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  • Marian Wright Edelman

    In 2009, Children’s Defense Fund founder Marian Wright Edelman wrote about the Bellagio Center’s history of facilitating movements for children’s and women’s rights in the U.S. and globally.

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  • Designing a Future for AI in Society: The AI+1 Report

    In 2019, The Rockefeller Foundation was ahead of the curve in mapping out a future led by AI. The organization convened a group of inspiring leaders to discuss the ethics of AI and the implications of its rapid development for society.

May 2023

  • Seth Berkley and the International Aids Vaccine Initiative

    Uncover how a conference held at Bellagio produced the world-changing goal of developing preventive HIV vaccines suitable for global use.
  • Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN)

    Find out how, after convening at Bellagio in 2007, The Rockefeller Foundation put the concept of “impact investing” on the global map.
  • Self-Employed Women’s Association (SEWA)

    Discover how a 1995 conference by SEWA laid the foundation for an international trade union movement of street vendors.
  • Gavi, The Vaccine Alliance

    Discover how a convening at Bellagio in 1999 led to Gavi being able to vaccinate almost half of the world’s children today.

December 2022

  • Dr. D. James Baker and Dr. Gary Richards

    As a result of a 2008 convening at Bellagio, two leading Scientists founded the Global Forests Observations Initiative. It uses technology to monitor carbon stored in forest to allow us to reach our climate targets.
  • Lowell S. Hardin

    Scientist and consultant Lowell S. Hardin attended a 1969 conference at Bellagio with the goal of solving the world food crisis. He shares his experience in this inspiring account.

September 2022

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    Ruth Bader Ginsburg

    Joan Ruth Bader Ginsberg was a scholar-in-residence at the Bellagio Center in 1977. Back then, she was faculty at Columbia University Law School and supervisor of the ACLU’s Women’s Rights Project. She was also a general counsel to the American Civil Liberties Union.

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August 2023

Welcome to a special edition of the Bellagio Bulletin, where you’ll have a chance to hear from leading voices within the alumni network on one of the greatest global challenges of our time – the ethical application and governance of artificial intelligence. We hope you’ll find their points of view as illuminating as we have […]

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