| 8/31 : : Breaking Barriers |
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Tuesday, August 31 2010, 5:30pm
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Join us for a free Speaking Locally program with Shannon Galpin, an incredible woman working toward global solutions for women and girls who are denied opportunities, treated as commodities and live most of their lives in fear.
Traveling by motorcycle, bike and taxi, Shannon Galpin has worked to break stereotypes in remote war-torn regions. Showing a different view of both Americans and women to Afghans, by traveling solo, staying overnight in remote villages, and riding buzkashi horses, she connects with locals to build sustainable community development and individual empowerment. Frustrated by what she saw as failings by other NGOs that saw literacy or medical clinics or schools as the end goals, Shannon sought cyclical solutions that looked at education, job training and school building.
Focused on girls education, the deaf community, rural midwife training and women's prisons, she has broken barriers in her unique and individual approach to working in Afghanistan. At the same time she is bringing back the beauty and heartbreak of Afghanistan to those here at home to show a different side of the ongoing conflict.
In 2006, Shannon founded, Mountain2Mountain a Breckenridge-based non profit working in Afghanistan. www.mountain2mountain.org
5:30PM Reception | 6:00PM Discussion
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Location : Manor Vail Lodge, Vail |
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