Carole Artigiani, Founder and Executive Director of Global Kids, Inc.
Ring The NASDAQ Stock Market Closing Bell

Wednesday, January 11, 2006
at NASDAQ's MarketSite
in New York City.

Global Kids, Inc.

Carole Artigiani, Founder and Executive Director of Global Kids, Inc., will preside over the closing bell.

Founded in 1989 and an independent not-for-profit organization since 1993, Global Kids' (GK) mission is to transform urban youth into successful students and global and community leaders by engaging them in socially dynamic, content-rich learning experiences. Through leadership development and academic enrichment programs, Global Kids uses interactive and experiential methods to educate youth about critical international and public policy issues and provides them with opportunities for civic and global engagement. Through its professional development program, GK provides teachers and educators with strategies for integrating a youth development approach and international issues into their classrooms. GK has strong partnerships with Adelphi University, the Council on Foreign Relations, Ping Chong Theatre Company, New School University, gameLab, and the "NewsHour with Jim Lehrer." Each year, more than 90% of the seniors in Global Kids' leadership programs graduate from high school.

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