Lisa J Shannon

A Thousand Sisters

My Journey Into the Worst Place on Earth to Be a Woman

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Produktbeschreibung

Shannon, the founder of the international organization Run for Congo Women, shares firsthand accounts of her experiences visiting the Congo, the women she's helped, and the relationships she's formed.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Hachette Book Group USA
• Seitenzahl: 344
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Februar 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 211mm x 141mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 347g
• ISBN-13: 9781580053594
• ISBN-10: 1580053599
• Artikelnr.: 32845338

Autorenporträt

Lisa J. Shannon is a human rights activist, writer and speaker. In 2005, she founded Run for Congo Women, the first national grassroots campaign in the US working to raise awareness of the forgotten humanitarian crisis in Congo. Since then, she has spearheaded multiple major media and human rights campaigns for Congo and Somalia. She was a 2012-2013 Gleitsman Fellow with Harvard's Center for Public Leadership and is a 2013-2014 fellow with Harvard Kennedy School's Carr Center for Human Rights. Shannon holds a Masters in Public Administration from the Harvard Kennedy School and an Honorary Doctorate from Georgetown University. She is the author of the award-winning A Thousand Sisters and she has been featured on countless media outlets including The Oprah Winfrey Show, National Public Radio's Morning Edition, the New York Times, the New York Times Magazine, the Economist, and more. In 2010 she was named one of O Magazine's 100 Most Influential Women on the Planet. She lives in Portland, Oregon.