She’s no stranger to civic fashion events, but this time, Chelsea Clinton left politics behind when she attended the Guns N’ Roses’ Fashion Week finale show last night.
Chelsea, along with her husband Marc Mezvinsky, joined the likes of Matt Damon, Sienna Miller and a very scruffy, beanie-hat-wearing Justin Timberlake at the HIRO Ballroom to bid adieu to New York’s Fashion Week.
Perhaps Chelsea could have needed a little pick me up after another report on “Rock Center With Brian Williams” on Wednesday night.
Regardless, Clinton looked gracefully casual, donning a grey t-shirt and black cardigan as the famed rock band played well into the night.
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PS. I did watch the follow-up interview with Chelsea and Brain Williams. I thought you did a marvelous job, Chelsea.. Your information was straight forward, interesting and sounded accurate… Your tone of voice was perfect.. and your smile lit up the screen… what some attorney’s do and news casters do is take acting classes- where you can pretend to be someone else for a few moments and be someone that isn’t you… when staring at Brian Williams, you could be someone as funny as Donald Duck or as prim and proper as Queen Elizabeth… and have fun doing it.. because they would never know.. haha!
Chelsea Clinton, daughter of ex US President, promotes philanthropy, civic activism in Ukraine
Chelsea Clinton, right, daughter of former President Bill Clinton, looks at a three-week old baby in the neonatal center at the National Children's Hospital in Kiev, Ukraine, Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2012. Chelsea Clinton visited the neonatal centre supported by the 'Cradles of Hope' project set up with philanthropic donations from Ukrainian steel billionaire and philanthropist Victor Pinchuk.
KIEV, Ukraine — Chelsea Clinton is urging young Ukrainians to engage in philanthropy and civic activism.
The daughter of former U.S. President Bill Clinton and current Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton told a group of Ukrainian university students in Kiev Tuesday that being engaged in the world is “part of being a good person.”
The 31-year-old Clinton said there is always a gap between what the government and the private sector can provide, and that gap must be filled by the work of charity and non-governmental organizations.
Clinton is pursuing a doctorate at Oxford and does philanthropic work for the Clinton Foundation and Clinton Global Initiative. She recently took up a job as a correspondent for the U.S. television network NBC.
Chelsea Clinton: Schools key to fighting obesity
Chelsea Clinton moderates a panel discussion focused on schools on Tuesday at the Health Matters conference. The daughter of former President Bill Clinton touted local school systems as “precious valuable resources” in the fight to curb diabetes and childhood obesity. Crystal Chatham/The Desert Sun
Indian Wells —Championing her father’s cause, Chelsea Clinton on Tuesday touted local school systems as “precious valuable resources” in the fight to curb diabetes and childhood obesity.
Clinton pointed out that the average student will spend 12,000 to 15,000 hours in school before graduating from high school, yet only a fraction get regular physical education and recess like she did when she attended public schools in Arkansas in the 1980s.
“We now know unequivocally that diabetes — more than socioeconomic status, more than race, more than gender — is a larger hindrance on whether or not a kid will graduate from high school on time,” Clinton said.
“This now is becoming not only a real public health threat but an existential question for who we are as a country and what we value.”
Clinton, 31, the daughter of former President Bill Clinton and current Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, moderated a nearly hour-long panel discussion on healthy schools as part of the Health Matters conference.
The event was held at the Renaissance Esmeralda resort.
Unlike her gregarious father, the notoriously guarded Clinton shared no personal stories during the event.
Instead, she directed the questions that came in through Twitter and Facebook to the five other panelists.
Clinton didn’t even chime in when someone asked about how children could motivate their parents to make healthier choices, even though the president has credited his daughter for inspiring his newfound vegan diet.
The panelists also addressed low-cost ideas that could easily be implemented into the school day, including having students celebrate birthdays with 15 minutes of extra recess instead of cupcakes.
“This generation of American children may just be the first ones to live sicker and die younger than the generations previous to them,” said Dwayne Proctor, senior program officer at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, a Princeton, N.J.- based philanthropic organization.
“By making this noise, we’re starting to see that a lot of folks are standing up and paying attention to this issue.”
Clinton said she recently toured a Brooklyn school where students who do well on essays and spelling tests now get red apple stickers instead of gold stars.
“I’ve thought a lot about that,” she told the crowd.
“It’s something that seems rather banal, but actually conveys a really profound message: That your academic health relates to your physical health and mental health … and also that this is something that we value.”
In addition to her work with the William J. Clinton Foundation, Clinton is pursuing a doctorate at Oxford University and is serving as a special correspondent for NBC News.
