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| .Founders observation notes: The 7 wonders of microeconomics and human sustanability system design - 1 banking 2 health .. more soon | System Crisis: Macroeconomists and globalisation professions, who value machines as investments and people as costs to cut, divide the world into roughly 64 expensive trillion dollar global markets; microeconomists map the future's sustainability as being worth a lot more than that to 7 billion people's rights to transparent access to productive lifetmes and joyous yet naturally safe demands. This web site is dedicated to change agents who value humanity's compound futures through transparency map-making and hi-trust system designs |
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| Norman Macrae’s league – NM is senior microeconomist, future historian and trillion dollar global free market auditor of sustainability exponentials and collaboration networks of entrepreneurial revolutionaries who care about integrating Micro Up system design | .President Obama's Medal of Honor to 16 YES WE CANChange Agents also awarded posthumous medals to |
.. . | "This is a chance for me -- and for the United States of America -- to say thank you to some of the finest citizens of this country, and of all countries," Obama said while presenting them the Presidential Medal of Freedom at the White House. Lauding the spirit of all the recipients, Obama said they did not set out in pursuit of glory or fame or riches. "Rather, they set out, guided by passion, committed to hard work, aided by persistence, often with few advantages but the gifts, grace, and good name God gave them". Praising Muhammad Yunus, Obama said 35-years ago he as a young economics professor at a university in Bangladesh was struck by the disconnect between the theories he was teaching in class and the reality of the famine outside. "Mohammed Yunus left the classroom for a village, and discovered that just 27 dollar would free dozens of artisans, vendors, and rickshaw pullers from debt," Obama said. Offering himself as a guarantor, he withdrew a loan, paid off their debts, and founded Grameen Bank -- a bank that has disbursed over USD 8 billion, lifting millions of people from poverty with microloans. "Mohammed Yunus was just trying to help a village, but he somehow managed to change the world," Obama said. The signature quality of Archbishop Desmond Tutu, says Nelson Mandela, is a readiness to take unpopular stands without fear, Obama observed. "Perhaps that explains what led the Arch, as he's known, to preach amid tear gas and police dogs, rallying a people against apartheid," he said. Obama also praised Tutu's role as Chairman of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in South Africa after its independence. "Tribune of the downtrodden, voice of the oppressed, cantor of our conscience, Desmond Tutu possesses that sense of generosity, that spirit of unity, that essence of humanity that South Africans know simply as Ubuntu," Obama said. |
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.worldwide 100 Grameen a 230 CIDA 240 LeadIndia2020 430 Grameen Veolia -water 450 Grameen Danone -nutrient milk desert kids 490 rural finance learning | .africa 221 Mountains of the Moon, Uganda 331 Unite for Sight, Africa 821 Fantsuam, Nigeria | .USA 32 10times less costly banking 02 Service is King (j19) 22 MicroUp 102 Grameen America 432 Water Advocates 802 Change.org ideas | .S.America 107 Grameen-Carso, Mexico 117 Pro Mujer | Europe 208 HunterFoundation 418 Fondation Farm | .M.East 105 SanabelNetwork | .India & Bangladesh 104 Grameen 1 124 BankaBillion 404 Grameen Shakti, Bangladesh 424 SKG Sangha, Bangalore, India | China 423 barefootpower 499 International Bridges to Justice (Karen Tse) | Rest Asia 106 Kashf, Pakistan 126 ACBA, Armenia | Rest World | 1 Community Banking a | 2 Education | 3 Healthcare. | 4 Clean energy,food,water | 5 channels/knowledge for community- free markets | 6 Professions 2.0 that do no harm | 7 Right & Government for community/Diversity | 8 Micro Accelerators | 9 M Goals networks for you | Other |
| Y= Purpose sustained by hi-trust leader earned by communicating deadline & audacious goal. | Being =solutions connecting people whose lifes are most critically impacted by success of goal's mission. | Uniting peoples with ample resources who connect purposeful actions with no loss |
