Tag: WuDunn

Preparing for Our Next iZōsh Event and Loan Updates

We hope you have had a restful summer and are preparing for the advent of fall. We are looking forward to our next iZōsh event on Saturday, October 26th, at 9:00 a.m. and wanted to let you know some details surrounding our time together. The book discussion for our October 26th iZōsh event will be based…
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Gender Based Violence and Half the Sky

Mark your calendars now for our next iZōsh event on April 27, 2013. Please note this is a Saturday morning – and we will meet from 9 – 11 a.m. The book discussion for this event will focus on chapters four and five of Half the Sky. In these chapters, authors Kristoff and WuDunn tackle…
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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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