Sorry for the forward of a forward, but this panel on microfinance looks pretty interesting. Unfortunately, I'll be out of town.
Begin forwarded message: > From: "C. Leigh Anderson" <cla at u.washington.edu> > Date: May 21, 2008 6:08:11 AM PDT > To: <pbaf599r_sp08 at u.washington.edu> > Cc: "'Andrew Whitaker'" <andrew at cs.washington.edu> > Subject: FW: GP CEO to Speak at UW's Kane Hall on May 29 > Reply-To: <cla at u.washington.edu> > > > > Folks -- from Angie FYI: >> Announcement from Global Partnerships: >> >> Please join us on Thursday, May 29, 2008 for a panel discussion >> featuring > Global Partnerships CEO and President, Rick Beckett. Rick, along > with other > leaders in microfinance, will discuss microcredit's role in bringing > opportunity to people living poverty. >> >> U.N. Millennium Development Goals and Microcredit: How Small Loans >> Support Sustainable Development >> >> Date: Thursday, May 29, 2008 >> >> Time: 6:30 p.m. >> >> Location: University of Washington, Kane Hall 220 and the Walker Ames >> Room 225 >> >> Panelists include: >> >> * Rick Beckett, CEO of Global Partnerships >> * Peter Bladin, VP of Grameen Foundation and Director of Grameen > Technology Center >> * Terry Provance, Executive Director of Oikocredit USA >> * Sangita Sigdyal, Deputy Director of the Microcredit Summit >> Campaign >> * Carol Welch, former U.S. Coordinator of the U.N. Millennium >> Campaign >> >> Moderator: Penny LeGate, KIRO TV news anchor and reporter >> >> The panel discussion is sponsored by the Puget Sound Millennium Goals > Project and the Center for Global Studies of the Jackson School at the > University of Washington. >> >> The event is free and open to the public. We hope to see you there! >> >> Read more about this event on our website > > _________________________________________________________________ > Give to a good cause with every e-mail. Join the i'm Initiative from > Microsoft. > http://im.live.com/Messenger/IM/Join/Default.aspx?souce=EML_WL_ > GoodCause > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://changemm.cs.washington.edu/mailman/private/change/attachments/20080521/90c0ec56/attachment.html>
