at the health-climate nexus. Leaders called for a hyper-local, multi-generational approach that empowers communities and prepares them to be self-sustaining and resilient for the unforeseen future.

🔎 IN CASE YOU MISSED IT 

President Clinton stands on stage in Tirana, Albania with Prime Minister Edi Rama of Albania and children and men from Kosovo who were named after him in gratitude for his help in the Kosovo War. Photo by Christopher Dilts. (2023)

• On assignment with President Clinton — 24 hours in Albania. This month, President Clinton traveled to Tirana, where Prime Minister Edi Rama bestowed him with Albania’s Star of Gratitude for Public Achievements for his contributions to peace in the region, and President Clinton expressed his admiration for Albania's historic progress from dictatorship to democracy. 

• On this day — 1999's U.S. Women's National Soccer Team (USWNT). After winning their second World Cup, the USWNT presented President Clinton with a team jersey at the White House. Good luck to the current squad in the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup!

• Prioritizing entrepreneurship and partnerships with Clinton Global Initiative University (CGI U) — Ragina Arrington, chief executive officer of CGI U, attended the UNITE 2023 UNCF Summit for Black Higher Education and moderated a panel conversation with three CGI U alumni about industry collaboration, social impact, and community empowerment.

📰 IN THE NEWS

• Why has peace endured in Northern Ireland? Hope and history rhymed. President Clinton reflected upon the road to peace in Northern Ireland – and why the Good Friday Agreement still serves as a model for strengthening democracy and global prosperity, 25 years later. 

• Meet the winners of our 2022-23 Ideas Matter Scholarship Essay Contest. Three Arkansas high school students shared their ideas to advance women's equality and address issues that impact girls and women globally.

• Chelsea Clinton speaks on reproductive health at Aspen Ideas: Health. In conversation with NBC’s Kristen Welker and birth justice advocate Chanel L. Porchia-Albert, the panel discussed the demand for reproductive justice and efforts to expand women’s access to health services.

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📈 TRENDING

• President Clinton joined Drummer and Joint Frontman for The Roots, and Academy Award Winning Documentary Filmmaker Questlove to celebrate Black Music Appreciation Month. On the “Questlove Supreme” podcast, President Clinton recalled the actions he took in the White House to support his passion for music, revisits his saxophone playing on The Arsenio Hall Show, and offers advice for those looking to make a difference.

• We’re celebrating 10 years of Too Small to Fail — a decade of difference being made in the lives of children and families across the United States. Secretary Clinton and Chelsea Clinton recently convened leaders across sectors to discuss the intersection of climate change and early childhood development during “The Implications of Climate Change: Strategies to Support Young Children’s Healthy Development.”

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