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Oikocredit USA Fall Workshop in San Francisco

Saturday, October 2, 2010 from 3:00 PM to 6:00 PM (PT)

Berkeley, CA

Oikocredit USA Fall Workshop in San Francisco

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San Francisco Oct 4th Event Ended Free  

Event Details

 

Fair Trade for All:  A Forum on Equal Sharing and Socially Responsible Investing will be presented from 3-6 p.m. on Saturday, October 2nd at First Congregational Church of Berkeley.                                               

                  

This forum with the Rev. Terry Provance-Executive Director of Oikocredit USA, and Adrienne Fitch-Frankel, Fair Trade Campaign Director of Global Exchange, will explore the roles of Microcredit and Fair Trade in helping millions of poor people to develop small income-generating projects and thus improve their lives.

 

Rev. Terry Provance has served with Oikocredit since November 2001 to increase investments and publicity for this socially responsible and development-focused organization.  He has traveled to more than 100 countries and has worked for the National Council of Churches, Presbyterian Church USA, American Friends Service Committee and the Unitarian Universalist Association.  He received an M.Div. from Pittsburgh Theological Seminary and an M.A. in Christian Social Ethics from Pacific School of Religion.


Oikocredit is the largest international private provider of microcredit.  Founded by the World Council of Churches in 1975, it currently loans over $500 million to microfinance institutions and cooperatives in 70 countries.

 

Mon Oct 4th 2010. Bade Museum 12:30 - 2 pm Brown Bag lunch workshop with Rev. Terry Provance-Executive Director of Oikocredit USA

 

 

 

 Contact: Marijke Fakasiieiki, San Francisco Outreach Coordinator, Oikocredit USA, (510) 529-5431, mfakasiieiki@oikocredit.org, or www.oikocreditusa.org

Co-sponsored by Oikocredit USA, the California Council of Churches and California Church Impact: www.calchurches.org

 

 

 This fall Oikocredit USA will be hosting a series

of microfinance workshops

They will be held across the country on the following dates

October 2, and 4th             San Francisco

October 9             Pittsburgh, PA

October 28           Seattle

October 30           Washington, DC

November 6          Chicago

November 13        Boston

If you have any questions or comments or would like to know how you can get involved in this event please email our Outreach Coordinator, Marijke Fakasiieiki at: Mfakasiieiki@oikocredit.org

To read more information about Oikocredit USA please visit our website at http://oikocreditusa.org

 

 

When & Where



First Congregational Church of Berkeley, Durant House
2345 Channing Way,
Berkeley, CA 94704

Saturday, October 2, 2010 from 3:00 PM to 6:00 PM (PT)


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Oikocredit USA



Oikocredit is one of the world’s largest sources of private funding to the microfinance sector. We provide credit to trade cooperatives, fair trade organizations and small-to-medium enterprises (SMEs) in the developing world. We also lend working capital to microfinance institutions (MFIs) and co-ops in over 70 countries across Africa, Asia, Europe and Latin America. In turn, they dispense life-changing loans to the poor and disadvantaged, with a special emphasis on rural areas and women.

Oikocredit is a pioneer in microfinance - for 35 years we have built a social vision that connects lenders to borrowers to create lasting change.  

www.oikocreditusa.org