[NFEC Update] Media Advisory and a link to the webcast from the plenary session: The Global Impact of Rural Innovation

[Noorie Brantmeier]

MEDIA ADVISORY

 

Elsie Meeks, President and CEO of the Oweesta Corporation, to
Participate on Rural Innovation Plenary at Clinton Global Initiative
Annual Meeting

 

 

Who: Elsie Meeks, President and CEO of First Nations Oweesta Corporation
(Oweesta)

What: Ms. Meeks will join four other panelists including micro-finance
pioneer and 2006 Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus to discuss
Native economic development strategies on The Global Impact of Rural
Innovation plenary session, part of the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI)
annual meeting.  CGI was started by former President Bill Clinton and
the William Jefferson Clinton Foundation as "... a call for action that
brings together a community of global leaders from various backgrounds
to devise and implement innovative solutions to some of the world's most
pressing challenges."

Where: The Global Impact of Rural Innovation plenary session will take
place at the Clinton Global Initiative annual meeting being held at the
Sheraton New York Hotel and Towers in New York City.

 

When:The plenary session will be held on Friday, September 26, 2008 at
9:00am-10:00am eastern time. The CGI annual meeting begins Tuesday,
September 23rd and concludes on Friday September 26, 2008.  Oweesta will
have a booth at the CGI Exchange forum on Tuesday the 23rd from
2:00pm-5:00pm.

 

Why: Elsie Meeks is a champion and leader for creating sustainable asset
building strategies for Native communities across the country.  Through
its training and technical assistance services, Ms. Meeks' organization
is at the forefront of the movement to increase the number of Native
community development financial institutions (CDFI) serving Native
peoples. These institutions and their programs are the foundation of any
successful economic development strategy. Ms. Meeks' participation will
bring a unique perspective to the panel as she highlights the issue of
poverty in Native communities and offers strategies for the future.

 

Contact: Jody Sarkozy, Chief External Relations Officer, Oweesta

            (605)342-3770 or jody at oweesta.org.

 

 

 

Please clink on the link below to view this morning's panel at the
Clinton Global Initiative, with Elsie Meeks from Oweesta as one of the
panelists.  

Plenary Session: The Global Impact of Rural Innovation
<http://www.kaisernetwork.org/health_cast/hcast_index.cfm?display=detail
&hc=3022> 
As the official webcaster of the 2008 Clinton Global Initiative Annual
Meeting, kaisernetwork.org provides live and archived coverage as well
as transcripts and podcasts of events. 

 

 

 

 

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