Category: iZōsh: Women Investing in Women

Another Successful Event!

Congratulations to all on a great iZōsh event! More than a hundred women gathered together on Friday, January 11th, for the purposes of granting loans to women in extreme poverty, discussing the book Banker to the Poor by Muhammad Yunus and learning more about micro-loans from our fabulous speaker, Joan Mussa. We gifted $9920 to…
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Our Next Book for Discussion: Banker to the Poor

Banker to the Poor by Muhammad Yunus In 1983, Muhammad Yunus established Grameen, a bank devoted to providing the poorest of Bangladesh with minuscule loans. Twenty-three years later they won the Nobel Prize for Peace for their work in eradicating poverty. This is an inspiring story of one man’s realization that access to even a…
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RECAP of the October 19th meeting of iZōsh: Women Investing in Women

Last Friday evening, ninety women gathered together to help make a dent in global poverty, to learn about the stark realities of human trafficking, and to discuss the book Half the Sky. It was a meaningful, celebratory time together and we are thrilled for such a successful kick-off to our first savings group meeting. iZōsh:…
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Our Next Meeting, Friday, October 19

Women, please join us: Friday, October 19, at 7pm Huron Hills Church, 3150 Glazier Way, Ann Arbor, 48105 Our next iZōsh meeting is less than a week away! We can’t wait to join together at Huron Hills to give micro loans to women in extreme poverty. It’s going to be a fun, celebratory, and informative…
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Half the Sky PBS Documentary: October 1 & 2

On October 1 & 2 from 9pm-11pm Eastern time, PBS will be showing a documentary of the book Half the Sky. Click here for local listings. Filmed in 10 countries, following Kristof, WuDunn, and celebrity activists America Ferrera, Diane Lane, Eva Mendes, Meg Ryan, Gabrielle Union and Olivia Wilde on a journey to tell the…
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Book Review: Half the Sky by Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn

Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide by Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn is the book that galvanized us to begin iZōsh:Women Investing in Women. This work is a life-changing piece that transports our minds, hearts and souls from not just our physical locale in Michigan, but our first-world mind-set of…
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iZōsh Official Launch Event

On May 12, 2012, 93 women of all ages gathered together for the official launch of a new ministry, iZōsh: Women Investing in Women. Together we learned about the realities of the majority of women today, struggling to feed, educate and care for themselves, their families and their community. Our guest speaker, Ravi Rao, a…
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iZōsh “Kick-off” Breakfast

Women, please join us: Saturday, May 12, 8:45am-11am Huron Hills Church, 3150 Glazier Way, Ann Arbor, 48105 You are invited you to be a part of an exciting group called iZōsh: Women Investing In Women. The group was founded by a small group of women at Huron Hills Church who were inspired to make a…
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