Journalist Mara Kardas-Nelson on The Seductive Promise of Microfinance

The World Affairs Council of Western Massachusetts will present journalist Mara Kardas-Nelson on her new book, We Are Not Able To Live In The Sky: The Seductive Promise of Microfinance on Thursday, June 27, 2024 at 5:30 pm, at Elegant Affairs, 1380 Main Street in downtown Springfield.

We will also present our Sue C. Root Citizen Diplomacy Award, recognizing outstanding contributions to the US Department of State's International Visitor Leadership Program.

Mara Kardas-Nelson is an independent journalist focusing on international development and inequality. Her award-winning work has been supported by the International Women’s Media Foundation, Investigative Editors and Reporters, the Richard J. Margolis Award and others and has appeared in the New York Times, the Nation, the Guardian, on NPR, and elsewhere. Mara has also spent years working in global health. Originally from the U.S., she has also lived in Canada, South Africa and Sierra Leone.

The Instant Issues series is generously sponsored by M & T Bank.

Special thanks to NAI Plotkin

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