Monday, January 19, 2009

Columbia University event

Columbia University
*Muhammad Yunus - Creating A World Without Poverty: Social Business and the Future of Capitalism*

The winner of the Nobel Peace Prize outlines his vision for a new business model that combines the power of free markets with the quest for a more humane world?and tells the inspiring stories of companies that are doing this work today.

*Muhammad Yunus*, a native of Bangladesh, was educated at Dhaka University and was awarded a Fulbright scholarship to study economics at Vanderbilt University. In 1972 he became head of the economics department at Chittagong University. He is the founder and managing director of Grameen Bank, a pioneer of microcredit, an economic movement that has helped lift millions of families around the world out of poverty. Yunus and Grameen Bank are winners of the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize.

As space is limited, advance registration is encouraged, though not required.
Register for this Event

Time: 3:00-5:00pm, January 27
Location: Lerner Hall, Arledge Cinema
Sponsor: Center for the Study of Human Rights (CSHR)

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