Muhammad Yunus is Coming to LA (Thousand Oaks)
Posted by microfinance on January 8, 2010
Granted Thousand Oaks is not really LA, or is it? Anyway, Muhammad Yunus will be in Thousand Oaks on Friday, February 26th at 4pm. Tickets are for sale now at ticketmaster
Here’s the info from Ticketmaster’s website:
Join the CSU Channel Islands community (students, faculty, staff, and administrators) as they welcome Dr. Muhammad Yunus, 2006 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and 2009 Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient.
What if you could harness the power of the free market to solve the problems of poverty, hunger and inequality? As founder of Grameen Bank in Bangladesh and author of Creating a World Without Poverty: Social Business and the Future of Capitalism, Dr. Yunus has been instrumental in creating a business model that advances economic and social development in the poorest regions of the world. By developing social business in healthcare, education, nutrition, and financial services, which rely on sound business principles rather than philanthropic donations, businesses impact poverty levels in a more sustainable way.
I would suggest to buy the tickets as soon as possible! It’s $20 ($31.75 with all other fees).
Mallie Kim said
I just discovered Dr. Yunus brought his bank to the USA – in New York City. There’s actually a new documentary coming out about it. If you’re interested in Dr. Muhammad Yunus and the Grameen Bank, check it out: http://www.tocatchadollar.com.
James said
This is great! Just been reading about Muhammad Yunus here. Will try my best to get tickets. THanks for sharing
R. said
Dear Microfinance Advocates:
You may be interested to know that Grameen America, a U.S.-based microfinance institution under the Grameen umbrella, has made it to the final round of the Ideas for Change in America competition. Grameen has until March 12th to rally as many votes as possible to make it to the final 10 Ideas. The final 10 ideas will be presented to relevant members of the Obama Administration, and will also help microfinance gain the attention of the very large Change.Org community.
If you can take a moment to vote and encourage others to vote, with your help, microfinance can be brought to the attention of the Obama administration and we can continue to help alleviate poverty in the U.S.
The link to vote is http://www.change.org/ideas/view/job_creation_for_poor_americans_through_microloans_2.