Friday the 13th news roundup |
Happy friday the 13th. Here's a summary of this weeks news items related to Millennium Promise, sustainable development and Africa...Jen & John Double Date with the Cox-ArquettesAnnist...
Posted by Millennium Promise on Fri, 13 Jun 2008 08:18:00 PST |
Footage from our annual benefit |
We held our annual benefit last night to honor our founders Raymond G. Chambers, Peter Chernin, Professor Jeffrey D. Sachs and George Soros. Melinda Doolittle and Wunmi performed, to see photos and vi...
Posted by Millennium Promise on Fri, 16 May 2008 12:30:00 PST |
Sachs meets with Kibaki and Odinga and other news... |
Jeffrey Sachs meets with President Kibaki and P.M. Odinga, commending them for forming a Grand coalition government and noting that the unity would assist Kenya in achieving the millennium d...
Posted by Millennium Promise on Tue, 13 May 2008 10:37:00 PST |
Food Crisis in the news this week |
In case you are living under a rock, we are amidst a food crisis. Jeffrey Sachs called it the world's biggest story on CNN's American Morning earlier this week. Here's a round-up of the news articles ...
Posted by Millennium Promise on Fri, 18 Apr 2008 12:27:00 PST |
A Conversation with Jeffrey Sachs on Charlie Rose |
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Posted by Millennium Promise on Thu, 17 Apr 2008 01:32:00 PST |
MDGs, Sustainable Development and Rising Food Prices in the News |
Can the Cellphone Help End Global Poverty? http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/13/magazine/13anthropology-t.
html East Africa: High Food Prices Hamper Fight Against Poverty http://allafrica.com/stories/20...
Posted by Millennium Promise on Fri, 11 Apr 2008 01:29:00 PST |
A new focus for networking students: global poverty |
Millennium Campus Network, an organization of Greater Boston schools entirely run by student members will hold its debut conference at MIT on April 18-20 to raise awareness about the MDGs ...
Posted by Millennium Promise on Thu, 10 Apr 2008 10:12:00 PST |
Improving Agriculture to Achieve the Millennium Development Goals |
Millennium Promise board member, World Food Prize laureate and director of tropical agriculture at the Earth Institute, Dr. Pedro Sanchez is co-founder of the Millennium Villages project and leads the...
Posted by Millennium Promise on Tue, 08 Apr 2008 12:43:00 PST |
In the news this week... |
MDGs at the heart of Oprah’s new O Ambassador’s program: http://www.oambassadors.org/global/millennium-development-go
als EU slipping on pledges... http://www.iht.com/articles...
Posted by Millennium Promise on Fri, 04 Apr 2008 08:04:00 PST |
State of the Planet 2008 |
The State of the Planet 2008 conference will take place on March 27-28th at Columbia University. While registration to the event is closed, you can still catch it LIVE from your computer. Register ...
Posted by Millennium Promise on Wed, 26 Mar 2008 08:26:00 PST |
