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    Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) 20th Anniversary-2025

    Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) 20th Anniversary-2025

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    Top Global and Industry Leaders Convened at the Clinton Global Initiative. As CGI marks its 20th anniversary, the 2025 Annual Meeting has been reimagined to drive action on urgent global challenges, around the theme of “What’s Next”.

    Featured participants announced today. include Noubar Afeyan, Founder and CEO, Flagship Pioneering; Co-Founder and Chairman, Moderna; Matt Damon, Co-Founder, Water.org and WaterEquity; Anthony Capuano, President and CEO, Marriott International; Cindy McCain, Executive Director, World Food Programme; Hamdi Ulukaya, CEO and Founder, Chobani; Abigail Disney, Filmmaker, Writer, Philanthropist, and Activist; Ryan Gellert, CEO, Patagonia; Audrey Tang, Cyber Ambassador, Taiwan; Wendy Abrams, Co-Founder and CEO, Eleven Eleven Foundation; Donna Karan, Founder, Urban Zen Foundation; Katherine Maher, President and CEO, NPR; Neil Buddy Shah, CEO, Clinton Health Access Initiative; and more.

    Today, the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) announced more leaders from across business, government, philanthropy, and civil society, convening at the CGI 2025 Annual Meeting September 24-25, uniting around this year’s theme of “What’s Next.”

    These leaders are poised to take action to confront new and worsening challenges on climate, health, the economy, humanitarian response, democracy and human rights, truth and information, education, and innovative finance.

    This year marks the 20th anniversary of CGI. Since 2005, more than 500 million people in more than 180 countries have had their lives improved by more than 4,000 Commitments to Action launched through CGI.

    Last month, in a letter marking CGI’s 20th anniversary, President Clinton issued a stark call to action to the CGI community, outlining changes to this year’s meeting.

    “Given the scope of the challenges we face, this year’s CGI meeting will be different – by necessity. We need to redefine how we show up, how we work, and how we find ways to honor our common humanity.”

    To tackle these challenges, the CGI 2025 Annual Meeting is bringing together leaders of major charitable foundations, nonprofits, businesses, governments, unions, and more to chart solutions. Featured participants announced today include:

    Global advocates and activists including Stacey Abrams, Founder, American Pride Rises Network; Wendy Abrams, Co-Founder & CEO, Eleven Eleven Foundation; Vedika Bhandarkar, President and Chief Operating Officer, Water.org; Deepak Bhargava, President, Freedom Together Foundation; Matt Damon, Co-Founder, Water.org & WaterEquity; Abigail Disney, Filmmaker, Writer, Philanthropist, and Activist; Lindsay Ell, Artist, Songwriter, and Philanthropist; Dr. David C. Fajgenbaum, Co-Founder, Every Cure; Donna Karan, Founder, Urban Zen Foundation; and Audrey Tang, Cyber Ambassador, Taiwan.

    Journalists and leaders across media including Errin Haines, Editor at Large, The 19th; Margaret Hoover, Host, Firing Line with Margaret Hoover, PBS; Andrew Jack, Global Education Editor, Financial Times; Raj Kumar, Founding President and Editor-in-Chief, Devex; Nishant Lalwani, CEO, International Fund for Public Interest Media; Katherine Maher, President and CEO, NPR; Alan Murray, Founding President, The Wall Street Journal Leadership Institute; Matthew Segal, Co-Founder, ATTN; Jessica Sibley, CEO, TIME; Vitus Spehar, Creator, Under The Desk News; and Michael Vito Valentino, Editor-in-Chief, NowThis;

    Business leaders including Noubar Afeyan, Founder and CEO, Flagship Pioneering; Co-Founder and Chairman, Moderna; Rima Al Mokarrab, Chair, Tamkeen; Anthony Capuano, President and CEO, Marriott International; Michael Dowling, CEO, Northwell Health; Ryan Gellert, CEO, Patagonia; Lutz Hegemann, President Global Health, Novartis International AG; Joe Kiani, Founder and Executive Chairman, Willow Labs; and Hamdi Ulukaya, CEO and Founder, Chobani.

