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GLOBE Gazette May 2013		Asian Pacific Heritage Month- Human Trafficking Conference The GLOBE Spring 2013 class had the opportunity to staff a GLOBE informational table at the OMA's Human Trafficking Conference held on April 6, 2013. The conference's goals included increasing awareness and activism in stopping the trafficking of humans, exploring the role of the travel industry in human trafficking, and creating an agenda for action with the participants of the conference. GLOBE managers actively networked with the conference's participants and presenters to spread the word about GLOBE, effectively tying in the role of microfinance as a possible combatant of human trafficking.

GLOBE Gazette April - May 2012		TBCAA Speed Networking Event The GLOBE spring 2012 class had the opportunity to attend the Tobin College of Business Alumni Association Speed Networking event on February 16th 2012. TCB Alumni went from table to table getting to know students and providing valuable advice regarding careers throughout the night. GLOBE managers had the pleasure of meeting some of St. John’s TCB alumni and informing them about what GLOBE is all about.

GLOBE Gazette September - October 2011		Grand Opening of the Grameen America Bronx Branch Office John Kenny The opportunity to see Muhammad Yunus at the Bronx Museum of the Arts for the opening of the Grameen Bank’s new Bronx branch helped make the bank a more real, tangible entity in my mind. Grameen’s work intrigued me from the moment I read about it, but it also seemed like a distant, foreign idea rooted half a world away.

GLOBE Gazette April - June 2011		Looking Back at Spring 2011 The Globe managers worked hard to achieve their goals for the semester, and in the end, went far beyond their initial expectations. The managers worked in their respective teams, managing and implementing ideas and plans that kept the program’s progress as the main focus. They organized events, created marketing campaigns, developed a new promotional item, gave out new loans and fundraised to add to the GLOBE Fund.

GLOBE Gazette March - April 2011		Globe Hosts Second Fundraiser The GLOBE managers organized their second bake sale of the Spring semester on Monday, March 28 to raise funds and increase awareness of GLOBE among students and faculty. In addition to baked goods, GLOBE promotional items were also sold.

GLOBE Gazette February 2011		Valentine’s Day Bake Sale The GLOBE managers organized their first bake sale of the spring 2011 semester on February 14; the Marketing Team organized a great event with the help of the entire class. The class baked an assortment of cookies and cupcakes to help raise money for GLOBE.

GLOBE Gazette January 2011		We Believe… That micro-lending will only successfully alleviate poverty if loans are designed with the borrowers in mind, and not the other way around. Microfinance is not a field firms should enter to reap large monetary rewards or high returns on investment. When done correctly, profits for firms are minimal, but the quality of living in the communities in which micro-lending is successful increases dramatically because borrowers are empowered to help themselves and their neighbors.