Invitation to the Second Annual 21st Century Policy Makers Conference on Racial, Ethnic, and Religious Reconciliation

This document is an invitation letter dated January 3, 2007, from the William J. Clinton Foundation and the University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service to Mr. Elie Wiesel. The letter invites him to attend and participate in the "Second Annual 21st Century Policy Makers Conference" scheduled for March 8-10, 2007, at the Clinton Presidential Center in Little Rock, Arkansas. The conference's central theme is "Racial, Ethnic, and Religious Reconciliation." The organizers seek Mr. Wiesel's insights and experiences, believing they would greatly contribute to discussions on these issues, aiming to promote academic scholarship, community discourse, and social change. The letter explains that the "21st Century Policy Makers" is an association of graduate departments interested in public policy, established in 2005 by students at the Lyndon Baines Johnson School of Public Affairs, with the Clinton School joining in 2006. The letter is co-signed by Bruce Lindsey, CEO of the William J. Clinton Foundation, and James L. "Skip" Rutherford, Dean of the University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service.