The McLarty Global Fellows Program, a philanthropic endeavor established by Mack and Donna McLarty, has announced a five-year partnership with Vital Voices Global Partnership, an international non-governmental organization focused on women’s empowerment around the world. This partnership will provide fellowships to students at the University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service, Sam M. Walton College of Business, and J. William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences to work at the Vital Voices headquarters in Washington, D.C. The fellowships will be offered beginning in the fall of 2014.
“Donna and I began the McLarty Global Fellows Program as a way to support the important work being done to promote women’s engagement and entrepreneurship around the world. We are pleased that Vital Voices has agreed to partner with us, and we are confident that both the students and the organization will benefit from the experience,” Mack McLarty said.
In September of last year, Vital Voices and the McLarty Global Fellows Program, along with more than 20 other partner organizations including Walmart, Exxon-Mobil and Coca-Cola announced a Commitment to Action through the Clinton Global Initiative. The commitment will track and measure at least $1.5 billion in global contract opportunities for women-owned businesses based outside of the U.S., and develop a more effective and efficient channel to identify and scale high-growth women-owned businesses.
Donna Cochran McLarty co-founded Vital Voices Global Partnership and serves on its board of directors. “Our mission is to identify, invest in, and bring visibility to extraordinary women around the world by encouraging their leadership potential” Mrs. McLarty said. “When we support women, we are also lifting families, strengthening communities, and enhancing prospects for peace,” Mrs. McLarty said.
McLarty Global Fellows and Vital Voices selected two students from the University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service: Anna Applebaum and Tshering Yudon. Both students will work with Vital Voices in the fall of 2014.
President and CEO Alyse Nelson states, “We are grateful to the McLartys for their visionary leadership and steadfast support of our organization and the women we serve. We are delighted to welcome these two academic stars to our offices in DC and are grateful to them for devoting their time and considerable talent to advancing the work of extraordinary women leaders around the world.”
Donna and Mack McLarty graduated from the University of Arkansas, where Mr. McLarty was President of the Associated Student Government (ASG).
ABOUT MCLARTY GLOBAL FELLOWS PROGRAM
The McLarty Global Fellows Program was established in 2011 to provide college and graduate students with the opportunity to engage in substantive international work in the areas of economic empowerment, human rights, and political participation. Founded by Thomas F. McLarty, III and Donna Cochran McLarty, the program is based in Little Rock, Arkansas and Washington, D.C.
ABOUT VITAL VOICES GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP
Vital Voices Global Partnership is a leading non-governmental organization that identifies, invests in and brings visibility to extraordinary women around the world by unleashing their leadership potential to transform lives and accelerate peace and prosperity in their communities. The organization trains and mentors women leaders as agents of transformative change in economic development, human rights and political participation. The Vital Voices Global Leadership Network includes more than 14,000 leaders representing 144 countries who have trained and mentored 500,000 additional women and girls in their communities. Visit www.vitalvoices.org to learn more.
ABOUT THE CLINTON GLOBAL INITIATIVE
Established in 2005 by President Bill Clinton, the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI), an initiative of the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation, convenes global leaders to create and implement 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, members of the CGI community have made more than 2,800 Commitments to Action, 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 $103 billion. For more information, visit clintonglobalinitiative.org; on Twitter: @ClintonGlobal; and on Facebook: facebook.com/clintonglobalinitiative.
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