She debuted on TV in December to mixed reviews. According to several reports, Clinton has not decided whether to stay with the network beyond her 90-day contract.
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FWIW- Jerry Sinefeld’s wife, Jessica has a wonderful cookbook out for enticing children to eat their veggies.. Recipes include making Brownies mixed with Broccli (and the kids aren’t even aware the Broccoli has been added). Carrot Cookies and a variety of treats made with assorted veggies.
Her book has it all-
UN special envoy to Haiti and former President Bill Clinton, right, shakes hands with Mariano Fernandez of Chile, the new head of the U.N. mission in Haiti, during a memorial service for people who died in the 2010 earthquake at the UN base in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Thursday Jan. 12, 2012. Haiti marks the second anniversary of the devastating 2010 earthquake which according to government officials killed 316,000 people and displaced 1.5 million. More than 500,000 are still in temporary settlement camps. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)
Haiti has done remarkably well considering victims of Hurricane Katrina are still digging out and rebuilding 8 yrs after a devastating hurricane left thousands of gulf coast residents homeless.
President Clinton has always held a special place in his heart for Haiti, as he and Mrs. Clinton visited there as newly weds when a wedding gift included a trip to Haiti in 1975.
For the full story of Haiti’s historical significance to the Clintons read here:
“When Bill Clinton married Hillary Rodham in 1975, a friend gave them a trip to Haiti. Since that honeymoon vacation, the Caribbean island nation has held a life-long allure for the couple, a place they found at once desperate and enchanting, pulling at their emotions throughout his presidency and in her maiden year as secretary of state.
With the world’s attention now trained on the devastated Haitian capital, rebuilding the country will be a central part of Bill and Hillary Clinton’s lives going forward. And for the 42nd president, the catastrophe offers the opportunity to fulfill whatever unrealized ambitions he has for the long-suffering nation.
“This is a personal thing for us,” Bill Clinton said in a interview Thursday. He said he and his wife have “always felt a special responsibility” for Haiti and its 9 million people. “She has the same memories I do. She has the same concerns I do. We love the place.”
On that first trip in December 1975, Clinton said he and his wife watched as a wreath was placed at the national monument to celebrate Haitian Independence Day. They toured the old hotel where the writer Ernest Hemingway once stayed and visited a voodoo high priest dressed in all white. They sat in a lonely pew of the Port-au-Prince National Cathedral, which lies in ruin following Tuesday’s earthquake.
“We just became fascinated with the country,” Bill Clinton said by telephone from his charitable foundation’s office in New York. “We followed all its ups and downs.”
The Clintons’ enthrallment has lasted for more than 30 years. They decorated their homes with Haitian art. They flew back again and again. Hillary Clinton once said that theirs was a “Haiti-obsessed family.” At a dinner in Rwanda with African leaders in 2008, Bill Clinton talked more about Haiti than Rwanda.
When the Clintons learned that sites in Port-au-Prince they had visited as tourists were destroyed in the earthquake and locals they had come to know were injured or unaccounted for, Bill Clinton said he was “personally emotionally affected.” His wife, he said, became “physically sick.”
The Clintons are at the center of the global relief effort. Bill Clinton is the U.N. special envoy to Haiti and, together with former president George W. Bush, is leading America’s humanitarian and long-term recovery efforts in Haiti. Hillary Clinton is among the top officials responsible for the nation’s work aiding Haiti and its paralyzed government, and plans to fly there Saturday. “The two agencies in the world that can run these things are the United States and the United Nations, and the Clintons sit atop this package,” said former senator Tim Wirth, president of the U.N. Foundation.
Three months into her term last spring, Hillary Clinton addressed the Haiti Donors Conference in Washington, where she spoke of her family’s “deep commitment to Haiti and the people of Haiti.” She told of visiting the Haitian town of Pignon as first lady, meeting a country doctor who ran a health, women’s literacy and micro-credit center to help his countrymen gain a foothold in the global economy.
“For some of us, Haiti is a neighbor and, for others of us, it is a place of historic and cultural ties,” Clinton said. “But for all of us, it is now a test of resolve and commitment.”
MERRY CHRISTMAS- HAPPY HOLIDAYS 2011
Chelsea Clinton…on “Making a Difference”…
Chelsea Clinton exits shadows with US television job
By Brigitte Dusseau (AFP) –
NEW YORK — Chelsea Clinton, the only child of America’s most famous political couple, on Monday will abandon her once-cherished privacy, making a debut with a high-profile role on national television.
At 31, Clinton has largely avoided the glare of public scrutiny that her parents, former president Bill Clinton and current Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, not only endure, but court.
