{"title": "Banking on Belonging: Investing in Refugee Entrepreneurs", "start": "2026-10-29T12:00:00-04:00", "end": null, "place": "The New York Public Library", "address": "", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["community/refugees"], "description": "An event centered on the book 'Banking on Belonging: Why Investing in Refugee Entrepreneurs Benefits Everyone.' It features John Kluge Jr., a social entrepreneur, and Christine Mahoney, a public policy expert, whose book argues that refugees are resourceful entrepreneurs whose ventures create jobs, tax revenue, and innovation. It presents their Refugee Lens Investing framework and stories of displaced entrepreneurs from places such as Iraq, Syria, Ukraine, and Venezuela. 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