The blue sweater is an eye opening and inspiring true story based on jacqueline novogratz life lessons and experiences. A year later, inspired by jacquelines story and the acumen community, i quit my job, gave up my apartment, and came to kenya to volunteer and conduct research. Jacqueline novogratzs memoir the blue sweater is an almost evangelical work. A decade after donating her blue sweater she found a boy in rwanda wearing it. The blue sweater is a firstperson account of jacqueline novogratz experiences, starting as an idealistic investment banker in africa, and evolving to the founder of the acumen fund. I can sum up the blue sweater in three words privilege, power and poverty.
Without consciously learning from our failures, sustained success will. She believes in patient capital investments that can take time to mature and in capturing the energy and information from markets to establish sustainable. Bridging the gap between rich and poor in an interconnected world by jacqueline novogratz available in paperback february 16, 2010. The blue sweater book hennepin county library bibliocommons. The book achieved this for me but also much, much more. The blue sweater is an inspiring true story based on jacqueline novogratz who quit a promising career in international banking at chase manhattan to help bridge the gap between the rich and poor. The blue sweater is a book of hope written by a practical idealist who wont take no. Jackqueline novogratzs the blue sweater ebook, 2012. The author, founder of a nonprofit venturecapital firm called the acumen fund, has lived an idealistic life, leaving a potentially lucrative career with. May 2009 guy cunningham nonfiction the blue sweater. The blue sweater goodreads meet your next favorite book. Quicklet on jacqueline novogratzs the blue sweater. The blue sweater shares the story of jacquelines quest to understand global poverty and to find powerful new ways to tackle it. Mar 03, 2009 the blue sweater is a book of hope written by a practical idealist who wont take no for an answer when it comes to building a better world.
It all begun with a blue sweater which she owned and loved while growing up. Whether or not you are an advocate of social entrepreneurship i most definitely am, novogratz does an excellent job in this book of illustrating the complexities of tackling tough social issues and clearly articulating the role that an entrepreneurial approach can play. The blue sweater is the inspiring story of a woman who left a career in international banking to spend her life on a quest to understand global poverty and find powerful new ways of tackling it. These blinks also outline why a new type of philanthropic investing, called patient capital, developed by the author, may be part of the answer. Throughout the book, doyle remains open and candid, whether shes. Jacqueline novogratz details her trials and triumphs of working with charities, womens groups, and starting up the acumen fund. Traveling in africa in her 20s, she saw a boy wearing a cherished blue wool sweater she. The blue sweater bridging the gap between rich and poor in an interconnected world book. How one blue sweater started a book club and changed lives photos 04182010 05.
As a gift, her uncle ed gives her a blue wool sweater with an african motif. It was the perfect way to introduce a conversation about selfworth, empowerment, and entrepreneurship with the students. No matter what youre looking for or where you are in the world, our global marketplace of sellers can help you find unique and affordable options. It all started back home in virginia, with the blue sweater, a gift that quickly. Chance encounters the blue sweaters african odyssey. The blue sweater by jacqueline novogratz librarything. From her first stumbling efforts as a young idealist in west and east africa to the creation of acumen, jacqueline brings us insightful stories and unforgettable characters from women dancing in a nairobi slum, to unwed mothers starting a bakery, to courageous. Bridging the gap between rich and poor in an interconnected world. About the book cote divoire in west africa was an eyeopener for jacqueline novegratz, a young and idealistic american. It all started back home in virginia, with the blue sweater, a gift that quickly became her prized possession until the day she outgrew it and gave. It was a blue sweater big surprise there with an african motif across the fronttwo zebras walking in front of a snowcapped mountain. The blue sweater audiobook by jacqueline novogratz. The endearing weareallconnected story about jaquelines charity sweater she finds being worn several years later by a young boy in africa is told in the first four pages of the book.
Her book describes her experience working in africa, the projects she joined, those she started, and the lessons she learned through each. The blue sweater first appeared on the tuck magazine website on september 4, 2015 the blue sweater is an eye opening and inspiring true story based on jacqueline novogratz life experiences. The blue sweater is a book of hope written by a practical idealist who wont take no for an answer when it comes to building a better world. Jacqueline quit a promising career in international banking at chase manhattan to help bridge the gap between the rich and the poor. In her autobiography, the blue sweater, acumen fund founder and ceo jacqueline. Jacqueline novogratz about the book cote divoire in west africa was an eyeopener for jacqueline novegratz, a young and idealistic american banker. It all started back home in virginia, with the blue sweater, a gift that quickly became her prized possessionuntil the day she outgrew it and gave. About for books blue sweater complete video dailymotion. Bridging the gap between rich and poor in an interconnected world by jacqueline novogratz jacqueline novogratz left a career in international banking to spend her life on a quest to understand global poverty and find powerful new ways of tackling it. Blue weaver also represents and distributes for a growing number of likeminded international. It shows that everything is possible for those who pursue social and economic change in a world where the gap between rich and poor keeps growing wide. After her twoyear sojourn in africa, novogratz returns to the united states for a. The journey of the blue sweater in 1973, jacqueline novogratz is 12 and living in alexandria, virginia.
