Archive for March 2008

2nd Annual Gala!

Global AFC is having its second annual fundraising gala this Saturday, and we're SOLD OUT! Looks to be an amazing evening and look forward to seeing everyone out - check www.globalafc.org/events for all the details, and hopefully we'll see you Saturday!

Yunus Visit Follow-up

You hear people speak of tipping points, in societies, movements, or organizations....it felt like we hit ours last week. Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus came to Vancouver and we somehow found ourselves very intricately involved in the visit! For any that don't know, this man is an icon in the microcredit world, and has dedicated his adult life to innovative solutions to global poverty and as an advocate for the world's poor. Our Agents created and presented all of the questions for a morning colloquium on corporate ...

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Yunus in Vancouver - Crazy Week!

So Dr. Yunus will be arriving in Vancouver Thursday night and I’m just off the phone with the organizers, finding out what opportunities we will have to be involved. They’re very supportive of our efforts and though very busy, we had a great conversation. This man (Yunus) lives one craaazy schedule and his itinerary here is sliced and diced into 5 minute windows at times to accomodate media, officials, academics, and people working in the community. Through our discussions and earlier efforts, we’ve been invited to ...

Spirit of Vancouver Feature

Hey friends! Check out the latest feature on AOC at the Spirit of Vancouver website: http://www.spiritofvancouver.com/spiritof/spotlight/ Crazy times at Agents of Change as we try to keep pace with rapid growth, hope to see you out on any or all of: March 9th - General meeting from 2-4 PM in the Mosaic Bar and Grill at the Hyatt on Burrard in Vancouver. March 14th - Group dinner and discussion, followed by public Muhammad Yunus lecture at UBC's Chan Centre March 29th - Agents of Change 2nd annual Gala - check the ...

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