    Philanthropic leaders including Armine Afeyan, CEO, Aurora Humanitarian Initiative; Tonya Allen, President, the McKnight Foundation; DeAngela Burns-Wallace, President and CEO, Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation; Marla Blow, CEO, Skoll Foundation; Somachi Chris-Asoluka, CEO, The Tony Elumelu Foundation; Kellea Miller, Executive Director, Human Rights Funders Network; Jacqueline Novogratz, Founder and CEO, Acumen; Carmen Rojas, President and CEO, Marguerite Casey Foundation; John-Arne Røttingen, CEO, Wellcome Trust; and Mark Suzman, CEO and Board Member, Gates Foundation.

    Civil society and NGO leaders including Manish Bapna, President and CEO, Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC); Kathy Higgins, CEO, the Alliance for a Healthier Generation; Lisha McCormick, CEO, Last Mile Health; Sania Nishtar, CEO, Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance; Kelley Robinson, President, Human Rights Campaign; Peter Sands, Executive Director, The Global Fund; Neil Buddy Shah, CEO, Clinton Health Access Initiative; Janti Soeripto, President and CEO, Save the Children US.

    Government and multi-lateral leaders including U.S. Senator Chris Coons of Delaware; St. Kitts and Nevis Prime Minister Terrance Drew; Tom Fletcher, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs; Michelle Lujan Grisham, Governor, New Mexico; and Cindy McCain, Executive Director, World Food Programme; and more.

    As part of President Clinton’s call to action last month, this year’s CGI Annual Meeting was  reimagined to promote collaboration through Working Groups – facilitated, action-focused sessions where leaders will collaborate with mission-aligned organizations to drive real solutions in the areas that matter most and are under the greatest threat.

    These Working Groups included cross-sector collaborations on Climate, Democracy and Human Rights, The Economy, Education, Health, Humanitarian Response, Innovative Finance, and Truth and Information.

    Sponsors for the CGI 2025 Annual Meeting include AFT, All Hands & Hearts, Amalgamated Bank, APCO, Aurora Humanitarian Initiative, Bob and Jane Harrison, Cure, Doha Forum, Equity Group Holdings Plc, Flagship Pioneering, Former Congressman David Trone, Gilead Sciences, Inc., Integra Capital, Interenergy Group, John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, Kokoro, MEBO International, Northwell Health, Pfizer, Pinterest, Sino-European Manufacturing Club, Strauss Media Strategies, Inc., Tarsadia Foundation, The EKTA Foundation, The John D. Evans Foundation, The Kiani Foundation, The Marc Haas Foundation, Ukraine Children’s Action Project, Varkey Foundation, and W.K. Kellogg Foundation. Postcode Lottery Group is serving as a partner for the CGI 2025 Annual Meeting. Devex and Grist are media partners for the CGI 2025 Annual Meeting.

    To mark the Clinton Global Initiative’s 20th Anniversary, Social Goods — a purpose-driven small business — and the Clinton Foundation are partnering to unveil a new, limited-edition collection where every item sold supports Foundation programs that advance solutions on economic opportunity, climate, public health, gender equality, and more.

    About the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI): Founded by President Bill Clinton in 2005, the Clinton Global Initiative is a community of doers representing a broad cross section of society and dedicated to the idea that we can accomplish more together than we can apart.

    Through CGI’s unique model, more than 10,000 organizations have launched more than 4,200 Commitments to Action — new, specific, and measurable projects and programs – that are making a difference in the lives of more than 500 million people in 180 countries.

    Find information on all 106 Commitments to Action announced at CGI 2025 at clintonglobal.org by clicking here.

    It was our 16th Annual apprecance, covering the opening of CGI in 2005, we have been meeting and seeing the great people work in hand in hand helping people on top of people.

    President Clinton has done so much for humanity through his CGI, in the 20th years, touching close to 500 million people worldwide, just take a step back and think about what has been done here.

    I personally am a very big fan of CGI and a supporter, by contributing videos and blogs through our World Liberty TV, Humanitarian Channels and Blogs.

