Events Archive
Thomas Tighe: Service in the Technology Age
Date of event: November 15, 2010 - 6:00am
Thomas Tighe is President and CEO of Direct Relief International, a nonprofit humanitarian medical organization that provides medical material assistance to locally run health programs around the world. From 1995 to 2000, Tighe served as Chief Operating Officer of the Peace Corps. Jonathan Lewis: Microfinance: Markets, Missions & Mendacity
Date of event: November 8, 2010 - 6:00am
Jonathan Lewis is the founder of the Opportunity Collaboration, an annual global gathering of social investors and entrepreneurs. He is also the founder of MicroCredit Enterprises which finances microloans for deeply impoverished women in 15 nations on 4 continents. Raj Patel: The Value of Nothing
Date of event: November 1, 2010 - 7:30am
Raj Patel is an award-winning writer and activist, who is currently a visiting scholar at UC Berkeley’s Center for African Studies. His first book was Stuffed and Starved: The Hidden Battle for the World Food System and his latest, The Value of Nothing, is a New York Times best-seller. Webcast
Anasuya Sengupta: Our Struggle, Our Leadership: Challenging Poverty Through Women's Rights
Date of event: October 25, 2010 - 7:00am
Anasyua Sengupta is Regional Director for Asia/Oceania, at the Global Fund for Women, an international network of people committed to a world of equality and social justice. The Fund makes grants to support women's groups around the world. Ms. Sengupta has worked with organizations such as UNICEF and DAWN (Development Alternatives for Women in a New Era) to actively stop violence against women and children, national and regional religious and cultural fundamentalisms, and help to create gender equality. Jan deVries: Does Globalization Relieve Poverty? Comparing 19th Century and Contemporary Globalization Processes
Date of event: October 18, 2010 - 7:30am
Jan de Vries is a professor of History and Economics at Cal. The author of the well regarded book The Industrious Revolution: Consumer Behavior and the Household Economy, 1650 to the Present, he is an expert in European economic history. His research interests include European agrarian history, historical demography, urbanization, environmental and climate history as well as the history of consumer behavior.Webcast
Maria Echaveste: Role of Advocacy in Shaping American Development Policy
Date of event: September 27, 2010 - 7:00am
Maria Echaveste is senior fellow at Berkeley Law School's Chief Justice Earl Warren Institute, and is on the Board of CARE. Formerly, she served as White House Deputy Chief of Staff in the Clinton Administration, with oversight responsibility for education, civil rights, and immigration. Maria Echaveste is the founder of the Nueva Vista Group, a consulting firm that works with nonprofit organizations, associations, and corporations on a wide range of policy issues.Webcast
Bill Clinton: Turning Good Intentions Into Positive Action
Date of event: February 23, 2010 - 7:30pm
The Blum Center for Developing Economies hosted a lecture, "Global Citizenship: Turning Good Intentions Into Positive Action," by President Bill Clinton, founder of the William J. Clinton Foundation and 42nd President of the United States.
Hernando de Soto: Slumdogs vs. Millionaires
Date of event: January 27, 2010 - 5:30pm
Described as “the world's greatest economist“ by Bill Clinton, Hernando de Soto spoke about his views on empowering the poor in developing countries. De Soto is president of the Institute Libertad y Democracia, which focuses on designing and implementing capital-formation programs to empower the poor.Webcast
Walter Mondale: The Crisis in US Aid and Developmental Policies
Date of event: September 16, 2009 - 8:00am
At an event sponsored by the Blum Center for Developing Economies, former Vice President Walter Mondale spoke about the need to increase financial assistance to nations in need and international development opportunities for students.UC Berkeley News
His Holiness the Dalai Lama
Date of event: April 25, 2009 - 7:00am
On Saturday, April 25, the Blum Center for Developing Economies hosted a presentation by His Holiness the Dalai Lama who spoke on the theme of "Peace Through Compassion.”
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