Free The Children Celebrates 20 Years Of Children’s Rights
As Free The Children celebrates 20 years of empowering youth from every corner of the world to inspire change in their communities and beyond, we’d like to take a moment to extend a huge thank you to all of our supporters who have shown tremendous kindness, friendship and generosity over the years. Without you, we’re […]
Can We Create Planet 50-50 by 2030?
In her message for International Women’s Day 2015, UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka says gender parity must be reached before 2030, so that the sluggish trajectory of progress can be reversed that condemns a child born today to wait 80 years before they see an equal world. She calls on all countries to “step […]
Clinton Global Initiative Announces Commitments to Action
Established in 2005 by President Bill Clinton, the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI), an initiative of the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation, convenes global leaders year-round and at its Annual Meeting to create and implement solutions to the world’s most pressing challenges. CGI also convenes CGI University, which brings together undergraduate and graduate students to […]
Maya Angelou: A Caged Bird’s Song Of Freedom
The passing of Maya Angelou today reminds us all of the unlimited potential each one of us carries inside. The high school dropout who became a professor of American studies at Wake Forest University once stated, “I have created myself, I have taught myself so much.” In many ways she epitomized the American Dream. She is best known for […]
