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Meeting the Grandfather of Microfinance
Last Friday, YAO-Chicago chair Shannon Leutheuser and I had the chance to not only hear but actually to meet Dr. Muhammad Yunus at the Chicago Council of Global Affairs event, “Building Social Business.” Yunus is the founder and manager of Grameen Bank and the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize winner, and he has written a new Read more…
Tagged Africa, Bangladesh, Building Social Business, Business, Capitalism, Chicago Council on Global Affairs, Economics, Education, Grameen Bank, MFI, Microfinance, Muhammad Yunus, Nobel Peace Prize, Opportunity International, Poverty, Selfishness, Selflessness, Social Change, Technology, YAO, Young Ambassadors for Opportunity, Youth
"Building Social Business" with Muhammad Yunus
Last Friday, the Chicago Council on Global Affairs brought Dr. Muhammad Yunus to Chicago for a talk entitled “Building Social Business.” Dr. Yunus, often called the grandfather of microfinance, is the founder and managing director of Grameen Bank and the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize Winner. Friday’s talk was attended by an audience that consisted of local Read more…
Tagged Africa, Building Social Business, Capitalism, Chicago Council on Global Affairs, Dannon, Education, Grameen Bank, Hillary Clinton, Melanne Verveer, Microfinance, Muhammad Yunus, Nobel Peace Prize, Social Change, Social Entrepreneurship, Students, Sustainability, Technology, Women
Painters, Activists & Engineers at the Clinton Global Initiative
On the last evening of The Clinton Global Initiative, I ended up chatting with the following three people: a painter who uses his art to teach children in Mexico about tolerance and peace, a small business loan officer who works for a community development organization in Harlem, and an engineer who is piloting a solar Read more…
