Prof Yunus to launch California Institute for Social Business

Microfinance Focus, Feb 21, 2010: California State University Channel Islands (CI) will welcome Dr. Muhammad Yunus, to its campus on Feb. 26, 2010, for its annual Campus Reading Celebration and to launch the new California Institute for Social Business (CISB). Dr. Yunus is the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and 2009 Presidential Medal of Freedom Recipient.

Included in the day’s activities will be a morning discussion with CI students, faculty, and staff of Yunus’ book, Creating a World without Poverty — Social Business and the future of Capitalism, led by Dr. Yunus. Yunus will also review a Service Symposium Poster Session from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. in the Broome Library, featuring service projects/events undertaken by CI students, faculty, staff, and community partners.

At 4 p.m. the public will have an opportunity to join students from CI, Ventura, Moorpark, and Oxnard Colleges at the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza (TOCAP) to discuss his innovative concept of social business, and its potential for addressing a variety of social problems and issues. Corporate sponsors for the event include Citi, Domino’s Pizza, Limoneira, Montecito Bank & Trust, Patagonia, Regenerate Films, SAGE, and Westlake Village Inn. General admission tickets may be purchased by visiting www.ticketmaster.com or the TOCAP box office at www.civicartsplaza.com or 805-449-ARTS.

Planning and implementation for the CISB has been ongoing for the last two years, with input from a cross disciplinary team of faculty members and inspiration and collaboration from Dr. Yunus, founder of Grameen Bank and its subsidiary companies under the Grameen umbrella. Dr. Ashish Vaidya, Dean of Faculty, stated that Vice President for University Advancement Julia Wilson had worked at the Grameen Foundation prior to her appointment at CI and brought Dr. Yunus to President Richard Rush’s attention.

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