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| Yunus Millennium Goal leader | Bangladesh knowhow shared www thru Microcredit/Microentrepreneur Summits | US Obama Yes We Can |
| Yunus Green Goals leader | Bangladesh solar -year 14 of microinvetemnt cos nation critically impacted by global warming | US Obama 5 million green jobs |
| Yunus End Digital Divides | Bangladesh villages - since 1983 formed 125000+ village hubs for women sustainability entrepreneurs connected by mobile since 1996 | US/California Internet for the poor |
| Yunus Safe banking - sustainability exponential up built on investing in people's productivy curves and community flows | Bangladesh microcredit since 1976- replicable context deep franchises now accessible through 10 world class epicentres on different hemispheres eg Bangladesh Grameen, Kenya Jamii Bora | US Obama Wall Street 2.0 & 100+ members of congress appealing to world bank to communicate 10 epicentre microcredit knowledge www |
| *1 Microcredit | *2 Solar Energy | *3 Free University -Joburg of Taddy Blecher partnered by Branson and in the vocational spirit of Mandela and Gandhi |
| .4 Wholeplanet Foundation =supermarket industry responsibility connecting fair trade, microcredit, and certification of what's in the food chain | .5 Internet Carpet industry chain targeting 0 waste by 2020 | *6 City Montessori (Lucknow India)- the social business of the world's largest school - 31000 childern |
| *7 Mobile leapfrogging and ending of digital divides | 8 The Paris cluster of future capitalists partnering Grameen including danone, Credit Agricole, Veolia and HEC SMBA | *9 The Green Children both as a responsible pop group and funders starting off Dr Yunus big plans for social business of health |
| *10 The 100000 grassroots networkers and sustainability investors connecting Bangladesh's MICRO economics development plan of which BRAC and Grameen in the 1970s started something that my just save the whole planet | .Click a pic to go to a video library      |
* denotes heavily influenced by Gandhi - your editor has a certain bias in seconding Einstein's nomination of Mahatma as the only leader of the first half of the 20th century with a complete model for changing a nation ruled by an unhealthy empire - my grandad was mentored for 25 years by Gandhi one Bar of London Barrister enough- intially as the Chief Justice in Mumbai grandad jailed Gandhi; by the 1940s he was transformed into helping write up the legalese for India's Independence. As transparency and Microeconomics/sustainability exponential mapmakers, we hold the view, one accelerated since we first wrote about it, 1984 that today's genertaion today's generation as first to go networked locally to globally has an order of magnitide deeper challenge than even Gandhi's India. That is if sustainability is to be earned for all our future generations. Please feel free to contact us if your change world agendas are that urgent or deep
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PLENARY SESSION: The Global Impact of Rural Innovation
Friday 9/26/08, 9:00 A.M. – 10:00 A.M.
Metropolitan Ballroom
In today’s society, where technology enables people to connect with one another instantly, it is hard to understand why poor, rural regions around the world continue to face persistent challenges in isolation. To reconcile these inequalities, many individuals, organizations, and businesses are actively addressing education, economic development, energy opportunities, and other vital needs. From the development of alternative-energy technology to implementation of economic development initiatives, persistently impoverished rural communities are developing in ways that can be scaled to address global challenges. This panel will include leaders who are driving innovations that serve rural communities and can be applied around the world.
Program Participants:
Jacques
Aigrain, CEO, Swiss Reinsurance Company
Steve Gunderson, President and CEO, Council on Foundations
Wangari Muta Maathai, Founder, Green Belt Movement, Kenya
Elsie Meeks, President
and CEO, First Nations Oweesta Corporation
Rick Warren, Pastor, Saddleback Church
Muhammad
Yunus, Founder and Managing Director, Grameen Bank
| 5:00 P.M. - 5:30 P.M. | Giving: A Conversation between President Clinton and Bill Gates | |
Metropolitan Ballroom
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OPENING PLENARY: A Call to Action
Wednesday 9/24/08, 10:00 A.M. – 11:30 A.M.
