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Tanuki

(14,918 posts) Sat Mar 4, 2023, 08:44 PM Mar 2023

Clintons, Buttigieg inspire Vanderbilt students, Hillary gets standing ovation

https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/local/2023/03/04/bill-and-hillary-clinton-global-initiative-university-vanderbilt-pete-buttigieg/69965012007/

..."The political dignitaries — and several activist students — were at Vanderbilt University's Langford Auditorium on March 3 as part of the Clinton Global Initiative University's first in-person meeting since 2018. COVID-19 had forced the previous three meetings to Zoom. The plane carrying the former first family was delayed by the severe wind advisory, but the event began on time.

About 780 students from 92 countries and 42 states were scheduled to be in Nashville this weekend for the three-day event in which they would begin work on activism projects that they can continue in their home states.

CGI, founded by Bill Clinton in 2007, has supported more than 11,800 students in more than 160 countries with $4.5 million in funding. The goal is for students to commit to projects to help make communities better and then grow those projects. "...(more)

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Clintons, Buttigieg inspire Vanderbilt students, Hillary gets standing ovation (Original Post) Tanuki Mar 2023 OP

like it republianmushroom Mar 2023 #1

Sounds very good. Well done CGI. Go students! electric_blue68 Mar 2023 #2

Keith Sharon: HRC should be referred to as former Secretary of State, not former Senator. mobeau69 Mar 2023 #3

Dem former presidents go on to do some great things that actually help people. OMGWTF Mar 2023 #4

Progressives who get things done! Don't say "Why don't they," say "Why don't we." betsuni Mar 2023 #5

Videos ... littlemissmartypants Mar 2023 #6

Thank you so much! betsuni Mar 2023 #7

republianmushroom

(13,581 posts)

1. like it

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Sat Mar 4, 2023, 09:09 PM

Mar 2023

electric_blue68

(14,886 posts)

2. Sounds very good. Well done CGI. Go students!

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Sat Mar 4, 2023, 09:18 PM

Mar 2023

mobeau69

(11,141 posts)

3. Keith Sharon: HRC should be referred to as former Secretary of State, not former Senator.

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Sat Mar 4, 2023, 09:45 PM

Mar 2023

OMGWTF

(3,951 posts)

4. Dem former presidents go on to do some great things that actually help people.

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Sat Mar 4, 2023, 10:08 PM

Mar 2023

Rethugs OTOH, spend their days painting pictures of people in the bathtub or spouting inflammatory nonsense all day long.

betsuni

(25,468 posts)

5. Progressives who get things done! Don't say "Why don't they," say "Why don't we."

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Sat Mar 4, 2023, 11:50 PM

Mar 2023

I had Georgina Pazcoguin's book "Swan Dive: The Making of a Rogue Ballerina" on my list for a while and now I see the paperback edition is out so it's back on the list.