Month: April 2016

A Powerful Night: Recap of the iZōsh April 22 Event

April 22 was an incredible evening for iZōsh members and guests.124 women gathered to enjoy powerful dance performances, learn from an engaging and enlightening speaker, and participate in lively discussions around each table. And we collected more money to fund microloans than any other event so far!  The evening opened with an interpretive dance by…
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Let’s help more women like Janeth

Our next iZōsh event is one week from today, and we hope you are planning to be there, and have invited your friends and neighbors. We are excited to gather again for many reasons, and one of the main ones is our loan recipients. There is a great amount of diversity among our loan recipients.…
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The Book We’ll Discuss April 22nd – Join Us!

As those of you familiar to iZōsh know, we definitely don’t shy away from difficult topics, inviting speakers with hard stories to tell and hear, and exploring reading material that challenges ideas about justice and safety for women worldwide. The Locust Effect by Gary A. Haugen and Victor Boutros is no exception. Recommended by iZōsh’s…
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Stories of Exploitation in the Name of Cheap Seafood

Please join us on Friday April 22nd as iZōsh welcomes Christine Chan Downer as our featured speaker. We have the rare opportunity to hear from a world changer with Ann Arbor roots. With undergraduate degrees in Political Science and Asian Studies from the University of Michigan, and a graduate degree from U of M’s Gerald…
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