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Minnesota Supporters Spin, Discuss and Dine, Taking Action for our Clients
This November, Opportunity International supporters in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area were busy holding fundraising and awareness-raising events for the sake of our clients. Meet two Minnesota supporters — Cassie Burns and Steve Waters — who each share their experiences hosting recent get-togethers in their hometown. Cassie was co-host of a panel discussion with local women Read more…
Tagged Bogotá, Bonnie St. John, Cartagena, Colombia, donors, Ending Poverty, fundraisers, How Great Women Lead, Insight Trip, Loans, Microfinance, Minneapolis, Nicaragua, Noemi Vivas Ocaña, Online fundraising, Opportunity International, Opportunity Nicaragua, Vicki Escarra, women entrepreneurs, Women Leaders
What We’re Pinning: Powerful Women of the World
I can promise you that women working together–linked, informed and educated–can bring peace and prosperity to this forsaken planet. -Isabel Allende The following six women are some of the most celebrated, powerful and inspirational women around. But women and men everywhere–in every country and in all walks of life–can and do make a difference every Read more…
Tagged Cambodia, Half the Sky Movement, Hillary Clinton, Human Rights, Ireland, Jordan, Joyce Banda, Leymah Gbowee, Malawi, Mary Robinson, Nobel Peace Prize, photos, Pinterest, president, Queen Noor, Somaly Mam, what we're pinning, Women, Women Leaders, women's empowerment
What We’re Reading: Our Incoming CEO Vicki Escarra in The Non-Profit Times‘s Power & Influence Top 50
What are we reading? This exciting list, of course! Our incoming CEO, Vicki Escarra, as president and CEO of Feeding America, built that nonprofit into a $1.2 billion organization during a time when more Americans than ever were suffering from hunger and food insecurity. In honor of her outstanding work, she’s been named one of The Read more…
Tagged American Cancer Society, American Red Cross, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Bill Gates, CEO, Ending Hunger, Ending Poverty, Feeding America, Food security, Girl Scouts of America, great nonprofits, Hunger, Leaders, Nonprofit, Opportunity International, Poverty, Social Media, The Non-Profit Times, United Way, Vicki Escarra, what we're reading, Women Leaders
What We’re Pinning: Our Top Picks This Week on Pinterest
Everybody on Pinterest has their favorite pins—ones that make you stop and think, move you to take action, or just make you smile. So each week we’re going to share our top picks with you. If they’re some of your favorites too, repin them and share with your friends!
Tagged Africa, Cairo, Children, Colombia, Egypt, Gender equality, Geraldine Ferraro, Girls, Half the Sky, Latin America, Mahatma Gandhi, photo blog, photos, Pinterest, Poverty, Social Media, Tanzania, Unicef, what we're pinning, Women, Women Leaders, World Vision
What We’re Reading: Darcy Deane on How Great Women Lead in Teen Vogue and More
Seventeen-year-old Darcy Deane and her mom, Bonnie St. John, wrote the book on inspiring female leaders. In How Great Women Lead: A Mother-Daughter Adventure into the Lives of Women Shaping the World, the co-authors profile some of the world’s most inspiring women–from Hillary Rodham Clinton; to President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf; to Sharon Allen, the first female Read more…
Tagged Board of Governors, Bonnie St. John, Darcy Deane, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Ending Poverty, Financial services, Global Poverty, Hillary Clinton, How Great Women Lead, local staff, Microfinance, Nicaragua, Noemi Vivas Ocaña, Opportunity International, Opportunity Nicaragua, Poverty, what we're reading, Women, Women Leaders
Meet the Women of Opportunity
Today, on International Women’s Day, the world comes together to celebrate the achievements, strength and rights of women. On this day, we can all take a few extra moments to see and feel the connections that exist in the community of women that contribute to Opportunity International. It is through these connections that our supporters, staff Read more…
Tagged Africa, Asia, Colombia, DR Congo, DRC, Ghana, Honduras, India, International Women's Day, IWD2012, Latin America, local staff, Mothers, Opportunity International, Philippines, staff, Supporters, Women, women clients, Women Leaders, Women's Opportunity Network, WON
Congratulations to President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, One of the Winners of 2011 Nobel Peace Prize
Congratulations to President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of Liberia, winner of the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize along with Liberian peace activist Leymah Gboweeh and Yemeni pro-democracy human rights campaigner Tawakkol Karman. They were the first women to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize since Professor Wangari Maathai, who passed away a couple weeks ago, won in Read more…
Tagged Africa, democracy, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Human Rights, International Women’s Leadership Award, Laureate Wangari Maathai, Microfinance, Nobel Peace Prize, Opportunity International, peace, Poverty, The New York Times, Voice of America, Women, Women Leaders, Women's Opportunity Network, Women's Philanthropy, WON
Joy in Giving: Minneapolis Women Philanthropists Share Inspirational Ways They Put their Passion Into Action
The following guest blog post was written by Cassidy Burns, an Opportunity International supporter who works for Riverbridge Partners. On Tuesday, more than 150 women gathered at the Joy in Giving event in Minneapolis, Minn. to learn and share why giving changes the world and changes you. The event was sponsored by Opportunity International, the Minneapolis Read more…
Tagged Betty Jane Hess, Board of Directors, Board of Governors, Community, Ending Poverty, Events, foundations, Global Poverty, Minneapolis, Nonprofit, Opportunity International, Philanthropy, Polly McCrea, Poverty, Print 4 Change, Women, Women Leaders, Women's Opportunity Network, Women's Philanthropy, WON
Empowering Rwandan Women in Microfinance
By Jeffrey Lee, CEO of Urwego Opportunity Bank (UOB) of Rwanda In Rwanda, gender equality is real. For example, more than 50% of the Rwandan senators are women. The chief justice is a woman. Approximately 40% of the state ministers are women, including the ministers of agriculture, of trade, of foreign affairs. Indeed, women are Read more…
Tagged 10000 women initiative, 2010 fall microfinance conference, Africa, alice gasatura, Emerging Leaders, emerging leaders program, Ending Poverty, fall microfinance conference, Financial services, Goldman Sachs, Kenya, Kigali, Loan Officer, Loans, MFI, Microfinance, Nairobi, Opportunity International, Opportunity International Microfinance Conference, Opportunity Rwanda, Poverty, Rwanda, Urwego Opportunity Bank, Urwego Opportunity Bank of Rwanda, Women, Women Leaders, Women's Opportunity Network, Women's Philanthropy, WON
