Mountain to Mountain

Name: Mountain to Mountain
Brand: Macmillan
SKU: 9781250069931
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A Journey of Adventure and Activism for the Women of Afghanistan

Autor: Shannon Galpin

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Väzba: Brožovaná

Vydavateľ: Macmillan

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Being inspired to act can take many forms. For some it's taking a weekend to volunteer, but for Shan...

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Autor

Shannon Galpin

Jazyk

Angličtina

Väzba

Kniha - Brožovaná

Vydalo

2015

Stránok

320

EAN

9781250069931

ISBN

1250069939

Enbook ID

09280748

Vydavateľ

Macmillan

Hmotnosť

454

Rozmery

150 x 210 x 22

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Being inspired to act can take many forms. For some it's taking a weekend to volunteer, but for Shannon Galpin, it meant leaving her career, selling her house, launching a nonprofit and committing her life to advancing education and opportunity for women and girls. Focusing on the war-torn country of Afghanistan, Galpin and her organization, Mountain2Mountain, have touched the lives of hundreds of men, women and children. As if launching a nonprofit wasn't enough, in 2009 Galpin became the first woman to ride a mountain bike in Afghanistan. Now she's using that initial bike ride to gain awareness around the country, encouraging people to use their bikes "as a vehicle for social change and justice to support a country where women don't have the right to ride a bike."In "Mountain to Mountain," her lyric and honest memoir, Galpin describes her first forays into fundraising, her deep desire to help women and girls halfway across the world, her love for adventure and sports, and her own inspiration to be so much more than just another rape victim. During her numerous trips to Afghanistan, Shannon reaches out to politicians and journalists as well as everyday Afghans -- teachers, prison inmates, mothers, daughters -- to cross a cultural divide and find common ground. She narrates harrowing encounters, exhilarating bike rides, humorous episodes, and the heartbreak inherent in a country that is still recovering from decades of war and occupation.

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