That will change when she pops up on NBC as a special correspondent on the show “Rock Center with Brian Williams” and on the channel’s nightly news.
But for her first foray into the polarized world of the US media, viewers should not expect to see Chelsea Clinton delving deep into sensitive political issues.
On “Rock Center,” she will “highlight stories within the ‘Making a Difference’ franchise,” NBC said in a statement.
The first contribution in this series, which focuses on inspirational people, will cover Annette Dove, who runs a charity in Arkansas — Bill Clinton’s home state — for neglected and often severely poor children.
“In my work at NBC specifically, I hope to highlight stories of people who are both making a positive difference in their communities and our world,” Clinton told The New York Times.
For many viewers, though, the chief interest could be seeing and hearing someone who until now had taken great pains to stay out of the limelight, even as her parents became one of the most famous couples in the world.
A high-flying student at Stanford, Oxford and Columbia universities, the young Clinton has avoided the gossip pages, barring a media frenzy over her marriage in July 2010 to a little known hedge fund employee, Mark Mezvinsky.
But now she appears ready to embrace stardom. On Wednesday she will also host PBS’s live broadcast of “The Nutcracker” ballet being staged at the Lincoln Center in New York.
Last month Chelsea accompanied her father at the New York Historical Society for a public conversation about his latest book. She also helped organize a 65th birthday event for the ex-president, raising money for his foundation.
Chelsea’s Facebook page went up in September listing her causes as women, children, health, education, the Clinton Foundation, as well as her late grandmother Dorothy Rodham, who had urged her to take part in public life.
Friends have spoken of Chelsea Clinton as a smart and warm person, much like her father. However, not everyone is happy with her new persona.
Journalists who got to know her when she accompanied her mother during her failed 2008 bid to become Democratic nominee for the presidency have written on Twitter about her aloofness and apparent dislike for the media machine she is now joining.
Other reporters have griped that she was able to secure the NBC job thanks to the Clinton name, much as former president George W. Bush’s daughter Jenna Bush Hager landed work at the NBC’s Today show, and Meghan McCain, daughter of 2008 presidential candidate John McCain, works with MSNBC.
Steve Capus, president of NBC News, however, said Clinton “is a remarkable woman…. Given her vast experiences, it’s as though Chelsea has been preparing for this opportunity her entire life.”
The question likely to grow now is whether Clinton really wants a media career or whether this will be a stepping stone into politics once her parents leave the stage.
CONGRATULATIONS, Marc, Bennett and Mark on your new company-
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Nov. 29 (Bloomberg) — Ex-Goldman Sachs Group Inc. proprietary traders Bennett Grau and Mark Mallon are teaming up with former colleague Marc Mezvinsky to start a hedge fund, according to a person with knowledge of their plans.
The three are raising money for their new firm, Eaglevale Partners LP, which plans to start trading in the first half of 2012, said the person, who asked not to be identified because the information is private. The fund will employ a global macro strategy, seeking to profit from economic trends by trading securities from bonds to commodities.
Mezvinsky, 33, who last year married Chelsea Clinton, 31, used to work with Grau and Mallon at Goldman Sachs’s global macro proprietary-trading group before he left in 2008 for investment firm 3G Capital Inc. The three join Morgan Sze and Pierre-Henri Flamand, former heads of Goldman Sachs’s global principal strategies proprietary group, who each started their own hedge funds in Hong Kong and London in the past year.
“Those from high-profile prop desks seem to have an edge over their competition in attracting assets,” said Don Steinbrugge, managing partner of Agecroft Partners LLC, a Richmond, Virginia-based firm that advises hedge funds and investors.
Jonathan Gasthalter, a spokesman for Eaglevale based in New York, declined to comment.
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Congratulations to you too, Chelsea. Best of Luck in your new venture…
I know Marc’s company will be successful-
Former President Bill Clinton joked as he accepted an award Thursday night, thanking supporters of women’s causes for trying to offset the mistakes of men.
Joking aside, Clinton accepted the Champion of Peace award at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. Women For Women International, an organization that helps women survivors of war to rebuild their lives, presented him with the honor at its annual gala.
Clinton received the award for supporting women and girls through the Clinton Global Initiative. The initiative and its partners have created financial independence for women and girls in third world countries, worked to reduce maternal mortality and helped create sustainable careers, among other efforts.
“[Clinton's] personal passion and commitment on the issue has touched many hearts and led to much action and his dedication to bringing real change has led to solid impact on women’s wellbeing through corporations and NGOs action,” Women for Women states on its site.
The former president called for both the continued empowerment of women as well as “the liberation of men” from their role as aggressors throughout history, urging a new cultural understanding of what power — and empowerment — looks like.