Metropolitan Ballroom
The opening plenary session will engage a diverse group of world leaders in an action-oriented discussion of the major challenges that CGI is focusing on this year: education, energy & climate change, global health, and poverty alleviation. This session will explore the transformative capacity of business, government, and NGOs to collaboratively develop and implement sustainable solutions.
Special Remarks:
Lance Armstrong, Founder and Chairman of the Board, Lance
Armstrong Foundation
Program Participants:
William J. Clinton, 42nd President of the United
States; Founder, William J. Clinton Foundation
Her Majesty Queen Rania Al-Abdullah, The Hashemite Kingdom
of Jordan
Bono, Lead Singer, U2; Co-Founder, Anti-Poverty Campaign, ONE
Al Gore,
Chairman, The Alliance for Climate Protection
E. Neville Isdell, Chairman of the Board of Directors,
The Coca-Cola Company
Her Excellency Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, President, Republic of Liberia
Thursday
9/25/08, 9:00 A.M. – 10:00 A.M.
Metropolitan Ballroom
During the 20th century, more people than ever benefited from clean water, plentiful food, and the mobility and comfort of an oil-based economy. World grain harvests quadrupled and world oil production grew 180-fold during the last century. However, our food, water, and oil reserves are increasingly strained as resources are depleted, natural systems become strained, and world population increases. The rising price of oil and increases in biofuel production are driving up global grain prices. New oil-extraction opportunities are heavily water- and carbon-intensive, and increasing demand for water is lowering water tables around the world. Because water, food, and energy issues are so closely related, solutions addressing one should address all three. This panel will discuss ways to use water more efficiently, expand food security, and reduce our dependence on fossil fuels to create a more sustainable future.
Opening Remarks
John McCain, Senator from Arizona, United States Senate
Program Participants:
Tom Brokaw, Special Correspondent, NBC News; Moderator, “Meet the Press”
T. Boone Pickens, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, BP Capital
Robert Zoellick,
President, The World Bank Group
Closing Remarks
Barack Obama, Senator from Illinois, United States Senate
PLENARY SESSION: Generating Profits, Jobs and Equitable Growth
Wednesday 9/24/08, 4:00 P.M.
– 5:00 P.M.
Metropolitan Ballroom
With the world population growing by more than 200,000 people each day, the public and private sectors must take action to create jobs, provide health and human services, and promote fair and equitable growth. This panel will feature public and private sector leaders and will explore ways the public sector can create policies that encourage investment in high-quality and emerging-technology jobs and promote a fair distribution of wealth, and it will examine ways the private sector can invest in and work with communities to generate jobs and create sustainable and healthy local economies in both developed and developing nations.
Program Participants:
Matthew
Bishop, New York Bureau Chief and American Business Editor, The Economist
John T. Chambers,
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Cisco
Hernando de Soto, President, Institute for Liberty and
Democracy
Thoraya Ahmed Obaid, President and Executive Director, United Nations Population Fund
Tulsi Tanti, Chairman and Managing Director, Suzlon Energy Ltd.
SPECIAL SESSION: Overcoming Poverty in Challenging Environments
Friday 9/26/08, 12:00 P.M. – 1:00 P.M.
New York East and New York West
Despite historic gains in poverty reduction in countries such as India and China, endemic poverty persists as a central challenge in much of the developing world. In many impoverished nations, efforts to stimulate development and to fight poverty are undermined by conflict, disease, corruption, and weak institutions. Overcoming challenges in these difficult environments requires innovative approaches to strengthen governance, empower local communities, and ignite private-sector growth. This special session will feature world leaders who have developed and implemented innovative approaches to poverty alleviation under exceptional circumstances. The discussion will focus on critical areas for engagement and action by CGI members in the midst of today’s most challenging economic and political circumstances.
Program Participants:
Tony Blair, Former Prime Minister,
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Helene D. Gayle, President and CEO, CARE USA
His Excellency Ernest Bai Koroma, President, Republic of Sierra Leone
Surin Pitsuwan,
Secretary-General, ASEAN
His Excellency René Préval, President, Republic of Haiti
SPECIAL SESSION: Climate Change and Poverty
Thursday 9/25/08, 4:00 P.M. – 5:00 P.M.
