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Our Report from the 2010 Clinton Global Initiative Annual Meeting in New York

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Clinton Global Initiative 2010 New York SheratonThe Green Family Foundation (GFF) team traveled to New York for the Clinton Global Initiative Annual Meeting on September 20-23, 2010.  FastForward Haiti founder Laurence Magloire and Director Tatiana Magloire attended the event and illustrated GFF and FastForward's dedication to the repatriation of Haitian culture. The events were held at the Sheraton New York Hotel and Towers, pictured left.

Green Family Foundation President Kimberly Green was selected to appear in this year's CGI Stories. CGI Stories are interviews with CGI commitment-makers filmed on-site at Clinton Global Initiative meetings. The session allowed President Green to share the successes of GFF's commitments to Haiti action items, speak about the success of Sinema Anba Zetwal and the foundation's membership in the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI).

Denis O'Brien, Digicel, Haiti Action NetworkThe Special Session: The Recovery in Haiti forum was moderated by President Bill Clinton, Founding Chairman of the Clinton Global Initiative and U.N. Special Envoy to Haiti. Remarks were made by René Preval, President of Republic of Haiti; Denis O'Brien, Chairman, Digicel. Clinton thanked the CGI members participating in the Haiti Action Network. He also spoke of Haiti's agricultural sector, and the steps being taken to boost production and export of Haitian food products.

Read more: Our Report from the 2010 Clinton Global Initiative Annual Meeting in New York

Documentary "Waiting for Superman" About Public Education in the US

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September 25, 2010
The state of public education in America is the subject of Waiting for Superman, a new documentary by Davis Guggenheim. The film chronicles the efforts of five families who attempt to enroll their kids into the best school available to them. The movie received the Audience Award for US Documentary at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival. For each ticket purchased, viewers receive a $15 gift code to give to a classroom on Donorschoose.org. The Green Family Foundation encourages you to see this film.

Read more about it here.

Kimberly Green and Green Family Foundation's Contribution to "Hands of Haiti" Exhibit

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Hands of Haiti Exhibit, Miami International AirportMiamiArtZine.com published an article about the "Hands of Haiti" installation that opened in early September in the recently built South Terminal Gallery of Miami International Airport where millions of travelers who visit Miami will be greeted.  The exhibit features commissioned art by artists in distress. All works were created after the January 2010 earthquake in Haiti. The Haitian Art Relief Fund, via the Haitian Cultural Arts Alliance and its Director, the artist Edouard Duval Carrié provided funds for the exhibition.

The Green Family Foundation provided archival Haitian music and video for the opening event. Click here to view the article and photos by Harvey J. Burstein.

Partners in Health Breaks Ground for Teaching Hospital in Mirebalais, Haiti

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September 13, 2010

The town of Mirebalais, 90 minutes north of Port-au-Prince is the site of a 320-room teaching hospital that will be completed in 18 months. Partners in Health, a nongovernmental organization run by Harvard professor Paul Farmer, is overseeing the project that was all ready planned prior to the January 2010 earthquake.

The hospital will be the largest of its kind in Haiti, with six operating rooms, state-of-the-art diagnostic equipment, and an Intensive Care Unit.

Groundbreaking for the Mirebalais Hospital took place on Friday, September 10. FastForward Haiti, a production company with roots in the country and a Green Family Foundation partner, set up the stage, put up the lighting, and handled sound and visuals for the event that took place in Haiti's Central Plateau. Despite the current belief that not enough is being done in Haiti post-earthquake, FastForward Haiti Director Tatiana Magloire says that "Much like the hospital itself, setting up a groundbreaking and important event in a place like that goes toward establishing a standard."

Partner in Health's Paul Farmer and President Bill Clinton are confident the hospital will be built in the 18 months promised. That would make for a great standard.

Read Jacqueline Charles' article in The Miami Herald.

Green Family Foundation President Kimberly Green Featured in BlackBook Magazine

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September 7, 2010

Our foundation's president, Kimberly Green, is featured in BlackBook Magazine, the insider's guide to style and culture. Culture writer extraordinaire John Hood featured her in his "Our Man in Miami" column this week. If you've ever wondered what the real Kimberly Green is about, don't miss this article.

Read more: Green Family Foundation President Kimberly Green Featured in BlackBook Magazine

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