Blog, People

Come and see William Ury live
On December 8, William Ury (Coauthor of Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In
and author of The Power of a Positive No: Save The Deal Save The Relationship and Still Say No
) will lead a film screening and discussion on his The Abraham Path Initiative at Harvard. You get the details here.
You find more information about William Ury here.

Jacqueline Novogratz: Patient capital
Are you as curious what patient capital means to the poor around the world. You get the answer here.

Maude Barlow on the spirit of 1999
Read Maude Barlow’s article on the spirit of the demonstration in Seattle 1999. It looked spontaneous but it was the power of the crowed.

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Jacqueline Novogratz and the Acumen Fund
Helena Frith Powell gives you a great overview about Jacqueline’s work, the goals and the achievements of the Acumen Fund. You can read the full article “Investor in people” here.
Al Gore connects climate change action next to civil rights
Watch the CBS Inverview with Al Gore here:
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Pentagon [...]

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I hope I meet this guy one day!

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Crisis Group quoted
“I don’t think he’ll be able to venture out beyond the immediate neighborhood, or maybe the Gulf. His people don’t want to take any risks. Once he’s in international airspace, he is in no man’s land.”
Fouad Hikmat, Crisis Group’s Sudan Advisor, commenting on President Omar Hassan al-Bashir’s last-minute decision to cancel a trip [...]

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