"Here is to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The trouble-makers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They are not fond of the rules and have no respect for the status-quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify them, or vilify them. But the only thing you can't do is ignore them. Because they change things. They push the human race forward. And while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius. Because the people who think they are crazy enough to change the world are the ones who do"
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NEW! Nobel Peace winner Muhammad Yunus in the UK
From Friday 15th February, the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize winner, Muhammad Yunus, will be in the UK
to launch a major new initiative. The man who literally invented micro-credit with the
founding of the Grameen Bank in Bangladesh 30 years ago has a new mission, as reflected
in the title of his new book: CREATING A WORLD WITHOUT POVERTY – Social Business and
the Future of Capitalism
You can book here now for two of his lectures:
in London on Saturday, Feb 16, 2.30pm, at St. James' Church, Piccadilly (organised by the Forum for Stable Currencies); and
in Bristol on Sunday, Feb 17, 1.00pm at St. Georges' Concert Hall (organised by Be The Change).
There will be a third talk, on the evening of Feb 15, at the LSE, which can only be booked
from Feb. 7. Sold out in 20 minutes!
This visit of Prof. Yunus is hugely significant. Following on from his tour of the US and his
visit to Davos - both earlier this month - it could mark the beginning of a new social
movement as significant as that of microcredit. He envisages a future where business
could make a serious contribution to ending poverty. Yunus has done as much as anyone
on the planet to further this aim. Having seen micro-lending banks established in over
100 countries and lending to 100 million families, he is now on a mission to see that
'social business' - business designed to meet a social rather than a financial goal -
becomes the next global development.
Please join us, in Bristol or in London, to welcome and honour one of the world's great
visionaries. Tickets are £6 (£4 concs) and both events can be booked online at -
For bookings at St James' Church, Picadilly. London:
