http://sharedinterest.org/news Investing in South Africa's Future Thu, 15 Oct 2009 22:32:22 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Fall 2009 Newsletter http://sharedinterest.org/news/archives/121 Shared Interest is delighted to invite you to our upcoming reception hosted by Board Member, Rev. Harold Lewis, featuring Father Michael Lapsley, founder of the Institute for Healing of Memories.   This event will take place on Sunday, October 4 at Calvary Episcopal Church, in Pittsburgh.   The Institute for the Healing of Memories is a Cape Town ... http://sharedinterest.org/news/archives/119  Press Release: For Nelson Mandela's 91st Birthday on July 18, 2009 Shared Interest announces new investments with Microplace to help South Africa's poorest help themselves New York, NY July 15, 2009. To join in the worldwide celebration of Nelson Mandela’s 91st birthday on July 18, 2009, Shared Interest, the leading U.S. ... http://sharedinterest.org/news/archives/117    Shared Interest 2008 Annual Report This year, South Africa celebrates Youth Day, June 16, with new challenges, but also new optimism.  As I write, the global financial crisis is taking its toll on young people’s job opportunities – and also their dreams.  Families across the country struggle to feed, shelter and ... http://sharedinterest.org/news/archives/114 Shared Interest Infocus Spring 2009 Newsletter http://sharedinterest.org/news/archives/112 WHAT:  Shared Interest, a leading New York-based non-profit social investment fund, will honor Her Excellency Graça Machel, Founder and President of the Foundation for Community Development for Mozambique and Former First Lady of Mozambique and South Africa, at its 15th annual awards gala on March 30 in New York City.  H.E. Graça Machel ... http://sharedinterest.org/news/archives/98 Shared Interest is pleased to announce that H.E. Graça Machel, wife of Nelson Mandela and former First Lady of Mozambique, and Dr. Price Cobbs will be honored at the Awards Dinner for Shared Interest's 15th Anniversary Gala. Please click here to print a response form:   Awards Dinner Response Form  MONDAY, MARCH 30, 2009, TAVERN ON THE GREEN, NEW YORK ... http://sharedinterest.org/news/archives/94 Shared Interest: In Focus, Fall 2008 Newsletter   http://sharedinterest.org/news/archives/92     Dear Friends,   August 9, 2009 marks the 52nd anniversary of South African Women's Day.  Shared Interest celebrates this occasion by honoring the women who are still on the frontlines of the campaign to support their families, and to build sustainable communities and a more equitable society.  They are mothers like Rosina ... http://sharedinterest.org/news/archives/90 June 16, 2008 Dear Friends: Thirty-two years ago today, high school students in Soweto marched peacefully to protest the order to educate them in Afrikaans – a language they did not know.   One they perceived to be the language of the “oppressor.”   Before they arrived at their destination, South African police opened ... http://sharedinterest.org/news/archives/88