{"id":5603,"date":"2016-04-18T13:10:51","date_gmt":"2016-04-18T17:10:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mdcthereporter.com\/?p=5603"},"modified":"2021-05-17T14:44:39","modified_gmt":"2021-05-17T18:44:39","slug":"clinton-global-conference-connects-students-to-world-issues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/clinton-global-conference-connects-students-to-world-issues\/","title":{"rendered":"Global Conference Connects Students To World Issues"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Twenty-five Miami Dade College students joined the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clintonfoundation.org\/clinton-global-initiative\/meetings\/cgi-university\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">Clinton Global Initiative University<\/span><\/a>, a project of former President Bill Clinton\u2019s Foundation for student leaders at the University of California, Berkeley, from April 1<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to 3. At the event, more than 1,200 students from more than 100 countries presented their commitments to action projects addressing an issue on campus or a local community around the world.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI got a pretty good global perspective and the issues that are going on internationally, not just in the United States,\u201d said Chaveli Beltran,<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 20, a political science student at InterAmerican Campus.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Her project, Advocates for Immigrant Scholars, aimed to address poverty alleviation<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The 2016 Clinton Global Initiative University focused on five areas: education, environment and climate change, peace and human rights, poverty alleviation, and public health. This is the third year that Miami Dade College has taken part at the Clinton Global Initiative University. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Beltran participated in \u00a0working and skills sessions facilitated by leaders from the different areas. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe [session] that I liked the most was Beyond Diversity: Inclusion and Empowerment on Campus,\u201d Beltran said. \u201cBecause different personalities from the community came out and they spoke about how important education is.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Roberto Sosa and Frank Lam were selected to present their projects several times throughout the weekend to compete for Tomorrow Financial funding which focuses on providing financial counseling to transitioning individuals like students and recent immigrants. Sosa and Lam are<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 19-year-old accounting and finance majors at Kendall Campus.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> They took part in the competition for the Social Venture Challenge and made it to the final round of 25 students. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe were the only community college that got to the finalist round,\u201d said Lam, who thought CGIU was a valuable opportunity. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Clinton and his daughter, Chelsea Clinton, interacted with students during different events at the conference. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Latoya Gonzalez was one of six students to ask Bill Clinton a question at the closing conversation on Saturday evening. Gonzalez submitted the question early that morning through an email sent to all students. She was later called on by host Conan O\u2019Brien at the last event of the conference. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI was nervous, but I was doing it for my school,\u201d said Gonzalez, a<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 25-year-old pursuing social work at Wolfson Campus. Her project, entitled the MDC Wolfson Shark Pantry, addressed poverty alleviation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She stood up and asked former president Bill Clinton, if he was a student right now, what would his commitment to action be. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI would have a commitment that would accelerate as dramatically as I possibly could the deployment of renewable energy in my neighborhood,\u201d Clinton replied without hesitation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He added that he would take advantage of the diversity in Miami and propose an intercultural understanding project. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Every year the conference ends with a day of service. On Sunday, students worked along with the Mayor of Oakland, Libby Schaaf and celebrities like Marshawn Lynch.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIt\u2019s a humbling experience,\u201d Sosa said, \u201cit shows you that there are communities that need help, and that we can be the driving force that helps those communities.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Students who participated are encouraged to apply for the Innovation Fund. For the first time this year, the winning proposal will be awarded $1million to develop their projects further. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cOur goal is that our students will, for the rest of their lives, be people who are involved in the community and realize we all have an obligation to give back,\u201d said <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdcthereporter.com\/clinton-global-initiative-awards-10000-to-mdc-students\/\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">Josh Young<\/span><\/a>, the college-wide director of the Institute for Civic Engagement of Democracy who attended the conference. \u201cWe want our students to recognize that we all have an obligation to help others and solve problems and make the world better for everyone.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Twenty-five Miami Dade College students joined the Clinton Global Initiative University, a project of former President Bill Clinton\u2019s Foundation for student leaders at the University of California, Berkeley, from April 1 to 3. 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