    We would go as far as to say, President Clinton, is the Gandhi of this Era, for the what he is doing with his CGI. Truly a great man, caring about people and helping them through his contacts, year in and out.

    See more about Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) 20th Anniversary Sept 24-25 –NYC 2025, in our World Liberty TV, Humanitarian Channels and blogs by clicking here.

     

    Exclusive Interview with Princess Ameerah Al-Taweel of Saudi Arabia at the CGI

    Exclusive Interview with Princess Ameerah Al-Taweel of Saudi Arabia at the CGI

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    Princess Ameera bint Aidan bin Nayef Al-Taweel often called Princess Ameera al-Taweel, in the English-language press, is a Saudi Arabian princess and philanthropist. Princess Ameera assumed the role of Vice Chairperson of Al-Waleed bin Talal Foundation and member of the board of trustees at Silatech.

    Princess Ameera, the wife of Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, Chairman of Kingdom Holding Company, travels extensively on behalf of the Alwaleed bin Talal Foundations in an effort to better understand the most pressing challenges facing our world
    She spoke in a special session at the 2011 Clinton Global Initiative titled “Voices for Change in the Middle East and North Africa,” in which she discussed her views on the current movements for change in the region with U.S. President Bill Clinton.

    Inaugural Ceremony For Mayor Bill de Blasio at City Hall NY

    Inaugural Ceremony For Mayor Bill de Blasio at City Hall NY

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    Democrat Bill de Blasio took the oath of office administered by former President Bill Clinton on Wednesday, formally becoming the city’s 109th mayor while pledging to pursue a sweeping liberal agenda.”Big dreams are not a luxury reserved for a privileged few but the animating force behind every community, in every borough,” he said.

    The moment was the pinnacle of de Blasio’s unlikely political rise as a symbol of restoration for the city’s Democrats, who outnumber Republicans by a 6-1 ratio in one of the nation’s most liberal cities yet haven’t controlled City Hall since 1993.De Blasio was first sworn in 12 hours earlier at a brief modest ceremony outside his home in Brooklyn’s Park Slope neighborhood. Flanked by his wife, Chirlane McCray, and their two teenage children, he was administered the oath by state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, signed the official paperwork and, with a broad smile, paid the requisite $9 fee to the city clerk.

    The events at City Hall were conducted on a far grander scale.Clinton was joined by his wife, ex-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, a presumptive White House front-runner in 2016. Another potential presidential candidate, Gov. Andrew Cuomo, also sat nearby, as did former Mayor Michael Bloomberg, just hours into his first day as a private citizen after spending 12 years in office.

    World Liberty TV, Political team was on hand to witness  Bill de Blasio 109th Mayor of New York City Sworn  by President William Jeefferson Clinton, 42nd President of the United States.

    Keynote Speech by NYPD Commissioner Raymond Kelly

    Keynote Speech by NYPD Commissioner Raymond Kelly

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    Raymond Walter Kelly is the Commissioner of the New York City Police Department (NYPD) and the first person to hold the post for two non-consecutive tenures. A lifelong New Yorker, Kelly has spent 43 years in the NYPD according to its website, serving in 25 different commands and as Police Commissioner from 1992 to 1994 and 2002–present.

    During his tenure with the NYPD, Kelly held most of the department’s ranks, except for the Three-Star Bureau Chief, Chief of Department, or Deputy Commissioner. He was promoted directly from Two-Star Chief to First Deputy Commissioner in 1990. After his handling of the World Trade Center bombing in 1993, he was mentioned for the first time as a possible candidate for FBI Director. After Kelly turned down the position, Louis Freeh was appointed.

    Kelly was also in the running to become the first United States Ambassador to Vietnam, after President Bill Clinton extended full diplomatic relations to that country in 1995.

    Clinton Global Initiative 2022 Meeting -NYC

    Clinton Global Initiative 2022 Meeting -NYC

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    CGI 2022 Meeting Concludes with the Launch of 144 New Commitments to Action that Address Climate Change, Health Equity, Inclusive Economic Growth, and the Global Refugee Crisis and President Zelenskyy joined President Clinton for a conversation on the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine.

