After winning the Nobel prize, citizens in Japan and elsewhere asked Dr Yunus if he would help empower the most collaborative citizens network for urgent believers in community-up economics. In under 15 months a lot has been planted and Yunus Brand has evolved to encourage other leaders to replicate his success stories. Visit links to learn more:

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=8495556995
http://www.microfinancewithoutborders.com/aboutus.htm

http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/2006/yunus-interview.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad_Yunus

http://www.grameen-info.org/

http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/05_52/b3965024.htm

http://www.pbs.org/opb/thenewheroes/meet/yunus.html

http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/2006/

2008 can be the most connected year for celebrating humanity:

• find out if yours is Forum city of how to begin one
• join in book clubs interacting around Yunus new book - Creating a world without poverty- social business and future of capitalism

• cheer business leaders who adopt Yunus capitalism -eg fellow mandela elder Branson is off on a fast track here and here
• http://grameen.tv

In 2007, 24's main experiment linked london to the world; Dr Yunus office sent us a survey in the middle of 24 on how networks could mutually support each other; this was published in 24's world citizen guide

Here are some London-based celebrations of Dr Yunus (more at http://worldentrepreneur.net )

Jan 10,11, 2008 at QE2 Conference Hall in Westminster, 500 world entrepreneurs received a free copy of Dr Yunus new book and will be offered the chance to interact through 2008 initially in 5 ways. visit the link for details: http://wes08.net

• form a peer to peer book club (free books available to those who want to report their groups' feedback). Please contact Robert, Sofia, Tav, Mammading, Steve if you want to organise a local event and qualify for a Free Book. You must have at least 3-5 people in your group to get started.

• add an entry to London's register of Social Actions- the simplest of the book's social exercises in participating in changing capitalism, and where senior member of Aga Khan Uni London & Global Reconcilaition Network is acting as an early local leader

• add an entry to London's social business register - yunus transparency model (trus-map) of a business audited so its social purpose compound deeper and deeper truth

• suggest what 2 minute you-tube video you would most like made out of the book's challenging invitations to collaborate within and across cities and focused on accelerating millennial rights for all

• apply to start a subforum - eg student union clubs could see yunus forum as the most exciting sustainability investment club to join - our research showing that DR Yunus is both the world's number 1 sustainability investor and the most open at free universities and other places where future capitalists swarm

Please do feel free to add in main Yunus Future Capitalism from your city and confirm if you can attend on these dates. Time and venue will be confirmed.

Feb 15 - free public lecture at London School of Economics

Venue for North London Events. Please contact me for more details.

http://www.andrewcohen.org/media/downloads/centers/enlightennext-london-map.pdf

Robert De Souza

http://www.theshiftmovie.com/