Empire East and Empire West
Climate Change and Poverty will address the devastating impact of climate change on the world’s poor. Droughts, floods, rising seas, and the spread of infectious disease threaten to push families and communities already struggling for life’s basics to the brink. At the same time, many tools for addressing climate change and its impacts — such as solar power, wind power, water treatment, and sustainable agriculture — can help create jobs and play an important role in fighting poverty. This panel will explore strategies for fighting global warming while lifting poor communities from poverty, examining the role of technology cooperation, carbon markets, philanthropy, public-private partnerships, and other mechanisms. It will also explore the imperative of helping poor communities adapt to the real, everyday dangers posed by global warming.
Program Participants:
H.E. Felipe Calderón, President, United Mexican States
Richard Cizik,
Vice President of Governmental Affairs, National Association of Evangelicals
Van Jones, Founder and
President, Green for All
Rajendra Kumar Pachauri, Director-General, TERI, The Energy and Resources Institute
John Podesta, President and CEO, Center for American Progress
Judith Rodin, President,
The Rockefeller Foundation
POVERTY
| HEALTH | EDUCATION | energy/Climate |
As the largest international lender for developing countries, the World Bank has an enormous ability to influence whether the world will achieve the MDGs. The Bank’s stated mission is “to fight poverty with passion and professionalism for lasting results.” However, the World Bank is investing very little in microfinance for those who live on less than $1 a day.
World Bank president Robert Zoellick has the opportunity to steer the Bank in a new direction and reform policies in favor of pro-poor investments that will align Bank practices with its stated mission of alleviating poverty. The World Bank must increase its investment in microfinance for those living on less than $1 a day.
Fall 2008: House and Senate Letters
Senate Fall 2008: Sens. Enzi (R-WY) and Brown (D-OH) sent a letter to World Bank president Zoellick highlighting possible ways the Bank can increase its investment in microfinance for the very poor. The letter was sent in early December to President Zoellick.
21 senators signed the Senate letter (pdf, with signatures): Enzi (R-WY), Brown (D-OH), Dole (R-NC), Burr (R-NC), Feinstein (D-CA), Durbin (D-IL), Cantwell (D-WA), Nelson (D-FL), Levin (D-MI), Murray (D-WA), Martinez (R-FL), Menendez (D-NJ), Sanders (I-VT), Inhofe (R-OK), Cardin (D-MD), Johnson (D-SD), Bingaman (D-NM), Isakson (R-GA), Hatch (R-UT), Mikulski (D-MD), Bennett (R-UT).
House Fall 2008: Rep. Holt (D-NJ) and Carter (R-TX) initiated a letter to World Bank president Zoellick highlighting possible ways the Bank can increase its investment in microfinance for the very poor. The letter was sent in early December to President Zoellick.
