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\"Forest<\/p>\n

November 22, 2021<\/strong>\u00a0– Last week, WPDI\u2019s Founder and CEO, Forest Whitaker, was in Paris, France, to participate in a series of events in both his capacities as a socially engaged artist and as the Founder and CEO of a humanitarian organization. These events included a ceremony to award him the title of Commander in the French Order of Arts and Letters\u00a0 as well as two high-level events, the Paris Peace Forum and UNESCO\u2019s 75th anniversary celebrations.<\/p>\n

Mr. Whitaker first participated in a ceremony at which the Government of France awarded him with the medal of Commander of Arts and Letters, one of France\u2019s most most prestigious orders. His elevation in the Order was motivated by Mr. Whitaker\u2019s continued promotion of cinema, including through his personal artistic career and through his promotion of young filmmakers as well as his humanitarian career at the helm of WPDI. Testifying to the acknowledgment of his multifaceted work, the ceremony was led by Thierry Fr\u00e9meaux, the Delegate General of the Cannes Festival, and attended by Audrey Azoulay, the Director General of UNESCO as well as as Antoine Sire of BNP Paribas, one of WPDI\u2019s most supportive partners. It is with heartfelt recognition that he accepted the medal, stating that\u00a0\u201cFrance and its citizens have embraced me in all I do, and have given me tremendous clarity about my mission and purpose for being alive. So I\u2019m incredibly grateful to be receiving this Commander designation today. I view this as another affirmation to continue onward, and to connect even more deeply with those who work and live here.\u201d\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Forest<\/p>\n

Later in the week, Forest took part in\u00a0 the fourth consecutive\u00a0Paris Peace Forum<\/a><\/span>, at which heads of state, civil society actors, and other prominent global stakeholders gathered to advance concrete solutions to the enormous challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Forest participated in a live panel discussion with Melinda French Gates, the Co-Chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Darren Walker, President of the Ford Foundation, and Elias Lukwago, the Mayor of Kampala, Uganda. Moderated by CNN\u2019s Melissa Bell, the conversation focused on how to mitigate the effects of the pandemic, particular in vulnerable areas. The panel also examined how to strengthen international efforts to respond to the multiple negative challenges posed by the pandemic.<\/p>\n

During the event, Forest\u2019s remarks focused on how young people working with WPDI have, with our support, been able to have an outsized impact on helping their communities respond to the pandemic.\u00a0\u201cVery early on into the COVID-19 crisis, youths from our diverse programs came to us to ask how they could help. Some of them took initiatives on their own, like reorienting a small business\u2019s operations to produce face masks for others in their communities. In many places, they distributed equipment, joined forces with local authorities, and participated in radio talk shows. All those efforts \u2013 unplanned and unprecedented for us \u2013 reached, by our data, nearly 350,000 people.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

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