by Leslie | Feb 9, 2015 | iZōsh: Women Investing in Women
Did you watch the premier of A Path Appears, the new series on PBS by Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn (authors of Half the Sky)? It’s about sex trafficking here in the United States and features some courageous people who are doing something about it. The...
by Leslie | Feb 9, 2015 | Book Discussions
Excitement is building for our March 20th iZōsh® Event at Huron Hills Church. We are eager to welcome our speaker, Emmy award winning documentary filmmaker, Sophia Kruz, to share her latest film project about empowering women. Our book for this upcoming Event is...
by Leslie | Nov 2, 2014 | Ann Arbor Chapter
On October 24th, we held our seventh iZōsh® Event, which was one of the most successful to date. Over 150 women from around Ann Arbor gathered to gift a record $13,345 to 39 entrepreneurial women in extreme poverty. That brings our total to $74,864 to 182 women who...
by Leslie | Sep 16, 2014 | Book Discussions
For our October 24, 2014 iZōsh® Event book discussion, we will revisit Half The Sky’s chapter 11: ” Microcredit: The Financial Revolution.” A compelling quote from Kofi Annan, former UN Secretary-General, opens this chapter: “It is impossible to realize our goals...
by Leslie | Sep 14, 2014 | iZōsh: Women Investing in Women
Today, somewhere in a rural village in the developing world, a group of women will sit down in a circle, and pass a basket. They will say their names: “Elfinish,” “Awa,” “Rosalinda,” “Winnie,” and place their dues in the basket, often the equivalent of less than $0.10...
