by lwang | Apr 21, 2015 | Award Ceremony, Endeavor
Join us as we celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Henry R. Kravis Prize in Nonprofit Leadership in combination with the 20th anniversary of the Kravis Leadership Institute on Thursday, April 23, 2015, at Claremont McKenna College. Panel Discussion: Entrepreneurship and Social Entrepreneurship: Reflections from Endeavor Entrepreneurs and Past Kravis Prize Recipients 10 a.m. -11:15 a.m. Freeberg Forum (LC62), Kravis Center Attendance is open to the public RSVP with the Facebook event or kravisprize@cmc.edu Kravis Prize Luncheon Opening Remarks: Juetzinia Kazmer ’15, past Kravis Prize Intern Guest of Honor: Linda Rottenberg, CEO & co-founder of Endeavor, the 2015 Kravis Prize in Nonprofit Leadership winner 11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. Security Pacific Dining Room, Marian Miner Cook Athenaeum RSVP with the Athenaeum website and join our Facebook event This event will be live-streamed at cmc.edu and cmc.edu/livestream. Tenth Anniversary of the Henry R. Kravis Prize in Nonprofit Leadership and the Award Ceremony and Dinner Honoring the 2015 Recipient, Endeavor Twentieth Anniversary Celebration of the Kravis Leadership Institute 5:30 p.m. Marian Miner Cook Athenaeum RSVP to (909) 607-9303 or kravis.prize@cmc.edu This event will be live-streamed at cmc.edu and cmc.edu/livestream. ...
by akate | Mar 31, 2015 | Award Ceremony, CMC, Endeavor
10th Annual Kravis Prize – the Nobel for nonprofits – recognizes Endeavor for helping build companies generating 400,000 jobs in challenged economies around the world CLAREMONT, Calif., March 31, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — When Javier Okhuysen and Carlos Orellana wanted to help prevent avoidable blindness in Mexico through state-of-the art, low-cost cataract surgery and eye care, they turned to Endeavor to help develop their business, salaUno. When Leila Velez sought help to grow her afro-Brazilian hair care business, Endeavor provided her with the necessary business tools and mentoring to realize her dream. Today Beleza Natural operates a chain of 24 salons and employs over 1,000 women. And when Sugianto Tandio determined his mission was to solve the waste and pollution problems that Indonesia faces, Endeavor afforded him access to a network of experts, helping to turn his company, Tirta Marta, into a leader in next generation eco-friendly plastics using Indonesia’s natural resources. In recognition for its revolutionary work to provide support and mentorship to high-impact entrepreneurs such as Javier, Leila, and Sugianto, as well as some 1,000 others from 22 countries on five continents (including, most recently, two US cities), who in turn have stimulated local economies through the creation of hundreds of thousands of jobs, Endeavor has been named the recipient of the 10th Annual Henry R. Kravis Prize in Nonprofit Leadership. The Kravis Prize is among the world’s most prestigious awards for nonprofit leadership, akin to a Nobel geared specifically to this sector. Endeavor will receive the Kravis Prize and $250,000 award on April 23, 2015 at Claremont McKenna College as part of a special celebration of the Prize’s...
by lwang | Apr 19, 2013 | Award Ceremony, Escuela Nueva, FAWE, Johann Olav Koss, Kravis Prize, Landesa, m2m, Pratham, Right 2 Play
Kravis Prize founders Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis ’67 visited the CMC campus yesterday to present the 2013 Kravis Prize to Johann Olav Koss and his organization Right To Play. They presented the award to Koss during an evening ceremony held in the Marian Miner Cook Athenaeum (see photograph below). Click here to read a full update on the ceremony. The award ceremony wasn’t the only item on the day’s schedule, however. Koss also talked about his organization Right To Play with Kyle Weiss ’15, a CMCer who is also helping the world with FUNDaFIELD, which builds soccer fields to help disadvantaged children: Watch an interview between Johann Koss and Kyle Weiss: During the afternoon, five past recipients of the Kravis Prize (from Landesa, mothers2mothers, Escuela Nueva, Pratham, and FAWE) met for a lively discussion of high-impact leadership as part of a “Global Leaders Forum” sponsored by the Kravis Leadership Institute: Click here to read a full update on the Kravis Prize panel discussion...
by lwang | Jun 22, 2012 | AIL, Award Ceremony, Community Development, Education, Female Empowerment, Health, Sakena Yacoobi
On June 7, Sakena Yacoobi, 2009 Kravis Prize winner and founder of the Afghan Institute of Learning (AIL), was honored with the Asia Foundation’s 2012 Lotus Leadership Award. The award recognizes outstanding individuals and organizations that have made major contributions to the wellbeing of women and their communities in Asia. At the awards ceremony, the Foundation screened this never-before-seen video of Yacoobi discussing the circumstances under which she started her organization. “It was scary. If I was caught, or if one of my teachers would be caught, they would be killed because the policy of that time was … no education at all. But we were doing something against the system. Through education, you can really, completely change an entire family. … Through this program, we graduate thousands and thousands of students.” Yacoobi also discussed the impact and goals of AIL: “Today in Afghanistan, AIL has reached 9.1 million people. I am proud of that. And when you have the power of people, you don’t have to fight with gun[s]. You can communicate and through understanding, you can really bring peace to Afghanistan.” She closed with a powerful message: “I will continue this fight because this fight is not finished yet, for the women of Afghanistan.” Another example of a Kravis Prize winner perpetually fighting for social...
by lwang | Mar 21, 2012 | Award Ceremony, BRAC, FAWE, Landesa, Vicky Colbert
The big day is here! In addition to the 2012 Kravis Prize winners mother2mothers and INJAZ Al-Arab CEO Soraya Salti, we’ll be joined by past winners including Landesa Founder Roy Prosterman, BRAC, FAWE, Escuela Nueva Foundation Founder Vicky Colbert. Our winners will be offering their expert advice and insights on a variety of topics including grassroots innovations for poverty alleviation, innovation in education and community engagement and much more! Check out the live stream here and our live Twitter...
by lwang | Mar 14, 2012 | Award Ceremony, Kravis Prize
We’re only one week away from the 2012 Kravis Prize ceremony, where we will be hearing from this year’s winners, Soraya Salti and m2m, as well as past winners! Stay tuned to our Facebook page and Twitter feed for daily highlights and features on our 2012 winners in the coming week! We’ll also be live Tweeting from the event next Wednesday, so be sure to join in on the conversation then! In the meantime, you can get more acquainted with the Prize’s winners...