It all started back home in virginia, with the blue sweater, a gift that quickly became her prized possession until the day she outgrew it and gave it away to goodwill. Read summary of the blue sweater by jacqueline novogratz. I joined the acumen funds san francisco chapter in february 2010, after attending the chapters blue sweater book club. Many years later, novogratz stumbles upon a young boy in africa wearing the exact same sweater with her name written on the tag. Bridging the gap between rich and poor in an interconnected world ebook written by jacqueline novogratz. In the 1970s, jacqueline donated her blue sweater to goodwill. Eleven years later in africa, she spotted a young boy wearing that very sweater, with her name still on the tag inside. Sep 04, 2015 the blue sweater is an ideal book for every person whose mind is focused on transforming the world. Acumen fund enabled me to arrive at darajas campus with twenty five copies of the blue sweater, so that i could run a book club for the students. It makes sense as to why novogratz would title the book the blue sweater because that particular sweater is what made her realize that even though countries are so different, we are all still connected in some way. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read the blue sweater. She reveals the problems with traditional charities and why providing support to local grassroots businesses is key to reducing poverty in developing countries.
It all started back home in virginia, with the blue sweater, a gift that quickly became her prized possession. The author, founder of a nonprofit venturecapital firm called the acumen fund, has lived an idealistic life, leaving a potentially lucrative career with chase manhattan to. In 1987 while jogging in rwanda she spotted a boy with a blue sweater on. It all started back home in virginia, with the blue sweater, a gift that quickly became her prized possessionuntil the day she outgrew it and gave it.
She knew it was hers because her name was stitched on the sweater. Bridging the gap between rich and poor in an interconnected world by jacqueline novogratz. The book is a firsthand account of her journey from international banker to social entrepreneur and founder of acumen. The blue sweater is the inspiring story of a woman who left a career in international banking to spend her life on a quest to understand global poverty and find powerful new ways. Eleven years later, she was on a trip to africa, where unbelievably, she saw her exact same sweater on a young boy. Discussion guide for the blue sweater why book clubs matter book clubs are an important part of acumen funds success. In 1976, a boy at novogratzs high school cracks a joke about her breasts, highlighted by the tight sweater. I spent my first month in kenya at the daraja academy of kenya, one of east africas first free secondary. While the book is an excellent adventure into making the world a better place it also points to far more important subjects. The blue sweater is the inspiring story of a woman who left a career in international banking to spend her life on a quest to understand global. The blue sweater teaching guide activity allotted time assign readings.
The blue sweater is the inspiring story of a woman who left a career in. Why do some people stop growing at age 30, just goin. Summary of the blue sweater by jacqueline novogratz. Jacqueline stopped the young boy and checked the tag in the sweater.
Jacqueline breathes new life into the phrase a life of meaning and she is living one everyday even as she asks us to join her. Etsy is the home to thousands of handmade, vintage, and oneofakind products and gifts related to your search. Read quicklet on jacqueline novogratzs the blue sweater cliffsnoteslike book summary by judith mary wilson available from rakuten kobo. Although only in her mid20s when she arrived in abidjan, the capital. The blue sweater is a great learning journey, for both writer and reader.
My intention in reading the blue sweater was to legitimize my feelings of hope, progress, and beauty across the african continent, the developing world and the wrong side of the tracks back home. We believe in the power of book gatherings as places where ideas are born, where communities are built, and where individual readers can collectively begin to brainstorm ways to make a difference in the world. Novogratz talks about the sweater and how she went through both elementary and middle school wearing it, being deeply attached. My favorite stories on this point are those she shares not of travels and work in africa, india or pakistan but in the mississippi delta with a gay, black, female colleague. Blue weaver is a fully independent book marketing, sales and distribution company based in cape town, south africa. Jacqueline quit a promising career at chase manhattan to help bridge the gap between the rich and the poor. The blue sweater is the inspiring story of a woman who left a career in international banking to spend her life on a quest to understand global poverty and find. This collection contains blue books and other archival material from british colonies and protectorates in africa dating 18211953. Back in her teenage years, she donated a blue sweater to a goodwill store within the united states. Through the course of the book she proves herself one of the increasing. From her work in africa setting up organisations to provide the means to.