Anouar Majid attends Social Innovation Summit 2013 at the UN

Anouar-at-at-SIS_1Anouar Majid, Ph.D., UNE vice president for global affairs and director of the Center for Global Humanities, on May 29-30th attended The Social Innovation Summit 2013, an invitation-only forum that explored “What’s Next?” in the world of Social Innovation. 

Taking place at the United Nations and Silicon Valley, the summit connects and inspires a global network of leaders to discuss the key strategies and business innovations creating social transformation across the corporate, investment, government, and non-profit sectors. 

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Participants included hundreds of top Fortune 500 corporate executives, venture capitalists, government leaders, foundation heads and social entrepreneurs eager to discuss global challenges, analyze innovative approaches for problem-solving, and build lasting partnerships that enable them and their organizations to maximize social impact.

Read about Majid's experiences and insights at the summit on his Tingitana blog.

Majid is the author of five critically acclaimed books on Islam and the West, including Islam and America: Building a Future without Prejudice, and a novel, Si Yussef, which has been the focus of much scholarly and critical interest. He is the editor of the magazine TingisRedux.

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