Jane’s Blog: Day 3, 8th Annual Global Philanthropy Forum

In opening the Annual Conference three days ago, Her Majesty Queen Rania eloquently noted, “when the sky is darkest, that’s when we see the stars.” We ended our three-day engagement in conversation with one of the brightest stars in economic development: Muhammad Yunus, the “father of microfinance,” the founder of the Grameen Bank.
Yunus urged GPF [...]

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Jane’s Blog: Day 1, 8th Annual Global Philanthropy Forum

The 8th Annual Global Philanthropy Forum Conference kicked off today in Washington, DC with an opening keynote by Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah of Jordan, who reminded GPF members that this conference is about borderless giving. She urged them to transcend national and societal boundaries as they seek long-term solutions to the problems they [...]

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Inside the Global Philanthropy Forum

Yesterday marked the opening of our Global Philanthropy Forum conference here in Washington DC.  We heard from Queen Rania Al Abdullah of Jordan and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, as well as others in a series of smaller breakouts.  Each session dove deeply into the daunting challenges we face as a nation, and as a [...]

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At the Clinton Global Initiative: Bono and others Find Hope Amidst the Financial Crisis

“This country that we sit in is a great country. And it’s a great country because it’s not just a country, it’s an idea. And that idea was supposed to be contagious – it’s bound up in the idea of the inalienable rights of men and women and children, equal in the eyes of God.” [...]

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