September Speakers. Set in the musically-rich Tennessee city, “Memphis” tells the story of a local DJ with a passion for R&B music and an up-and-coming singer that he meets one fateful night on Beale Street.
Read MorePutting Hope into Action: The Clinton School of Public Service
A place called Hope, indeed, and now that hope is in action. The University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service is the nation’s first higher education institution to offer a Master of Public Service degree. It’s also the embodiment of President William J. Clinton’s approach to bettering the world: Building our own future by helping others to build theirs.
Read MoreDear Clinton: Let’s Create a World Where Women Feel Safe in Every Way
Dear Clinton is a collection of photographs and letters explaining what public service bridge our students are building. This special collection was produced in partnership with Dear World, an innovative photography venture for social good.
Read MoreDear Clinton: Let’s Close the Achievement Gap
Dear President Clinton,
“Closing the achievement gap” is a phrase that has become identified with a particular style of education reform, which defines achievement mostly in terms of test scores. While I support goals related to accountability, there are other methods of measuring achievement and other challenges that deserve attention.
Read MoreDear Clinton: Let’s Enable Each Other, Further Each Other, and Respect Each Other
Dear President Clinton,
I want to live in a world where we enable each other, further each other and respect each other. I want a world that doesn’t treat women like second-class citizens—as hollow souls without passions and dreams.
Read MoreClinton School Announces Class of 2016
The class of 2016 includes: Olajumoke Joyce Ajayi (Lagos, Nigeria) – Ajayi is a graduate of Obafemi Awolowo University in Ile-Ife, Nigeria and holds a Law Degree from The Nigerian Law School.
Read MoreAlum Jay Thompson (’09) Wins Comcast NBC Universal Leadership Award
The Comcast NBC Universal Leadership Awards recognize outstanding City Year alumni who are continuing their commitment to strengthening community, inspiring, mobilizing, and empowering others, creating and developing sustainable solutions for social change and who exemplify the core values of City Year.
Read MoreDear Clinton: Human Rights Are Women’s Rights and Women’s Rights Are Human Rights
Dear President Clinton,
In her remarks at the 1995 United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing, Hillary Clinton declared that “human rights are women’s rights and women’s rights are human rights”.
Read MoreDear Clinton: Let’s Eliminate Preventable Malnutrition
Malnutrition is the greatest single threat to the world’s public health. Today in Nepal, I am observing and learning from best practice approaches adopted and implemented by USAID, UNICEF, Heifer, and Win-Rock Intl.
Read MoreDear Clinton: Let’s Build a Bridge to a Renewable Energy Future
Currently, this journey with renewable energy is bringing me around the world. I am sitting at an internet café watching humpback whales breach off the coast of Tonga, where I have worked with the highly lauded Tonga Energy Road Map (TERM) and a community born-and-raised climate resiliency NGO.
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