93 representatives signed the House letter (pdf, with signatures): Holt (D-NJ), Carter (R-TX), Klein (D-FL), McDermott (D-WA), Bordallo (D-GU), A. Smith (D-WA), A. Hastings (D-FL), Shuler (D-NC), Capps (D-CA), Schakowsky (D-IL), Lewis (D-GA), Baldwin (D-WI), A. Green (D-TX), Rothman (D-NJ), Berkley (D-NV), Doggett (D-TX), Hirono (D-HI), Moran (D-VA), Jackson (D-IL), Jackson Lee (D-TX), Wolf (R-VA), Kirk (R-IL), L. Smith (R-TX), Van Hollen (D-MD), Grijalva (D-AZ), McCollum (D-MN), Giffords (D-AZ), Davis (R-VA), Gonzalez (D-TX), Myrick (R-NC), Waxman (D-CA), Blumenauer (D-OR), Young (R-AK), Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), Hill (D-IN), Rohrabacher (R-CA), Walberg (R-MI), Inglis (R-SC), Miller (D-NC), DeGette (D-CO), Berman (D-CA), Filner (D-CA), Kildee (D-MI), Conyers (D-MI), Lee (D-CA), Sullivan (R-OK), Inslee (D-WA), McCotter (R-MI), Schiff (D-CA), McCaul (R-TX), Miller (D-CA), Mitchell (D-AZ), Harman (D-CA), Nadler (D-NY), Lewis (R-CA), Engel (D-NY), Wexler (D-FL), Lofgren (D-CA), Loebsack (D-IA), Serrano (D-NY), Moran (R-KS), Brown (D-FL), Eshoo (D-CA), Sherman (D-CA), Johnson (D-GA), Andrews (D-NJ), Bono Mack (R-CA), Payne (D-NJ), Pomeroy (D-ND), Larsen (D-WA), Thornberry (R-TX), Dicks (D-WA), Crowley (D-NY), McNerney (D-CA), Levin (D-MI), Sires (D-NJ), Conaway (R-TX), Herseth-Sandlin (D-SD), Honda (D-CA), Pallone (D-NJ), Waters (D-CA), Pascrell (D-NJ), Maloney (D-NY), Capuano (D-MA), Terry (R-NE), Watson (D-CA), Hooley (D-OR), Clarke (D-NY), Perlmutter (D-CO), Tauscher (D-CA), Wu (D-OR), Kaptur (D-OH), Woolsey (D-CA).
Past Congressional Actions
Senate February 2008: In February 2008, Senators Bennett (R-UT), Durbin (D-IL), Enzi (R-WY), and Brown (D-OH) initiated a “Dear Colleague” letter (PDF) calling on World Bank President Zoellick to meet with the Senate to discuss why the Bank is not increasing its focus on providing the poorest with greater access to microfinance. For background and talking points, please see the December 2007 Action.
30 senators signed the letter, including 11 Republicans: Bennett (R-UT), Durbin (D-IL), Enzi (R-WY), Brown (D-OH), Murkowski (R-AK), Lieberman (I-CT), Cardin (D-MD), Bayh (D-IN), Murray (D-WA), Boxer (D-CA), Stabenow (D-MI), Hatch (R-UT), Lugar (R-IN), Chambliss (R-GA), Levin (D-MI), Coleman (R-MN), Nelson (D-FL), Casey (D-PA), Mikulski (D-MD), Klobuchar (D-MN), Inhofe (R-OK), Isakson (R-GA), Obama (D-IL), Clinton (D-NY), Schumer (D-NY), Feinstein (D-CA), Burr (R-NC), McCaskill (D-MO), Martinez (R-FL), Cantwell (D-WA).
30 senators also signed the last Senate letter in 2005: Bennett (R-UT), Bingaman (D-NM), Boxer (D-CA), Cantwell (D-WA), Coburn (R-OK), Coleman (R-MN), Cornyn (R-TX), Corzine (D-NJ), Dayton (D-MN), DeWine (R-OH), Dole (R-NC), Domenici (R-NM), Durbin (D-IL), Feinstein (D-CA), Inhofe (R-OK), Inouye (D-HI), Jeffords (I-VT), Kohl (D-WI), Lautenberg (D-NJ), Levin (D-MI), Martinez (R-FL), Murray (D-WA), Nelson (D-FL), Reed (D-RI), Salazar (D-CO), Santorum (R-PA), Sarbanes (D-MD), Smith (R-OR), Stabenow (D-MI), and Stevens (R-AK).
House Feburary 2008: During the October congressional meeting with World Bank President Zoellick, members of Congress raised critical points on the need to increase the Bank’s investment in microfinance for the very poor. In response to Mr. Zoellick’s comments, Rep. Holt (D-NJ) and Rep. Carter (R-TX) initiated a follow-up letter to Mr. Zoellick (pdf) that was sent February 2008.
