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Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus: Social Business to End Poverty, Unemployment, and Lack of Health: Investing in What Really Matters

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

Fri Apr 19, 2013
Washington, DC

Date

Fri Apr 19, 2013
8:30am – 10:00am EDT

Location

Washington, DC, United States

Contact

    [email protected]

Hosts

  1. Aspen Global Innovators Group

Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus will receive the Congressional Gold Medal on April 17th in Washington, DC and will be the seventh person in history to have received the Congressional Gold Medal, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, and the Nobel Peace Prize. Professor Yunus is the father of microcredit, the father of social business, the founder of Grameen Bank, and the founder of more than 50 other companies in Bangladesh. Join us to hear Professor Yunus reflect on the potential of social businesses to end poverty, reduce unemployment, and address health challenges.

Join us to hear Professor Yunus reflect on the potential of social businesses to end poverty, reduce unemployment, and address health challenges.