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Dear Skoll Newsletter Subscriber, We've posted the following stories to the Skoll Foundation Blog over the last two weeks: Citizen Schools CEO Speaks Before U.S. Senate
Citizen Schools CEO Eric Schwarz is one of several Skoll social entrepreneurs who actively aim to influence public policy at the city, state and federal levels. At a recent U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing regarding the reauthorization of the No Child Left Behind Act, Eric testified on meeting the needs of the whole student. Senators learned about Citizen Schools and their results, including the success at a middle school in Charlestown, MA where Citizen Schools delivers an expanded learning time program for all 6th graders. Citizen Schools' policy priorities are to support innovation and quality in out-of-school time education and expand and strengthen national service. Muhammad Yunus Kicks Off Commonwealth Club of California Social Entrepreneurship Speaker Series
On May 24, Muhammad Yunus will kick off a new speaker series on social entrepreneurship hosted by the Commonwealth Club of California. The series will feature many of the leading voices within the field of social entrepreneurship, presenting a broad set of perspectives on the trend. In addition to Professor Yunus, series speakers include Skoll Foundation president and CEO Sally Osberg, Ashoka founder and chairman Bill Drayton, Root Capital founder and CEO William Foote, Acumen Fund CEO Jacqueline Novogratz, Kiva co-founder and CEO Premal Shah, and author Jed Emerson. The series runs through March of 2011. All of the talks will take place in San Francisco and will also be available by podcast and streaming video through the Commonwealth Club's website. Camfed Releases Impact Report Showing Multiplier Effect of Girls' Education in Action
2005 Skoll social entrepreneur Ann Cotton founded the Campaign for Female Education, or Camfed, 17 years ago with proceeds from a bake sale. Today, the organization operates across five African countries with programs that address education, child protection, and young women's leadership and economic development. Of the more than one million children whose education has been supported by Camfed, nearly 15,000 of them now form an alumni association, known as Cama. Cama members are in turn investing in their own families and communities, and to date have supported nearly 120,000 children through school…with their own money. Detailed results of the impact report can be found here. CDI's Work in Brazilian Favelas Highlighted
The website TechCrunch ran a story on the very effective work that CDI is doing with communities in the challenging environment of Brazil's favelas. Founded by 2005 Skoll social entrepreneur Rodrigo Baggio, CDI has been working with marginalized and disenfranchised communities for 15 years, demonstrating that information and communication technology can empower people to make positive change and stimulate entrepreneurship. As the article points out, CDI has built more than 800 community centers in 13 countries, giving more than 1.3 million people access to the Internet, many for the first time. Members of the community run the centers, which focus on teaching marketable skills.
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Citizen Schools CEO Speaks Before U.S. Senate
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