WASHINGTON — As Hillary Clinton ponders a 2016 run, she participates in the family business, the Clinton Global Initiative, which she runs with former President Bill Clinton and daughter Chelsea. They announced Tuesday the 2014 edition of CGI University will be at Arizona State and run March 21-23.
From CGI: “Featured participants include U.S. Senator John McCain, Bill Drayton, Gabrielle Giffords, Mark Kelly, Jimmy Kimmel, Cindy Hensley McCain, Reeta Roy, María Elena Salinas, Jimmy Wales, and Lauryn Williams; students to take action on some of Generation Y’s biggest social, economic, and environmental concerns.”
More from CGU: “CGI U 2014 attendees will have access to more than $750,000 in seed funding to implement their Commitments to Action: new, specific, and measurable plans to address urgent challenges. The funding marks the largest sum in the meeting’s history, including $650,000 from the growing CGI University Network of more than 55 colleges and universities and another $100,000 through the Resolution Project Social Venture Challenge, a competition between aspiring student entrepreneurs with sustainable enterprises.”
