Clinton School student Kim Caldwell will be among the presenters at a national conference for policymakers and nonprofit, public and community leaders wanting to learn more about creating coalitions to end hunger.
Read MoreCelebrating Black History Month
The Clinton School will celebrate Black History Month by showing the video “Martin Luther King in Arkansas: The Dream” in the lobby of Sturgis Hall. The video, a 1989 production of KATV Channel 7, will run throughout this month.
Read MoreCenter on Community Philanthropy Lands Grant
The Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation (WRF) Board of Directors recently voted to award a $150,000 matching grant to the Clinton School Center on Community Philanthropy at the in support of their W.K. Kellogg America Healing Initiative grant.
Read MoreTeaching for America
Clinton School graduate Sanford Johnson will be among those presenting at Teach for America’s 20th Anniversary Summit on Feb. 11-13 in Washington D.C. Other Clinton School/TFA alums including Sara Himelfarb and Ali Turro as well as current Clinton School students Patrick Banks and Andy Lewis are planning to attend.
Read MoreGrad Helps College Students Return from Egypt
Clinton School graduate Lukman Arsalan, program coordinator for the Institute for Global Studies at the University of Delaware, had a busy last week when he had to help evacuate a group of students who were studying in Egypt when the protests broke out there.
Read MoreMTV Act Recognizes Student’s Work
Clinton School student Ryan Ubuntu Olson has been highlighted by MTV Act for his work this summer with the Gay and Lesbian Coalition of Kenya in Nairobi.
Read MoreNo Labels Coming Back to LR
The bipartisan political movement No Labels, which was the subject of a Clinton School public program in September, is returning to Little Rock. An Arkansas version of the grassroots organization of Republicans, Democrats and Independents who are concerned about the polarization in American politics has a meet-and-greet planned for February 13 at 4:00 p.m. at Community Bakery downtown. Click here for more information.
Read MoreEmpowering Students in Kenya
Clinton School student Patrick Banks (’11) worked this summer with the Kijana Educational Empowerment Initiative in Western Kenya, where he conducted an analysis of science education in impoverished schools.
Read MoreStudents Balance the Budget
At the suggestion of Jason Grumet, president of the Bipartisan Policy Center in Washington, D.C. who spoke at the Clinton School in November, the Clinton School student body used the New York Times’ interactive federal budget tool to create a suggested list of proposed cuts, reforms and tax additions to the budget which, collectively, would lead America to a balanced budget by 2030.
Read MoreCenter on Community Philanthropy Targets Pine Bluff
BY ERIN STOCK – Idonia Trotter and two of her classmates at the Clinton School worked for nearly a year in the southeastern Arkansas city of Pine Bluff, developing ways to reach children during critical after-school hours.
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