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Published: December 16 2011

FORT LAUDERDALE – President Bill Clinton, founder of the William J. Clinton Foundation and 42nd President of the United States, will share his unique insights and observations in an evening entitled Embracing Our Common Humanity at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts in Fort Lauderdale on Tuesday, March 20 at 7:30 p.m. in the Au-Rene Theater. 

Presented by the Broward Center, the event will feature President Clinton exploring the challenges of globalization, our growing interdependence and ways toward a common future based on shared goals and values. 

"As Broward County's official cultural embassy, the Broward Center for the Performing Arts plays an important role in promoting the exchange of ideas," said Broward Center President and CEO Kelley Shanley.  "We are pleased to have this opportunity bring President Clinton to Broward County for this exclusive South Florida speaking engagement."

Tickets go on sale to the general public on December 19 and are available through the Broward Center’s AutoNation box office at 954/462-0222 or www.BrowardCenter.org.  

After serving as President of the United States for eight years during a time of unprecedented prosperity and change, President Clinton founded 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 Clinton Foundation has staff and volunteers around the world working to improve lives through several initiatives that address critical health issues, climate change, and sustainable growth in developing countries.

President Clinton was named United Nations Special Envoy for Haiti in 2009 following a series of battering hurricanes to assist its people and government. The appointment built on his longstanding commitment to Haiti while in the White House and his work through the Clinton Global Initiative, which has brought together thousands of world leaders, top business executives, Nobel Peace Prize laureates and innovative thinkers to take action to solve some of the world’s most pressing problems.

President Clinton and President George W. Bush established the Clinton Bush Haiti Fund following the 2010 earthquake to raise funds for immediate, high-impact relief and long-term recovery efforts on the island.

The Broward Center for the Performing Arts is located in the Riverwalk Arts & Entertainment District at 201 SW Fifth Avenue in Fort Lauderdale.

Harbor Beach Marriott Resort & Spa, TAM Airlines and Sun-Sentinel are proud sponsors of the Broward Center. 

All dates, times, programs and artists are subject to change.

About The Broward Center for the Performing Arts

One of America’s premier performing arts venues, the Broward Center for the Performing Arts presents more than 700 performances each year to more than 700,000 patrons. The Center showcases a wide range of exciting cultural programming and events, and offers one of the largest arts-in-education programs in the United States, serving more than 150,000 students annually. In 2007, the Broward Center was named the Cultural Embassy of Broward County in recognition of its success in linking cultural activity with the region’s economic development. The Broward Performing Arts Foundation, Inc. receives and maintains funds to sustain, develop, and secure the future of the Broward Center.  The Broward Performing Arts Center is located in the Riverwalk Arts & Entertainment District at 201 SW Fifth Ave. in Fort Lauderdale. For more information, visit www.BrowardCenter.org.   The Riverwalk Arts & Entertainment Consortium is a cultural partnership between the Broward Center for the Performing Arts, Museum of Art | Fort Lauderdale, Florida Grand Opera, Fort Lauderdale Historical Society and the Historic Stranahan House Museum.  It is supported by the Broward County Board of County Commissioners as recommended by the Broward Cultural Council and the Greater Fort Lauderdale Convention & Visitors Bureau.