46 representatives signed the letter: Holt (D-NJ), Carter (R-TX), Moran (D-VA), Hastings (D-FL), James McGovern (D-MA), Matheson (D-UT), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Baldwin (D-WI), Honda (D-CA), Bordallo (D-GU), Gonzalez (D-TX), Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), Rohrabacher (R-CA), Inslee (D-WA), McDermott (D-WA), Rothman (D-NJ), Harman (D-CA), Waxman (D-CA), Capps (D-CA), Payne (D-NJ), Walberg (R-MI), Conyers (D-MI), Sullivan (R-OK), Kildee (D-MI), Wilson (R-NM), McCotter (R-MI), Berkley (D-NV), Dicks (D-WA), Doggett (D-TX), Inglis (R-SC), Murphy (D-PA), Davis (D-CA), Farr (D-CA), Shuler (D-NC), Souder (R-IN), Filner (D-CA), Larsen (D-WA), Conaway (R-TX), Udall (D-CO), Lewis (D-GA), Waters (D-CA), Smith (D-WA), Saxton (R-NJ), Sires (D-NJ), Ellison (D-MN), Reichert (D-WA).
See also the July 2007 Holt-Carter letter (pdf) to Mr. Zoellick.
October 2007 congressional meeting with Members of Congress and World Bank president Zoellick. Members attending were Kevin Brady (R-TX), John Carter (R-TX), Michael Conaway (R-TX), Susan Davis (D-CA), Tom Davis (R-VA), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Rodney Frelinghuysen (R-NJ), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Rush Holt (D-NJ), Michael Honda (D-CA), Jay Inslee (D-WA), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Mary Kaptur (D-OH), Rick Larsen (D-WA), Jim Matheson (D-UT), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Jerry McNerney (D-CA), Jim Moran (D-VA), Donald Payne (D-NJ), Illeana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), Steve Rothman (D-NJ), Albio Sires (D-NJ), Adam Smith (D-WA), John Sullivan (R-OK), Tim Walberg (R-MI), John Yarmuth (D-KY), Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Sen. Michael Enzi (R-WY).
House July 2007: In July, Reps. Holt (D-NJ) and Carter (R-TX) initiated a Dear Colleague letter calling on World Bank President Zoellick to meet with the Senate to discuss why the Bank is not increasing its focus on providing the poorest with greater access to microfinance.
71 representatives signed the letter: Baird, Brian (D-WA); Baldwin, Tammy (D-WI); Bartlett, Roscoe (R-MD); Bishop, Rob (R-UT); Bono, Mary (R-CA); Bordallo, Madeleine (D-GU); Brady, Kevin (D-PA); Brown, Corrine (D-FL); Capuano, Michael (D-MA); Carter, John (R-TX); Conaway, Michael (R-TX); Conyers, John (D-MI); Crowley, Joseph (D-NY); Davis, Danny (D-IL); Dicks, Norman (D-WA); Dingell, John (D-MI); Doggett, Lloyd (D-TX); Ellison, Keith (D-MN); Fattah, Chaka (D-PA); Filner, Bob (D-CA); Fortenberry, Jeff (R-NE); Gonzalez, Charles (D-TX); Granger, Kay (R-TX); Green, Al (D-TX); Grijalva, Raul (D-AZ); Hastings, Alcee (D-FL); Herseth-Sandlin, Stephanie (D-SD); Hill, Baron (D-IN); Hodes, Paul (D-NH); Holt, Rush (D-NJ); Hunter, Duncan (R-CA); Inslee, Jay (D-WA); Jackson-Lee, Sheila (D-TX); Jefferson, William (D-LA); Kildee, Dale (D-MI); Kucinich, Dennis (D-OH); Larsen, Rick (D-WA); Lee, Barbara (D-CA); Levin, Sander (D-MI) Lewis, John (D-GA); Lofgren, Zoe (D-CA); Matheson, Jim (D-UT); McCaul, Michael (R-TX); McCollum, Betty (D-MN); McCotter, Thaddeus (R-MI); McDermott, Jim (D-WA); McGovern, James (D-MA); McNerney, Jerry (D-CA); Meek, Kendrick (D-FL); Moore, Gwen (D-WI); Moran, James (D-VA); Murphy, Patrick (D-PA); Oberstar, James (D-MN); Pickering, Charles (R-MS); Reichert, David (R-WA); Renzi, Rick (R-AZ); Rohrabacher, Dana (R-CA); Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana (R-FL); Rothman, Stephen (D-NJ); Saxton, Jim (R-NJ); Schakowsky, Janice (D-IL); Shuler, Heath (D-NC); Sires, Albio (D-NJ); Sullivan, John (R-OK); Udall, Mark (D-CO); Udall, Tom (D-NM); Walberg, Timothy (R-MI); Wexler, Robert (D-FL); Wilson, Charles (D-OH); Woolsey, Lynn (D-CA); Young, Don (R-AK).
