Founder @RefugeeInvest, Co-Founder @ThistlerockMead 🍯, Co-Author Philanthropy for Dummies. 💍 @CXMahoney. Dir. @NRC_Norway USA @advancethedream @jmmontpelier
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Honored to share “Banking on Belonging” at @librarycongress today with @CXMahoney. Thank you to Acting Librarian Robert Newlen, the @KlugeCtr team, @mollymotoole for great questions, and everyone who joined in person and online. #BankingOnBelonging #migration #refugees
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Our age needs men and women who have the courage to do good even when it comes at a cost. Draw close to those who are alone, support those who are weary, and seek out those who have drifted away. Have the courage to forgive, to begin again, and to engage in dialogue.
The con continues. Shocked I am not. But at some point justice will come knocking. Eventually hubris will eat itself.
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Using an Executive Order for the enrichment of yourself is not only unethical but a breach of office.
It’s a crime and an impeachable offence.
The records are also very clear, and logged.
So I’m sure a future Congress will be looking at who bought these domains.
Next week @mollymotoole @CXMahoney and I will be @librarycongress, discussing durable solutions to forced displacement. If you can’t be there in person, join by zoom! #WithRefugees #BankingOnBelonging details below. #DCevents #migration
#ClimateWeek opened with a proposal to replace #GDP. Four months earlier, the @UN had quietly published a blueprint for doing exactly that. Almost nobody noticed either one. Why better economic measures keep failing to stick. #economics #unga
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Statement by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees to the United Nations Security Council unhcr.org/news/speeches-and-…
At @ColumbiaSIPA today for the SIRI Blended Finance Forum, opening with #regenerativeagriculture and food systems: what it takes for catalytic capital to help farmers make the switch at scale. Thanks to Dr. Caroline Flammer and the SIRI team for convening. #BlendedFinance #UNGA #climateweeknyc
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.@JReckford, CEO Habitat for Humanity International @Habitat_org shared “The faster that you can integrate refugees into the economy versus keeping them outside the economy, the more we can see that asset in place.” at #Concordia26
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“There is a big difference between inclusion and belonging. It’s one thing to be at the table, it’s another thing to build and design that table yourself and get paid for it.” - @klugesan, Co-Founder, Refugee Investment Network @RefugeeInvest
Honored to share the stage today w/ @Refugees chief @BarhamSalih, @JReckford, and Suzanne Ehlers. Dr. Salih’s goal: halve refugee aid dependency by 2035. Banking on Belonging is the evidence it can be done. The work starts now. Together we can do it and we will do it! #UNGA @ColumbiaUP @RefugeeInvest #withrefugees #Concordia26
Lonnie Ali of the Muhammed Ali Center shares recent study finding compassion has declined across six cities studied, yet finds a rise in people seeking out compassion. “Rebuilding trust in the world begins with compassion. And that begins with compassion for self.” #concordia26
Thrilled to be at #Concordia26 w/ my colleague from the @RefugeeInvest, @SelenUcak, as we engage new friends and partners in investing with refugees to build economies of belonging. #UNGA
Monday, 3:55 ET @ConcordiaSummit I'm joining High Commissioner for Refugees @BarhamSalih, @JReckford of @Habitat_org, and Suzanne Ehlers of @UNRefugeeAgency for a conversation on durable solutions.
Refugees start businesses, hire people, reward companies that hire them, and pay back loans. The money to back them AND economies that welcome them exists. Building the infrastructure and policies to scale this is an invitation for partnership!
#WithRefugees #Concordia26 @RefugeeInvest #BankingOnBelonging
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The Vatican has officially declared environmental destruction a ”sin against creation and the Creator” in a major new doctrinal text.
The 29,000-word document, titled Caring for Our Common Home, elevates ecological concern from a merely political or scientific issue into a direct matter of personal faith.
Authorized under Pope Leo XIV, the text declares that destroying natural habitats, polluting, and exploiting resources are not just civic failures, but a 'sin against creation and against the Creator' that directly violates God's plan.
This shift from Pope Francis' earlier concept of 'ecological sin' to a more explicit 'sin against the Creator' is designed to reshape how believers view their daily environmental impact. The Vatican emphasizes that failing to safeguard the planet severely harms the poorest populations and future generations, distorting the core relationships that define humanity. By placing ecological action squarely in the realm of moral responsibility, the Church is challenging millions of people to treat environmental care as a fundamental requirement of their faith.
source: O'Connell, G. (2026). Vatican theological commission defines 'sin against creation and the Creator' in new document. America Magazine.
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“Climate change is bankrupting ranchers.”
Seven Colorado ranchers are speaking out in a major climate case that soon will be heard by the U.S. Supreme Court. They say big oil companies should be held accountable for their role in causing climate change. latimes.com/environment/stor…
There’s a lot we can learn about the way Dolly Parton lived. But perhaps even importantly, there is a lot we can learn about the way she gave. So grateful for the light she brought to the world and the investments she made into people. She is a true “grounded giant.”
#philanthropy #DollyParton #giving
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Now available! BANKING ON BELONGING offers a visionary roadmap that shows how investing in refugees not only empowers displaced communities but also builds more prosperous and resilient economies worldwide. buff.ly/CT6vkMx #Business #PoliticalScience #Economics @klugesan
As humanitarians, development, and policy professionals reckon with collapsed budgets, multi-polar threats, and a retreat from international cooperation, they may find our new book #BankingOnBelonging from @ColumbiaUP a powerful tool in charting new paths and partnerships in support of the world’s forcibly displaced. Thank you to @DMiliband @RESCUEorg for supporting this urgent work. #withrefugees #worldhumanitarianday
#Refugees start businesses at higher rates than the native-born and repay loans at rates that rival conventional borrowers. The barrier was never performance. It was who gets seen as investable.
That’s the case Christine Mahoney and I make in #BankingOnBelonging, out this week from @ColumbiaUP.
Twenty stops, four countries, w/ more to come. It starts tomorrow at the @1640Society Family Office Forum in the Hamptons. #impinv #withrefugees hope to see you on the road @BenStiller @KNAAN @rihanna @jankoum?
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