    This year’s meeting included over 2,100 leaders from across the public and private sectors, including Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan; José Andrés, Founder and Chief Feeding Officer, World Central Kitchen; Xiye Bastida, Climate Justice Activist; Xavier Becerra, U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services; Bono, Lead Singer of U2, Co-Founder of ONE and (RED).

    Matt Damon, Co-Founder, Water.org; Thasunda Brown Duckett, President and CEO, TIAA; Larry Fink, Chairman and CEO, BlackRock; Melinda French Gates, Co-Chair, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Founder, Pivotal Ventures; Jennifer Granholm, U.S. Secretary of Energy; Dolores Huerta, President, Dolores Huerta Foundation; Laurene Powell Jobs, Founder and President, Emerson Collective.

    Today, President Bill Clinton, Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton, and Clinton Foundation Vice Chair Chelsea Clinton concluded the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) 2022 Meeting, announcing 144 new Commitments to Action that address climate change, health equity, inclusive economic growth, and the global refugee crisis.

    For the first time since 2016, CGI brought together global and emerging leaders to take action on the world’s most pressing challenges. Highlights from the CGI 2022 Meeting program include:

    President Zelenskyy of Ukraine and President Clinton in a one-on-one conversation about the state of global affairs; the refugee crisis created by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine; and what members of the CGI community can do to help. Watch the conversation, and read the full transcript of the conversation here.

    Secretary Clinton speaking with Malala Yousafzai about expanding education for girls worldwide, following Malala receiving the Elevate Prize Catalyst Award on stage;

    It was a great pleasure to see President Clinton Back with his Clinton Global Initiative, after six years, it was a great two-day conference, with thousands of people attending all over the world, with one goal in mind how can they serve humanity, there is no better way, then the way president Clinton does it.

    Bringing everybody together and do brain storming, make commitments and get things done. We have covered every Clinton Global Initiative, ( CGI), President Clinton has done throughout the years. It is amazing how he gets, Political heads from all over the World, Movie Stars, CEO’s from all sectors, Non-Profit heads and organizations, Royalty from around the world.

    President Clinton truly is a great man, with a heart of gold, and saving and touching millions of lives worldwide, he has to be one of the greatest Humanitarian of our Era. Thank you for what you do and give World Liberty TV, the opportunity to share your vision with our readers worldwide.

    See more about Clinton Global Initiative, (CGI), in our World Liberty TV, Humanitarian Channels and Blogs by Clicking here.

    Recommit to Kids The Summit for America’s Future & Promise Night Gala-2017

    Recommit to Kids The Summit for America’s Future & Promise Night Gala-2017

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    America’s Promise Alliance, the nation’s largest network dedicated to improving the lives of children and youth, welcomes two-time Grammy-nominated singer and songwriter and 2017 Promise Hero honoree, Andra Day; Grammy-award winning saxophonist, Kenny G; and five-time winner of the Apollo Theater’s rising new star award, saxophonist Austin Paul, Jr. at the third annual Promise Night Gala in NYC.

    Andra Day will sing her motivational anthem “Rise Up” with Harlem’s Boys & Girls Harbor Choir.

    Promise Night honorees exemplify how leaders from business, entertainment, government, philanthropy, and the nonprofit sector can each have a role in improving the lives of America’s youth.

    America’s Promise Founding Chair Gen. Colin Powell and Chair Alma Powell will present several awards throughout the event.

    This year’s Promise of America honorees include:

    Kenneth I. Chenault, chairman and CEO, American Express Company

    Common, hip-hop artist, actor, film producer, and founder of the Common Ground Foundation

    Arne Duncan, managing partner, Emerson Collective

    Bryan Stevenson, executive director, Equal Justice Initiative

    Dorothy Stoneman, founder, YouthBuild

    Promise Hero honorees include: Andra Day and New England Patriot and Founder of Reading with Malcolm initiative, Malcolm Mitchell.

