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Hendrickson Forum: Social Capitalism: An “App” to Fight Poverty

Moderator: Fred de Sam Lazaro, director of the for the Under-Told Stories Project at Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota and a correspondent for the PBS NewsHour with Jim Lehrer.

 

Jacqueline Novogratz is the founder and CEO of Acumen Fund, a non-profit global venture fund that uses entrepreneurial approaches to solve the problems of global poverty. Novogratz will discuss Acumen’s progress in addressing practical health, food and business issues based on her extensive international experience.

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Richard Davis of U.S. Bancorp will be presented with the 2011 Hendrickson Medal for Ethical Leadership during the event for demonstrating prudent, ethical leadership throughout one of the worst economic crises of our time.

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