MANY KNEW JACK VALENTI FOR HIS WORK AT THE MOTION PICTURE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA. BUT HE WAS ALSO A TIRELESS HUMANITARIAN AND ADVOCATE FOR THOSE SUFFERING THE EFFECTS OF POVERTY AND DISEASE ACROSS THE GLOBE. AS PRESIDENT OF FRIENDS OF THE GLOBAL FIGHT, A DC-BASED ADVOCACY ORGANIZATION, HIS EFFORTS WERE TO ENSURE THAT THE WEALTHIEST NATION ON EARTH MADE THE COMMITMENT REQUIRED TO SAVE MILLIONS OF LIVES. JACK VALENTI'S ADVOCACY AND ABILITY TO PERSUADE CHANGED PEOPLE, CHANGED LAWS AND PRODUCED RESULTS.
"I count the mission I am now committed to as one of the most worthy things I have ever done. The very decimation of civilizations is in progress and it won't be halted until the Global Fund and PEPFAR can expand and keep expanding their life-saving and life-giving labors."
Jack Valenti
1921 - 2007
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