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Smart Power Speaker Series with Jonathan Greenblatt on "Social Entrepreneurship: Global Challenges, American Innovation"
March 17, 2008

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CSIS Commission on Smart Power

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Jonathan Greenblatt

AUDIO (mp3, 01:27:58) | VIDEO (wmv, 01:27:58)

CSIS hosted Jonathan Greenblatt, Founder of Ethos Water and former vice president for Starbucks Coffee Company, for a discussion on social entrepreneurship and the role of the private sector in enhancing U.S. global leadership.  Launched in 2003, Ethos Water has raised over $6 million to help children in Central America, Africa, and Asia gain access to clean water.  Erik Peterson, Director of the Global Strategy Institute, introduced Mr. Greenblatt.  This event is one of a series related to the CSIS Commission on Smart Power, a high-level bipartisan group that recently released the Smart Power Commission final report, "A Smarter, More Secure America."
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