Kravis Prize Panel Discussion with Leading Changemakers
Every spring we hold the Kravis Prize Award Ceremony at Claremont McKenna College to honor the most recent recipient of the Henry R. Kravis Prize in Nonprofit Leadership. Over the years, this event has grown as we welcome back to campus all past Kravis Prize...
Kravis Prize Intern Juetzinia Kazmer Reflects on Summer with FAWE, part 2
This is the second part of a two-part series. Click here to read about the first part of Juetzinia's experience at FAWE as a Kravis Prize Intern. Interning with FAWE Zanzibar, though not stressful, was full of surprises that pushed our team to think collaboratively...
Kravis Prize Intern Juetzinia Kazmer Reflects on Summer with FAWE, part 1
Throughout my academic career at Claremont McKenna College (CMC), I’ve had the privilege of working and interning in a variety of environments, all of which have shaped my dreams of being a life-long educator and advocate. My internship with Forum for African Women...
Relief Efforts in Nepal with Kravis Prize Organizations
Our thoughts are with Nepal right now as it reels in the aftermath of the 7.8-magnitude quake that rocked through the Kathmandu valley early Saturday morning. With death tolls mounting and tremors felt as far away as Bangladesh and some parts of India, the scale and...
A full list of events to celebrate Kravis Prize, Kravis Leadership Institute anniversaries
Join us as we celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Henry R. Kravis Prize in Nonprofit Leadership in combination with the 20th anniversary of the Kravis Leadership Institute on Thursday, April 23, 2015, at Claremont McKenna College. Panel Discussion: Entrepreneurship...
The power of entrepreneurship: A sneak peek of this year’s Kravis Prize recipient
Listening to Fernando Fabre at a recent Athenaeum event offers a sneak peek into the power and potential of entrepreneurship and social impact. Fabre is the President of Endeavor, the recipient of the 2015 Henry R. Kravis Prize in Nonprofit Leadership. Endeavor...
Group behind high-impact entrepreneurs named 2015 Kravis Prize recipient
Endeavor, an organization devoted to supporting and catalyzing entrepreneurial projects around the globe, has been selected as the recipient of the 2015 Henry R. Kravis Prize in Nonprofit Leadership. In a statement released earlier today, the organization (which works...
Endeavor Awarded the 2015 Henry R. Kravis Prize in Nonprofit Leadership
10th Annual Kravis Prize - the Nobel for nonprofits - recognizes Endeavor for helping build companies generating 400,000 jobs in challenged economies around the world CLAREMONT, Calif., March 31, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- When Javier Okhuysen and Carlos Orellana wanted to...
Changing 800 lives with Fawe
What career paths do young African girls have? For many across Sub-Saharan Africa, opportunities have been limited primarily to a life spent in poverty in the roles of mother and wife. But the Forum for African Women Educationalists (FAWE) is working with The...
A mission begins with a knotted-up shirt: Right To Play
In late 1993, just a few months before the opening ceremonies of the 1994 Lillehammer Winter Olympics, a young speed skater by the name of Johann Olav Koss led a humanitarian trip to the small African country of Eritrea. Working as an ambassador of the organization...
