jrubinstein at IGC.APC.OR
01-18-1998, 08:18 PM
OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE CONGRESSIONAL STAFF MEET DR. YUNUS
What: Briefing on Microcredit by Professor Muhammad Yunus.
When: Friday, January 23rd, 1998, 2:00 p.m.
Where: Room 2172, Rayburn House Office Building
Who: Open to all Members of Congress and staff.
Refreshments will be served.
Professor Muhammad Yunus, founder of the Grameen Bank in Bangladesh,
will give a briefing for congressional staffers. The briefing is
sponsored by Reps. Amo Houghton (R-NY) and Tony Hall (D-OH). (While
Members of Congress are most welcome to attend if they are in
Washington, Congress will not reconvene until January 27.)
THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR STAFFERS TO HEAR FROM ONE OF THE WORLD'S
LEADING EXPERTS ON MICROCREDIT. This could help immensely to build
support for funding. Professor Yunus is a pioneer of the global
microcredit movement. His Grameen Bank has over two million borrowers,
almost all poor Bangladeshi women. The Grameen Trust is supporting
replications of the Grameen model throughout the developing world.
Microcredit is the practice of extending very small loans to poor people
to give them the resources to start-up or expand self-employment
activities. Currently, microcredit is helping 8-10 million people
worldwide. Professor Yunus will describe the microcredit movement and
its impact on the lives of poor people in developing countries. He will
report on progress in meeting the goal of the February 1997 Microcredit
Summit, to ensure that 100 million of the world's poorest families,
especially the women of those families, have access to credit and other
business and financial services by 2005.
Professor Yunus will also talk about the microenterprise movement in the
United States, inspired by Grameen Bank and other similar institutions.
Action: Call or write your member of Congress. Ask to speak
with the aide specializing in international relations. Share
with them the miracle of microenterprise lending and encourage
them to attend this briefing to learn more about it.
This action is especially worthwhile if your member of
Congress serves on the International Relations Committee,
Foreign Operations subcommittee of Appropriations, or Banking Committee.
Please be sure to invite your Member of Congress, but be aware
that most won't be in town.
Address: Rep. _____, House of Representatives, Washington DC 20515
Capitol Switchboard: 202-225-3121
For more information, please contact Ana Hicks
<hicks@action.org> at RESULTS, 202-543-9340.
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What: Briefing on Microcredit by Professor Muhammad Yunus.
When: Friday, January 23rd, 1998, 2:00 p.m.
Where: Room 2172, Rayburn House Office Building
Who: Open to all Members of Congress and staff.
Refreshments will be served.
Professor Muhammad Yunus, founder of the Grameen Bank in Bangladesh,
will give a briefing for congressional staffers. The briefing is
sponsored by Reps. Amo Houghton (R-NY) and Tony Hall (D-OH). (While
Members of Congress are most welcome to attend if they are in
Washington, Congress will not reconvene until January 27.)
THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR STAFFERS TO HEAR FROM ONE OF THE WORLD'S
LEADING EXPERTS ON MICROCREDIT. This could help immensely to build
support for funding. Professor Yunus is a pioneer of the global
microcredit movement. His Grameen Bank has over two million borrowers,
almost all poor Bangladeshi women. The Grameen Trust is supporting
replications of the Grameen model throughout the developing world.
Microcredit is the practice of extending very small loans to poor people
to give them the resources to start-up or expand self-employment
activities. Currently, microcredit is helping 8-10 million people
worldwide. Professor Yunus will describe the microcredit movement and
its impact on the lives of poor people in developing countries. He will
report on progress in meeting the goal of the February 1997 Microcredit
Summit, to ensure that 100 million of the world's poorest families,
especially the women of those families, have access to credit and other
business and financial services by 2005.
Professor Yunus will also talk about the microenterprise movement in the
United States, inspired by Grameen Bank and other similar institutions.
Action: Call or write your member of Congress. Ask to speak
with the aide specializing in international relations. Share
with them the miracle of microenterprise lending and encourage
them to attend this briefing to learn more about it.
This action is especially worthwhile if your member of
Congress serves on the International Relations Committee,
Foreign Operations subcommittee of Appropriations, or Banking Committee.
Please be sure to invite your Member of Congress, but be aware
that most won't be in town.
Address: Rep. _____, House of Representatives, Washington DC 20515
Capitol Switchboard: 202-225-3121
For more information, please contact Ana Hicks
<hicks@action.org> at RESULTS, 202-543-9340.
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