    A salute by the Children of  Gen. Colin Powell and Chair Alma Powell were done for their mother and father and there 20 years of Contribution to America’s Promise Alliance.

    See more about Recommit to Kids The Summit for America’s Future & Promise Night Gala-2017 in our World Liberty TV Humanitarian Channel by clicking here.

    Book Expo 2018-NYC

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    BY: Atul Kapoor Staff Writer For World Liberty TV The reimagined BookExpo announced the first-ever Grand Opening Keynote, featuring Len Riggio, Chairman of Barnes & Noble, Inc.  The Day 1 Keynote will take place on Wednesday, May 30, at 9:15 AM on the Midtown Stage sponsored by...
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    The 2013 Clinton Global Initiative Annual Meeting in NY

    The 2013 Clinton Global Initiative Annual Meeting in NY

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    The 2013 Clinton Global Initiative Annual Meeting convened with more than 1,000 global leaders in business, government, and civil society September 23-26 in New York City to address the world’s most pressing challenges.
    The 2013 Annual Meeting was structured around a single theme: Mobilizing for Impact.

    This theme explores ways CGI members and member organizations can be more effective in leveraging individuals, partner organizations, and key resources in their commitment efforts. Mobilizing the right entities – and allowing them to reach their full potential – creates lasting and scalable success. This builds on CGI’s 2012 theme, Designing for Impact, which encouraged the design of purposeful commitments from the outset.

    Clinton Global Citizen Awards Honorees and Entertainers included:

    Honorees:
    • Malala Yousafzai, Campaigner for Girls’ Rights, The Malala Fund
    • Michael R. Bloomberg, Mayor, City of New York
    • Elias Taban, National Bishop of the Evangelical Presbyterian Church of South Sudan and Uganda
    • Bunker Roy, Founder and Director, The Barefoot College
    • Jessamyn Rodriguez, Founder and CEO, Hot Bread Kitchen
    • Adam Lowry, Co-Founder and Chief Greenskeeper, Method Products PBC
    • Eric Ryan, Co-Founder, Method Products PBC

    Appearances by: Vice President Joe Biden, Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan; Nicholas Kristof, columnist, The New York Times; Mary Robinson, former president of Ireland and president, Mary Robinson Foundation for Climate Justice; M. Sanjayan, lead scientist, The Nature Conservancy; and Diana Taylor, managing director, Wolfensohn Fund Management
    Performances by: The Roots, Elvis Costello, Malian musician Fatoumata Diawara. The Musical Producer was Randy Jackson.

    About the Clinton Global Initiative

    Established in 2005 by President Bill Clinton, the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI), an initiative of Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation, convenes global leaders to create and implement innovative solutions to the world’s most pressing challenges. CGI Annual Meetings have brought together more than 150 heads of state, 20 Nobel Prize laureates, and hundreds of leading CEOs, heads of foundations and NGOs, major philanthropists, and members of the media.

    To date CGI members have made more than 2,300 commitments, which are already improving the lives of more than 430 million people in over 180 countries. When fully funded and implemented, these commitments will be valued at $76.7 billion. CGI also convenes CGI America, a meeting focused on collaborative solutions to economic recovery in the United States, and CGI University (CGI U), which brings together undergraduate and graduate students to address pressing challenges in their community or around the world, and, this year, CGI Latin America, which will bring together Latin American leaders to identify, harness, and strengthen ways to improve the livelihoods of people in Latin America and around the world.

    The World Liberty TV team was on hand to cover the event to its entirety for the three days, meeting and interacting with some of the world’s best minds who come together to help humanity with their skills, knowledge, and of course money. All of this is under the leadership of President William Jefferson Clinton, former two-time President of the USA.

    Clinton Global Initiative 2013 Meeting Press Conferences and Panels

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    The World Liberty TV team was on hand at the Clinton Global Initiative 2013 meeting in New York and covered many press conferences, panels, and meetings. The following were covered: Plenary Session: Creating Business at the Base of the Pyramid Moderator: Betty Liu, Anchor and Editor-at-Large, Bloomberg TV Participants: Esther Duflo, Abdul...
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