Catalyze Magazine May 2022
With Ideagen's extensive member network and influential platform, Catalyze Magazine serves as an aggregate for all the content, events, articles, and collaboration that we do. It is a monthly magazine where you will find transcriptions from Ideagen events, content, articles, and information surrounding how we are completing our mission. With this magazine, we want to highlight the nature of cross-sector collaboration and how we infuse it into our daily mission on a global scale. This edition of Catalyze Magazines highlights the Washington Roundtable. The first part of each article in this edition of Catalyze Magazine is available, please sign up at Ideagenmember.com to continue reading and stay up to date with our monthly releases.
With Ideagen's extensive member network and influential platform, Catalyze Magazine serves as an aggregate for all the content, events, articles, and collaboration that we do. It is a monthly magazine where you will find transcriptions from Ideagen events, content, articles, and information surrounding how we are completing our mission. With this magazine, we want to highlight the nature of cross-sector collaboration and how we infuse it into our daily mission on a global scale. This edition of Catalyze Magazines highlights the Washington Roundtable. The first part of each article in this edition of Catalyze Magazine is available, please sign up at Ideagenmember.com to continue reading and stay up to date with our monthly releases.
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CATALYZE.
B Y I D E A G E N April 2022
10
2 0 2 2 G L O B A L
L E A D E R S W H O
A R E C H A N G I N G
T H E W O R L D
An Exclusive
Interview with
Paul Reed,MD
RADM, U.S. Public
Health Service
Ideagens Washington Roundtable.
Reimagining 2030
Achieving the 2030
Global Goals
Across The Aisle: With
Reince Priebus and Steve
Isreal
PLUS
AARP
Presents: The
Purpose Prize
Honorees
CATALYZE.
B Y I D E A G E N April 2022
10
2 0 2 2 G L O B A L
L E A D E R S W H O
A R E C H A N G I N G
T H E W O R L D
An Exclusive
Interview with
Paul Reed,MD
RADM, U.S. Public
Health Service
Ideagens Washington Roundtable.
Reimagining 2030
Achieving the 2030
Global Goals
Across The Aisle: With
Reince Priebus and Steve
Isreal
PLUS
AARP
Presents: The
Purpose Prize
Honorees
CATALYZE.
B Y I D E A G E N April 2022
10
2 0 2 2 G L O B A L
L E A D E R S W H O
A R E C H A N G I N G
T H E W O R L D
Ideagens Washington Roundtable.
Reimagining 2030
An Exclusive
Interview with
Paul Reed,MD
RADM, U.S.
Public Health
Service
Achieving the 2030
Global Goals
Across The Aisle: With
Reince Priebus and Rep.
Steve Isreal
PLUS
AARP
Presents: The
Purpose Prize
Honorees
CATALYZE.
B Y I D E A G E N April 2022
10
2 0 2 2 G L O B A L
L E A D E R S W H O
A R E C H A N G I N G
T H E W O R L D
An Exclusive Interview
with
Paul Reed,MD
RADM, U.S. Public Health
Service
Ideagens Washington Roundtable.
Reimagining 2030
Achieving the 2030
Global Goals
Across The Aisle: With
Reince Priebus and Steve
Isreal
PLUS
AARP
Presents: The
Purpose Prize
Honorees
Stream Now
This Inaugural Roundtable that took place in Washington DC kicked off
what is to be a series of global leadership events that take place around
the country. Bringing together high-level individuals and organizations to
discuss some of the world’s most vexing issues through the lens of
sustainability and how proper leadership can help us cross the threshold
into enacting global change.
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2022 Winners
Purpose Prize
Learn More
Bill Bracken
You live. You learn. You give back.
No one knows this better than people ages 50
and older, who have spent decades
accumulating a wealth of knowledge that only
life experience can bring. Armed with this
wisdom, they are a powerhouse of innovation
tackling some of the greatest societal
challenges of our time and inspiring others to
do the same.
