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New York, NY. - Mercy Corps, a global relief and development organization based in Portland, OR, today committed to a five-year, $17.3 million education and activism initiative at the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI). The Commitment to Action, announced by President William J. Clinton as a Mega-Commitment at this morning's plenary session, aims to educate and equip more than one million Americans, especially youth, to tackle the challenges of poverty and hunger around the world.
The centerpiece of the Commitment is the Action Center to End World Hunger, an interactive multimedia center that will open in Lower Manhat tan on October 16, World Food Day. Mercy Corps' partners in the Commitment are Best Buy, the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, all of which have provided significant funding for the Action Center.
"Mercy Corps and our partners are energized by this Commitment to Action," said Nancy Lindborg, president of Mercy Corps. "The Action Center to End World Hunger will provide a powerful platform to educate people—particularly young people—about hunger and poverty and empower them to take actions to help root out hunger in communities around the world.
The Action Center is a first-of-its-kind facility designed by Ed Schlossberg and his creative team at ESI Design. The Center will feature interactive exhibits that illuminate the complex causes of hunger and poverty, bring to life the daily experiences of aid workers and the communities they serve, and provide a platform for direct action. Visitors will learn how they can support initiatives such as school feeding programs, education for girls, a campaign to end world hunger, and micro-lending programs.
The Center will live online at www.actioncenter.org, and a companion Action Center will open next year in Portland, OR.
Young people who visit the Action Center can also join the Global Citizen Corps, a national network of youth who educate and mobilize their schools and communities to fight global poverty. By organizing and inspiring young people, Mercy Corps empowers them to make a difference today and become leaders for tomorrow.
Through the Center in New York, its web site, and Mercy Corps' youth activism programs, the agency aims to inspire more than one million Americans to combat the devastating effects of the global food crisis and fight hunger around the world.
About the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI)
Established in 2005 as a project of the non-partisan William J. Clinton Foundation, the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) convenes global leaders to devise and implement innovative solutions to some of the world's most pressing challenges. Since 2005, CGI members have made nearly 1,000 Commitments to Action valued at upwards of $30 billion to improve more than 200 million lives in over 150 countries around the world. Through past Annual Meetings, CGI has brought together more than 80 current and former heads of state, hundreds of top CEOs and non-profit leaders, major philanthropists, and 10 of the last 16 Nobel Peace Prize laureates.
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