To Catch A Dollar Private Screening

August 23, 2010 1 Comment

Thirty years ago, Mohammad Yunus, a Bangladeshi Banker, U.S. educated Professor, economist and Nobel Peace Prize recipient responded to the plight of the severely poor. He loaned only $27 to forty-two people, taking them out of a predatory life-long loan shark cycle and provided them the opportunity to work themselves out of poverty. These were people too poor to ever qualify for traditional banking means.  And thus was sparked his development of the all new field of Microcredit and Microfinance.
Today, this Nobel-Prize winning strategy to end poverty has resulted in over a billion dollars being loaned by Grameen Bank and has helped millions of women in developing countries.  See how Grameen America is taking the same system to the streets of New York City.

When: Thursday, August 26th, 2010
6:00 pm – Reception with heavy hors d’oeuvres
7:00 pm – Private Screening & Special Guest Speaker
Where: Two Union Square
601 Union Street, 51st Floor
Downtown Seattle
Price: Ticket Levels: $100 | $50 | $25

Watch the trailer here

Please RSVP to Fortunato Vega
(206) 336-1611
fortunato911@gmail.com

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One Comments to “To Catch A Dollar Private Screening”
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