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Blog Post Posted May 14, 2009, 3:34 pm by Jennifer Schmidt
Fight poverty. Empower women. Conference call recording now available.
Last night's Mercy Corps conference call featured two inspiring speakers - Mercy Corps' board chair Linda Mason and development specialist Jenny Vaughn (calling in from Africa at 2am her time!) - who shared an insider view of our work in the Congo and Central African Republic. Through their firsthand stories, Linda and Jenny really drove home how investing in women is key to fighting poverty!
If you missed the call, you can check out an audio and visual recording of the presentation at mercycorps.org/conferencecall.
If you have a chance to check it out, drop me a comment. I would love to hear what you think.
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Jennifer Schmidt is a Senior Development Officer in Mercy Corps' Portland headquarters.
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