Nine Clinton School students will travel to Miami this weekend to participate in the Clinton Global Initiative University (CGIU) on the campus of the University of Miami. Modeled after President Clinton’s annual Clinton Global Initiative, which brings world leaders together to tackle global challenges, CGIU brings students together to make specific commitments to service.
Clinton School students Joanna Klak (’10), Harvell Howard (’10), Sarah Leer (’11), Julie Meyer (’11), Ivan Noisette (’11), Erin O’Leary (’11), Ryan Olson (’11), Becca Swearingen (’11) and Judy Watts (’11) will represent the school at the conference. Each of the students has prepared a public service commitment to make at CGIU:
Howard and Noisette: “The Citadel Project”
– Commit to help promising, but economically disadvantaged Haitians gain access to higher education while encouraging them to live in and/or invest in Haiti in order to develop the country’s economy.
Leer, O’Leary, Swearingen: “Heart@Work”
– Commit to establish a consistent relationship between large organizations of the Clinton Campus and its vicinity with the American Red Cross. Our group’s plan is to establish commitments from partner organizations to host American Red Cross blood drives on-site quarterly.
Olson: “Beyond Pride: Activism through Public Service”
– Commits to encouraging community dialogue and expanding the level of sacred space for LGBT people within the public and private sphere to feel engaged. He also hopes to create a national grassroots program that provides innovative public service opportunities to the LGBT community and tracks the number of hours served to society. Olson’s commitment has been selected for special recognition during the conference.
Klak: “Civic Engagement in Poland – Volunteer for Fun”
– Commits mobilize young people to volunteer at least 1,000 hours in their local communities during the 2010-2011 academic year. Also commits to show nonprofit organizations how they can improve their performance by expanding their capacity and developing closer relationships with local communities.
Meyer and Watts: “Key Ingredients”
– Commit to conduct a feasibility assessment of a social entrepreneurial nonprofit, a coffee house aimed at building community for underserved youth in Little Rock. This commitment represents phase 1 of a larger effort to mobilize youth in the area.
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