Acton on Tap--"PovertyCure: Are We Listening to Their Voices?" with Anielka (Munkel) Olson

Over the past few years there has been an increasing awareness of a need to change the models used to address the challenge of poverty in the U.S. and abroad. PovertyCure has aimed to share the voices of leaders that are asking for a new paradigm that puts the person at the center.

Based on her work at the PovertyCure initiative and her experience working in her home country of Nicaragua, Anielka will share some insights regarding what communities need to thrive and how we can be part of the solution.

Come join the conversation at Acton on Tap on July 14 at 6p.m. at San Chez Bistro in beautiful downtown Grand Rapids for this heartfelt, timely talk as together we fight poverty in our communities.

Anielka (Münkel) Olson is a Research and Outreach Manager at the Acton Institute. She previously served as Project Manager of the PovertyCure Initiative and co-producer of the Poverty, Inc. documentary and the PovertyCure DVD Series. A native and citizen of Nicaragua, she served as advisor to the minister of tourism, promoting Nicaragua as a tourism and investment destination. She collaborated on speeches for former President Enrique Bolaños and negotiated investment opportunities with international corporations. Previously, she served as coordinator of the Government Investor Network (GIN) at PRONicaragua, the Investment Promotion Agency of the Presidency, and presented the results of this project at the United Nations High-level Dialog on Financing for Development in 2005. She also authored “Nicaragua: A UN Pilot Country on the Road to Success” and was selected to participate in the U.S. Department of State International Visitor Leadership Program. Anielka holds an MBA from the University of Notre Dame, where she won the grand prize in the Social Venture Plan Competition with Sustainable Health Enterprises.

Most of Anielka’s work is focused on PovertyCure, a global initiative that advances entrepreneurial solutions to poverty. Through a network of 375+ partner organizations, a DVD series, a documentary and a social media following of over 1.3 million people, PovertyCure challenges conventional thinking and reframes the poverty debate around the creative capacity of the human person, made in the image of God.