“What [we're] trying to do here is change the behavior of history,” Clinton said. “If we do it together, we’ll still make some mistakes, but we’ll still be stumbling in the right direction.”
Clinton, who was accompanied by his daughter, Chelsea, spoke of the strong women in his own life. He applauded the organizers and the attendants for the work that has been done, but pushed for progress in global health and education. He cited high HIV rates in women, maternal safety, and access to education as just some of the many inequalities still facing women.
Zainab Salbi, the founder of Women For Women International, presented the award to the former president during the annual gala dinner. She was honored by Clinton during his administration for her work in Bosnia.
Salbi, an Iraqi refugee, founded the initiative in 1993 while working with women in wartorn Bosnia and Herzegovina. In its 18 years, the organization has distributed more than $103 million in direct aid, micro credit loans, and has impacted more than 1.7 million family members around the world.
The Champion of Peace Award is given annually by the organization. Past recipients have included musician Mary J. Blige and Jennifer and Peter Buffett.
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Honorary Chair, Chelsea Clinton invites you to:
Chelsea Clinton, Honorary Chair
Please join Honorary Chair Chelsea Clinton, President Bill Clinton, and Honorary Ambassador Paul Rudd on December 8, 2011, at Terminal 5 in New York City for a night out with the Clinton Foundation Millennium Network.
From Los Angeles to London, the Millennium Network has
been hosting exciting and inspiring events that bring
together the next generation of leaders and philanthropists to learn about some of the most pressing issues of our
Paul Rudd, Honorary Ambassador
interconnected world and to support the Clinton Foundation’s work improving global health, strengthening economies, promoting healthier childhoods, and protecting the environment.
Join us for an evening of music, networking, and supporting President Clinton in ensuring that the life-changing work of the Clinton Foundation continues.
Over the past 10 years, as a result of the Clinton Foundation’s work:
* More than 4 million people in 70 countries are benefitting from lifesaving HIV/AIDS treatments at reduced costs through agreements negotiated with drug manufacturers;
* 26,000 entrepreneurs, small business owners, and smallholder farmers are improving their families’ livelihoods and creating jobs in their communities;
* 30 million children in the U.S. and Latin America are receiving more nutritious meals in schools; and
* Over 120,000 metric tons of carbon-dioxide emissions are prevented from being released into the atmosphere annually.
You can purchase your tickets today at www.clintonfoundation.org/MNNY.
Help us expand the Millennium Network by forwarding this e-mail to your friends, family, and colleagues.
If you are interested in supporting the event and would like to join the Host Committee, please e-mail ewurgaft@clintonfoundation.org for more information.
Thank you for your continuing support and friendship and we hope to see you on December 8!
Emily Wurgaft
Millennium Network Director
William J. Clinton Foundation
Rememberance Honoring Dorothy Howell Rodham:
Rest in Peace- June 4, 1919 - November 1, 2011
Clinton Foundation Statement official press release:
“Dorothy Howell Rodham was born in Chicago on June 4, 1919 and died shortly after midnight on November 1, 2011 in Washington, D.C., surrounded by her family. Her story was a quintessentially American one, largely because she wrote it herself. She overcame abandonment and hardship as a young girl to become the remarkable woman she was — a warm, generous and strong woman; an intellectual; a woman who told a great joke and always got the joke; an extraordinary friend and, most of all, a loving wife, mother and grandmother.
“Dorothy is and always will be lovingly remembered by her daughter and son-in-law, Hillary Rodham Clinton and Bill Clinton; her sons and daughters-in-law, Hugh Rodham and Maria Rodham and Tony Rodham and Megan Rodham; her grandchildren, Chelsea Clinton and her husband Marc Mezvinsky, Zachary Rodham, Fiona Rodham and Simon Rodham. She leaves behind many friends from all stages and places in her life, friends from California she met in high school, friends from Little Rock and Washington with whom she explored the world, the people who were first her doctors and then became her friends at George Washington Hospital, to the people she met through her children and grandchildren who became as much her friend as theirs.
“To honor Dorothy, her family will hold a private celebration of her life for family and friends. In lieu of flowers and in line with what Dorothy would have wanted, the family have asked that any one who would want to do so would make a donation in Dorothy’s memory to George Washington Hospital, where she received excellent care and made terrific friends over many years; to the Heifer Project, her Christmas gift of choice in 2010 and an organization dear to her heart; or to a local organization meaningful to the giver that helps neglected and mistreated children, a blight Dorothy was determined to remedy until her last day because she knew too well the pain too many children suffer. Her family is and will be forever grateful for the gift of Dorothy’s life and for the memories they will treasure forever.”
