What do President Obama, Matt Damon, and the chief executive of Wal-Mart have in common?
They’ll all be at next week’s Clinton Global Initiative, the annual philanthropy meeting organized by former President Bill Clinton.
Some people have derided it as a celebrity schmooze fest. But Nathaniel Whittemore, the director of the Center for Global Engagement at Northwestern University, says on his blog that the event has become an important place for nonprofit officials to rub shoulders with Fortune 500 CEO’s, government leaders, and — yes — Ashton Kutcher.
The Chronicle will be providing daily updates about the event on its Conference Notebook.
This year’s meeting will include discussions about how to help women and girls in impoverished countries, how former business executives can make the transition to the nonprofit world, and ways to bring more financial opportunities to poor people.
During an appearance on last night’s The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, the former president said that since the event started five years ago it has benefited a variety of humanitarian and environmental causes.
Mr. Stewart, however, jokingly told the former president, “Since you’ve launched it, the world really has gone into a tailspin.”
Below is an excerpt of Mr. Clinton’s appearance.
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