Muhammad Yunus Congressional Gold Medal Award (H.R.1801, S.903)
- H.R.1801 introduced by Rep. Rush Holt (D-NJ) and Rep. John R. Carter (R-TX).
- S.903 introduced by Sens. Richard Durbin (D-IL) and Robert Bennett (R-UT).
What the Muhammad Yunus Congressional Gold Medal Award Would Do:
- It seeks to award the Congressional Gold Medal to Dr. Muhammad Yunus, founder of the Grameen Bank, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, and board member of RESULTS, in recognition of his contributions to the fight against global poverty.
Honoring Dr. Yunus before Congress will:
- Raise public awareness of the power of microfinance to change lives and help build congressional support;
- Send a strong signal to the World Bank that the U.S. is committed to microfinance for the very poor and expects the World Bank to do the same.
To cosponsor in the House, please contact Chris Gaston with Rep. Holt (D-NJ) at (202) 225-5801 or Chris Alsup with Rep. John R. Carter (R-TX) at (202) 225-3864
To cosponsor in the Senate, please contact Caitlin Dean with Sen. Durbin (D-IL) at 224-2152 or Nate Graham with Sen. Bennett (R-UT) at 224-5444.
House Cosponsors of H.R.1801 (as of October 20, 2008)
Abercrombie, Neil (D-HI) Andrews, Robert (D-NJ) Baird, Brian (D-WA) Baldwin, Tammy (D-WI) Berkley, Shelley (D-NV) Berman, Howard L.(D-CA) Bishop, Rob (R-UT) Bishop, Timothy H. (D-NY) Blumenauer, Earl (D-OR) Brady, Robert A. (D-PA) Doggett, Lloyd (D-TX) Capps, Lois (D-CA) Capuano, Michael E. (D-CA) Carnahan, Russ (D-MO) Conyers, John, Jr. (D-MI) Crowley, Joseph(D-NY) Cummings, Elijah E. (D-MD) Davis, Danny (D-IL) Davis, Tom (R-VA) DeGette, Diana (D-CO) Ellison, Keith (D-MN) English, Phil (R-PA) Eshoo, Anna G. (D-CA) Etheridge, Bob (D-NC) Farr, Sam (D-CA) Filner, Bob (D-CA) Foster, Bill (D-IL) Giffords, Gabrielle (D-AZ) Gonzalez, Charles (D-TX) Grijalva, Raul (D-AZ) | Hare, Phil (D-IL) Harman, Jane (D-CA) Hastings, Alcee L. (D-FL) Sandlin, Stephanie (D-SD) Jackson-Lee, Sheila (D-TX) Jefferson, William J. (D-LA) Johnson, Eddie Bernice (D-TX) Kaptur, Marcy (D-OH) Lee, Barbara (D-CA) Lewis, John (D-GA) Lewis, Ron (R-KY) Lofgren, Zoe (D-CA) Maloney, Carolyn B. (D-NY) Matheson, Jim (D-UT) McCaul, Michael T. (R-TX) McCollum, Betty (D-MN) McDermott, Jim (D-WA) McGovern, James P. (D-MA) McNerney, Jerry (D-CA) Meeks, Gregory W. (D-NY) Michaud, Michael H.