[Peace] Fwd: Channing-Murray flier for upcoming Social Justice Program

[Jan & Durl Kruse]

>> March Social Justice Program at Channing-Murray Foundation
>>
>> Wednesday, March 14th  7:15pm at Channing-Murray Foundation, 1209 W.
>> Oregon, Urbana
>>
>> Kathleen Robbins to discuss "How Microfinance and Development are
>> Affecting the People of Haiti"
>>
>> For the past six months, Kathleen Robbins has been in Haiti  
>> working with
>> Digicel and Fonkoze, the largest cellular company and the largest
>> microfinance organizations in Haiti, to develop a replication of the
>> Grameen Bank Village Phone program in Bangladesh.
>>
>> In her presentation, she will be discussing the relationship of  
>> the US
>> and Haiti, past and present, and why it matters now; the  
>> environmental,
>> economic, political and sociological situation in Haiti today; and  
>> how
>> microfinance is currently impacting development in Haiti today.
>>
>> Kathleen worked in corporate America for 20+ years, and ran  
>> Cellular One
>> of East Central Illinois from 1995-2003.  In 2003 she resigned from
>> Cellular One to bring the ideas put forth in her doctoral  
>> dissertation
>> into the real world.  She also served in the Peace Corps for a  
>> short time
>> before her work in Haiti.
>>
>> Refreshments will be served.  Free and open to all.
>>
>> Co-Sponsored by:  the Social Action Committee of the Unitarian
>> Universalist Church; Center for Latin American & Caribbean Studies;
>> AWARE; Episcopal Chapel of St. John the Divine; First Mennonite  
>> Peace &
>> Justice Initiative; U-C Friends Meeting; Illinois Disciples  
>> Foundation &
>> Activist Forum; McKinley Church & Foundation; St. Andrew's Church &
>> Campus Center; St. Mary Church; Social Action Committee of St.  
>> Patrick's
>> Church; University YMCA.
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