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For the ninth year Tom Golisano is the major underwriter of the Clinton Global Initiative.
Sept 2013--This year Mr. Golisano's focus will be on the progress made since he announced a landmark $12 million gift to Special Olympics last year to launch Healthy Communities. He will open a session Tuesday September 24 with Malawi President Banda and Special Olympics International CEO Tim Shriver on Empowering the World's Billion People with Disabilities. He will also host a Topic Dinner on People with Disabilities and the Global Development Agenda.
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"Finding an Invisible People"
Op-ed Piece by Tim Shriver, Chairman and CEO, Special Olympics
Published by The Huffington Post, September 24, 2013
What do international health organizations that immunize children throughout Africa, Europe's system of "socialized" medicine, and the United States' Medicaid programs have in common? While all well-intentioned efforts, they routinely fail to reach one of the most severely under-served populations found in every community and every country in the world -- people with intellectual disabilities... Continue reading
President Joyce Banda Announces Convening of First-Ever African Leaders Forum on Intellectual Disability in Malawi in February 2014
President Banda Makes Formal Commitment at Clinton Global Initiative to Collaborate with African Heads of State to Develop an Inclusive Africa
Her Excellency President Joyce Banda of the Republic of Malawi addresses a Clinton Global Initiative forum on “From Stigma to Success: Empowering The World’s Billion People with Disabilities.” At left are Special Olympics Chairman and CEO Tim Shriver and Special Olympics athlete Loretta Claiborne. Photo courtesy of Special Olympics
New York, NY–September 24, 2013–Her Excellency, President Joyce Banda of the Republic of Malawi, a vocal champion of the rights and protections of those with intellectual disabilities, announced today that she will host the first-ever African Leaders Forum on Intellectual Disability in partnership with Special Olympics in February 2014 in Lilongwe, Malawi. The commitment is a result of her participation at the Global Development Summit at the 2013 Special Olympics World Winter Games in Korea. President Banda made the official announcement at the 2013 Clinton Global Initiative in New York City, on a panel shared by Special Olympics Chairman Dr. Timothy P. Shriver. Prior to the panel at CGI, President Banda met briefly with Dr. Shriver, as well as CGI Founding Sponsor Tom Golisano, whose Golisano Foundation supports the Special Olympics global health initiative Healthy Communities, active throughout Malawi. The meeting served as an opportunity to share recent highlights and future plans for the initiative in Malawi and throughout the continent. Read more
September, 2013
