[Peace] Presentation About Haiti

[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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