Global Citizenship for Human Development: A Conversation with Muhammad Yunus
The Ford Family Award will recognize Nobel Peace Prize laureate and social business pioneer Muhammad Yunus with the Ford Family Notre Dame Award for International Development and Solidarity for his lifelong contributions toward ending poverty, from his groundbreaking innovations in microcredit to his more recent work on human development focused on social entrepreneurship and sustainability.
Following the award presentation, Yunus will discuss his pioneering work in the fields of poverty alleviation and sustainability in an armchair discussion with Kellogg Advisory Board member and Faculty Fellow Ray Offenheiser. The event is part of the 2017–18 Notre Dame Forum, a series that explores the challenges and opportunities posed by globalization. Both the ceremony and the talk are free and open to the public.
Muhammad Yunus
Muhammad Yunus, the recipient of the 2017–18 Ford Family Notre Dame Award for International Development and Solidarity, is an economist, social entrepreneur, and Nobel Laureate, heralded around the world as a pioneer of microfinance. More recently, he has become known for his efforts to harness capitalism as a force for good that promotes equitable human development and global sustainability...