Reply #42: It looks like more neo-liberal do-gooderism [View All]

[Armstead]

Sen. Kaye Bailey Hutchinson a fellow member of the board, along with leaders of chambers of commerce, the World Bank etc.

They may do good things, but it looks more of the hand-out philosophy in which we are supposed to feel good about addressing symptoms, without actually dealing with the structural causes of problems.

One such focus:

http://www.vitalvoices.org/desktopdefault.aspx?page_id=396

CORPORATE PARTNERS ANNOUNCE OVER $1 MILLION FOR THREE VITAL VOICES PROGRAMS IN AFRICA, ASIA AND LATIN AMERICA AT CLINTON GLOBAL INITIATIVE

* ExxonMobil, Nike, Starbucks and Standard Chartered Bank Support Pan-Africa Leadership Summit for Women and Girls
* Microsoft and Eileen Fisher Support Asian Business Leadership Program to Advance Women’s Rights and End Human Trafficking
* Levi Strauss Invests in Women’s Leadership Initiative for Latin America and the Caribbean

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An oil company and clothing firms that export US jobs to sweatshops.....