Anouar Majid attends Social Innovation Summit 2013 at the UN

Anouar-at-at-SIS_1Anouar Majid, Ph.D., 91AV 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 .

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.