The Elders met civil society groups, diplomats and members of the Irish government in Dublin last week to discuss the role of Europe in the Middle East, the prospects for young people in Northern Ireland and other issues relevant to their work.
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Kofi Annan, the former UN Secretary-General and Chair of the Kofi Annan Foundation, has been appointed to take over from Archbishop Desmond Tutu as Chair of The Elders with immediate effect.
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On Monday, May 6, President Bill Clinton participated in two open press events about the Clinton Foundation’s Clinton Health Matters Initiative (CHMI) and the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI).
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Ian Somerhalder – outspoken actor, activist and co-founder of the Ian Somerhalder Foundation – is working hard to help change the face of media.
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Ted Danson and Oceana have organized a new petition to President Obama to reject the use of seismic testing (to search for oil and gas deposits) off the Atlantic Coast.
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Willie Nelson is turning 80, and Farm Aid and some famous faces want you to help them celebrate.
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Rock the Earth, a national nonprofit environmental organization that partners with the music industry, today announced the winners of the eighth annual Planet Defender Awards.
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Jennifer Beals, the star of “The L-Word,” and “Flashdance,” and one of People magazine’s most beautiful people of 2011 met last week with leaders on Capitol Hill to press for legislation that would make chemicals used in common household items like cleaners and children’s products safer.
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Oceana, the largest international organization dedicated solely to protecting the world’s oceans, is pleased to announce the total amount realized at this weeks’s Inaugural Oceana Ball.
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Lucy Lawless has joined a range of well-known New Zealand groups and individuals in slamming the government’s controversial move to criminalize aspects of peaceful protests at sea.
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As Syria’s humanitarian crisis escalates, Desmond Tutu has made an impassioned call to the international community to put the safety of Syrians above politics.
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This week, the Sierra Club launched a new campaign urging people to get outdoors.
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Chevy Chase has put his name to an email to supporters of the Clinton Foundation, explaining how he has been inspired by Bill Clinton.
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The We Are Family Foundation (WAFF), a not-for-profit organization founded by legendary songwriter and producer, Nile Rodgers, will honor Humanitarian Award recipients Sting and Trudie Styler at its inaugural We Are Family HONORS event on Thursday, April 11, 2013, at Manhattan Center’s Grand Ballroom in New York City.
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Contribute to the Clinton Foundation by April 12 to support their life-changing work and be entered to win a day with President Clinton in New York City.
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“The Perks of Being a Wallflower” star Ezra Miller will travel to the North Pole in early April to plant a ‘flag for the future’ on the seabed, as part of a major international campaign to protect the Arctic.
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Harrison Ford has urged the US to invest in conservation in a new interview with the BBC’s Laura Trevelyan.
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Joanna Lumley and Virginia McKenna are set to round up three weeks of Tiger Tracks, the world’s largest tiger conservation event in London tonight.
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Actress and Co-Founder of The Honest Company, Jessica Alba, is the newest global ambassador for Earth Hour, the world’s largest mass participation event that has become the iconic symbol of people’s commitment to protect the planet.
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Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus, founder of Yunus Social Business, Sir Richard Branson, founder of Virgin Unite, and U.S. President Bill Clinton, founder of the Clinton Foundation, announced last Sunday the launch of a new social initiative called Haiti Forest.
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Girl Rising, Academy Award-nominated director Richard E. Robbins’ new feature film about the strength of the human spirit and the power of education to change the world, premiered this week in New York at the Paris Theatre.
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WildAid and NBA Cares, the NBA’s global social responsibility program, have announced another step in their partnership promoting wildlife conservation in the United States and aimed at reducing the illegal trade of wildlife products in China.
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WWE Divas Alicia Fox and Natalya will visit refugee camps in Rwanda this week as part of their alliance with the United Nations Foundation’s Nothing But Nets campaign to help raise awareness and funds to fight malaria in sub-Saharan Africa.
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Last night, Sophia Bush, Emmy Rossum, Orlando Bloom, Willie Nelson,Miranda Kerr and Helen Hunt were among the guests who joined H&M and Global Green USA to celebrate their partnership and the kickoff of H&M’s global garment recycling program at Global Green’s 10th annual Pre-Oscar party.
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This week, actor and World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Board Member Leonardo DiCaprio helped launch WWF’s Hands Off My Parts initiative.
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Recording artist and actress Victoria Justice has released her new song and music video, “Girl Up,” that highlights the work of the United Nations Foundation’s Girl Up campaign to help girls in developing countries.
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Willie Nelson will perform at tomorrow night’s Global Green Pre-Oscar Party at Avalon Hollywood.
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Here is your chance to bid on celebrity experiences, autographed memorabilia and luxury items to benefit Rainforest Action Network!
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With elephant and rhinoceros poaching in Kenya on the rise, basketball star Yao Ming decided not to focus his energies on supporting conservationists to defeat poaching. Instead, he’s bringing the message to the buyers – the rising wealthy in China.
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Last week, the United Nations Foundation, Royal Dutch Shell plc, Tribal Brands, Inc. and members of the entertainment industry united to celebrate the launch of mPowering Action, a first-of-its-kind worldwide movement and mobile platform designed to inspire, empower and motivate a generation of global citizens to take positive action in their communities, for their families and for themselves.
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