The Philanthropy News Digest spoke with Jane Wales, the co-founder of the Global Philanthropy Forum and president and CEO of the World Affairs Council about the world’s poor, the global economic crisis, its effect on philanthropy, and the Obama administration’s interest in social innovation.
Read the full interview: Jane Wales, President and Co-Founder, Global Philanthropy Forum: Philanthropy [...]
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Council staff at CGI U
Posted in Philanthropy, tagged CGI, CGI U, Clinton Global Initiative, Clinton Global Initiative University, Commitments, Poverty Alleviation, President Clinton, Students, World Affairs Council on February 18, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Several Council staff are back in the office today after a long weeked in Austin Texas where they took part in the Clinton Global Initiative University conference. While mainly involved in the Poverty Alleviation track, Council staff also got to participate in the plenary sessions with President Clinton, and in several of the breakouts in [...]
Day 2: How will we Shape the Landscape of the 21st Century?
Posted in Philanthropy, Politics, tagged CGI, clean energy, Clinton Global Initiative, conflict, Education, food prices, food security, Global Philanthropy Forum, green jobs, information technology, Jane Wales, McCain, Obama, Poverty Alleviation on September 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This morning, we were swept onto the campaign trail as Senators Obama and McCain shared their plans for US policy in each of CGI’s four focus areas: education, poverty alleviation, climate change, and global health. Each addressed the current financial crisis, and the international cooperation that we need going forward [...]
At the Clinton Global Initiative: Bono and others Find Hope Amidst the Financial Crisis
Posted in Philanthropy, Policy, tagged Al Gore, Bono, Clinton Global Initiative, Education, Financial Crisis, Financial Services, Jane Wales, markets, Poverty Alleviation, President Clinton, Queen Rania, World Affairs Council on September 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
“This country that we sit in is a great country. And it’s a great country because it’s not just a country, it’s an idea. And that idea was supposed to be contagious – it’s bound up in the idea of the inalienable rights of men and women and children, equal in the eyes of God.” [...]
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