Jacqueline Novogratz’s recent memoir, The Blue Sweater, tells the inspiring story of a woman who left a career in international banking to spend her life on a quest to understand and address global poverty. Through stories both hilarious and heartbreaking (including the titular one of her encountering a Rwandan boy wearing a sweater she gave away years earlier), she shares how traditional charity often fails, but how a new form of philanthropic investing called “patient capital”—an approach exemplified by Acumen Fund, the
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The Blue Sweater: Bridging the Gap Between Rich and Poor in an Interconnected World
Monday, August 10, 4:00 pm
The Community Library