SOF Luncheon: Breakthrough Strategies for the Bottom Billion

Note: This is a past event, additional resources may be available below.

Date

Fri Jul 13, 2012
12:30pm – 2:00pm

Location

Aspen, CO, United States

Hosts

Exclusive offering for Society of Fellows supporters. This compelling session will address breakthrough strategies for the world’s most at-risk: breaking the cycle of poverty, disease, and malnutrition; transformative efforts regarding food security and distribution; and the empowerment of women as social and economic drivers. With Peggy Clark, executive director of the Aspen Institute’s Aspen Global Health and Development policy program.

Please note that this event is for Society of Fellows only. To attend, register online or use the SOF Reservations Hotline: sof@aspeninstitute.org, (970) 544-7980.

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