The AARP® Purpose Prize® award supports
AARP's mission by honoring extraordinary
people ages 50 and older who tap into the
power of life experience to build a better
future for us all.
“AARP is honored to celebrate these
extraordinary older adults, who have
dedicated their lives to serving others in
creative and innovative ways,” said AARP CEO
Jo Ann Jenkins. “During these trying times in
our country and globally, we are inspired to
see people use their life experiences to build a
better future for us all.”
Ify Nwabuku
Raymond Jetson
Rita Zimmer
Alan Miller
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2021
Purpose
Prize
Fellow
Highlight
Linda Eagen
Founder and
Administrative Director,
Fulton Block Builders
Support Fulton Block Builder
Learn More
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Linda Eagan
Founder and
Administrative Director,
Fulton Block Builders
"When I was 62, I founded Fulton Block Builders, a grassroots community revitalization
program in Fulton, NY. For the past three years, the program has offered grants and
incentives to homeowners to renovate their properties through an approach designed
to restore neighborhood ties and community pride."
The problem I’m trying to solve
Like many other American cities, Fulton used to be dominated by nearby large manufacturers —
in our case, the Miller Brewing Co. and Nestlé, which together employed more than 2,000
workers. After the plants closed, other businesses left, and Fulton experienced high rates of
unemployment, depressed property values, and disrepair. Eventually, these blows affected the
psyche of the city. Community residents had lost vision and pride in our hometown. I wanted to
see if there was a way to bring those back.
Fulton Block Builders was formed to revitalize neighborhoods, block by block, and inspire pride
and community camaraderie. We provide small grants to groups of homeowners to help them
restore, beautify and ultimately transform their block. But it is not just about planting flowers,
hanging a new storm door, or trimming the hedges. Residents play a role in the decision-making
process, the planning, and the implementation of neighborhood projects. They must apply as a
group, help one another with projects and plan at least one celebratory event.
The idea is to help homeowners feel more confident about their properties and more connected
as a community. In 2018, our second year, Fulton Block Builders approved 24 distinct blocks and
212 properties for grants. For every dollar invested, property owners themselves invested 3.5
times that amount. Nearly $500,000 was invested in participating properties.
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Presented
by
Globally
Ideagen Washington Roundtable
May 18
Bringing you localized content from
cities across the U.S. and countries
around the globe on how they are
addressing the UN SDGs
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I D E A G E N ' S P O W E R 1 0 L I S T
10 global leaders who are Changing the World in 2022
Mark Fitzgerald
KPMG
Barb Quaintance
AARP
Steve Isreal
Michael Best
Strategies
Dr. Sidhant Gupta
Microsoft
Tomas Thyblad
Nasdaq
Alan Miller
News Literacy Project
Peggy Pelonis
ACS Athens
Jake Herway
Gallup
BJ Moore
Providence
Nick Larigakis
American Hellenic
Institute
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Editor's Note
Dear Ideagen Global Friends and Colleagues,
We are just about mid-year in 2022 and Ideagen Global, Presented
Globally by Microsoft, continues to maximize our efforts with a
relentless commitment to convene the world's greatest minds from the
world's leading companies, NGO's, and the public sector to address the
world's most vexing issues. In 2021, Ideagen TV content reached over
90 Million People across the planet with our ubiquitous content
distribution including inspiring interviews and custom programming to
create awareness and Global Partnerships to Achieve the Goals.
2022 is already promising to be an #EPIC year with upcoming
hybrid/live events across the planet planned including Hollywood,
Athens, Greece, New York and many other amazing locations! Join the
movement at IdeagenMember.com and visit IdeagenGlobal.com for all
of the latest updates.
Sincerely,
GEORGE SIFAKIS
GEORGE SIFAKIS
Editor-in-Chief & CEO
Ideagen
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COOPER HENDERSON
Publication Editor
Pictured Top to Bottom
76th session of the UN
UN New York
MIchael Best's Rep. Steve Israel
Top Left: BJ Moore at HIMMS Conference
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