President Bill Clinton to Deliver Keynote Remarks at ADC Convention

posted on: Jun 8, 2009

The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee is pleased to announce that President Bill Clinton, Founder of the William J. Clinton Foundation and 42nd President of the United States, will accept the ADC Global Leadership Award and deliver keynote remarks at this year’s Saturday Evening Gala during the annual National Convention.

William Jefferson Clinton was elected President of the United States in 1992, and again in 1996, the first Democratic president to be awarded a second term in six decades. Under his leadership, the United States enjoyed the strongest economy in a generation and the longest economic expansion in U.S. history. His administration resulted in moving the nation from record deficits to record surpluses; the creation of over 22 million jobs; low levels of unemployment, poverty and crime; and the highest homeownership and college enrollment rates in history.

After leaving the White House, President Clinton established the William J. Clinton Foundation with the mission to strengthen the capacity of people in the United States and throughout the world to meet the challenges of global interdependence. Today the Foundation is working to improve lives through several initiatives, including the Clinton HIV/AIDS Initiative which is helping 2 million people living with HIV/AIDS access lifesaving drugs. Other initiatives are applying a business-oriented approach worldwide to fight climate change and develop sustainable economic growth in Africa and Latin America. As a project of the Foundation, the Clinton Global Initiative brings together global leaders to devise and implement innovative solutions to some of the world’s most pressing issues.

President Clinton will headline the Saturday Evening Gala Banquet Dinner on June 13th at 7:30pm.