(D-ME) Miller, Brad (D-NC) Moore, Dennis (D-KS) Moran, James P. (D-VA) Oberstar, James L. (D-MN) Pallone, Frank, Jr. (D-NJ) Payne, Donald (D-NJ) Pickering, Charles (R-MS) Rahall, Nick J. (D-WV) Ramstad, Jim (R-MN) | Reichert, David G. (R -WA) Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana (R-FL) Ross, Mike (D-AR) Rothman, Steven R. (D-NJ) Roybal-Allard, Lucille (D-CA) Sanchez, Linda (D-CA) Saxton, Jim (R-NJ) Schakowsky, Janice D. (D-IL) Scott, Robert C. (D-VA) Sessions, Pete (R-TX) Slaughter, Louise (D-NY) Smith, Adam (D-WA) Solis, Hilda L. (D-CA) Spratt, John M. Jr (D-SC) Stark, Fortney Pete (D-CA) Sutton, Betty (D-OH) Tauscher, Ellen O. (D-CA) Thornberry, Mac (R-TX) Tierney, John F. (D-MA) Towns, Edolphus (D-NY) Udall, Mark (D-CO) Visclosky, Peter J. (D-IN) Watson, Diane E. (D-CA) Watt, Melvin L. (D-NC) Weller, Jerry (R-IL) Wexler, Robert (D-FL) Wicker, Roger F. (R-MS) Wolf, Frank (R-VA) Woolsey, Lynn C. (D-CA) Wynn, Albert Russell (D-MD) |
Senate Cosponsors of S.903 (as of October 20, 2008)
Akaka, Daniel K.(D-HI) Alexander, Lamar (R-TN) Bayh, Evan (D-IN) Baucus, Max (D-MT) Byrd, Robert C. (D-WV) Biden, Joseph (D-DE) Bingaman, Jeff (D-NM) Boxer, Barbara (D-CA) Brown, Sherrod (D-OH) Brownback, Sam (R-KS) Cantwell, Maria (D-WA) Cardin, Benjamin (D-MD) Carper, Thomas R. (D-DE) Casey, Robert (D-PA) Clinton, Hillary Rodham (D-NY) Cochran, Thad (R-MS) Coleman, Norm (R-MN) Conrad, Kent (D-ND) Cornyn, John (R-TX) Craig, Larry E (R-ID) Crapo, Miko (R-ID) Dodd, Chris (D-CT) Domenici, Pete (R-NM) | Dorgan, Byron (D-ND) Enzi, Michael B. (R-WY) Feingold, Russell D. (D-WI) Feinstein, Dianne (D-CA) Graham, Lindsey (R-SC) Gregg, Judd (R-NH) Harkin, Tom (D-IA) Hatch, Orrin G. (R-UT) Inhofe, James M. (R-OK) Inouye, Daniel (D-HI) Johnson, Tim (D-SD) Kennedy, Ted (D-MA) Kerry, John F. (D-MA) Klobuchar, Amy (D-MN) Kohl, Herb (D-WI) Landrieu, Mary L. (D-LA) Lautenberg, Frank R. (D-NJ) Leahy, Patrick (D-VT) Levin, Carl (D-MI) Lieberman, Joseph I. (I-CT) Lincoln, Blanche L. (D-AR) Lugar, Richard G. (R-IN) Menendez, Robert (D-NJ) | McCaskill, Claire (D-MO) Mikulski, Barbara A. (D-MD) Murkowski, Lisa (R-AK) Murray, Patty (D-WA) Nelson, Ben (D-NE) Nelson, Bill (D-FL) Obama, Barack (D-IL) Pryor, Mark (D-AZ) Reed, Jack (D-RI) Reid, Harry (D-NV) Roberts, Pat (R-KS) Rockefeller, John D. (D-WV) Salazar, Ken (D-CO) Sanders, Bernard (I-VT) Schumer, Charles (D-NY) Smith, Gordon H. (R-OR) Snowe, Olympia (R-ME) Specter, Arlen (R-PA) Stabenow, Debbie (D-MI) Tester, Jon (D-MT) Webb, James (D-VA) Whitehouse, Sheldon (D-RI) Wyden, Ron (D-OR) |
Note: The lead sponsors are seeking at least two-thirds of Congress as cosponsors of this legislation in order to build support for Dr. Yunus to receive this award.
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