President Clinton Visits Clinton Foundation Projects in Latin America
by Clinton Foundation
On May 14 and 15, President Bill Clinton traveled to Peru and Colombia with philanthropists Frank Giustra and Marco A. Slim to visit Clinton Foundation projects and announce new efforts that will positively impact disadvantaged communities in Latin America.
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Academic Vibrancy: A New Way to Do School
One core belief Americans hold is academic opportunity and beyond that, academic excellence. Each year our educators aspire to instill knowledge and passion into our future generation with the hope of greater success than all the generations previously. With the rise of childhood obesity, our youngest citizens stand...
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Remembering 9/11
As we remember 9/11, we honor those who we lost and thank those who serve and protect our country. Last year, President Clinton joined President George W. Bush, Vice President Joe Biden, and Representative John Boehner at the Flight 93 Memorial Dedication in Shanksville, Pennsylvania. Read the text of President Clinton's speech below. Before President Bush came up to speak, I asked...
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Celebrating Caribbean Harvest in Haiti
On Saturday, September 8, the Island Creek Oyster Foundation will be hosting a benefit in support of the Caribbean Harvest fish-farming program, "Friends for Haiti" in Duxbury, Massachusetts. The Clinton Foundation has been working with Dr. Valentine Abe and Caribbean Harvest to expand fish farming – powered by solar energy – as a sustainable and profitable industry in the Lake...
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From Idea to National Movement: Celebrating Twenty Years of Chartered Schools
Twenty years ago today, on September 7, 1992, the first chartered school – City Academy – opened its doors in St. Paul, Minnesota. Today, no fewer than two million students attend over 5,600 chartered schools in 41 states and the District of Columbia...
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Defining a Lifetime of Service
One of the first things I learned when I became a speechwriter for President Clinton in the fall of 1998 was to include, in almost every set of remarks I prepared, three magic words: opportunity, responsibility, community. The formulation was meant to sum up the administration’s vision of a new relationship...
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