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Name
  
Shannon Galpin


Role
  
Author

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Books
  
Streets of Afghanistan: Bridging Cultures Through Art

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Shannon Galpin (born 1974) is an American activist, author, adventurer, and producer of the movie, Afghan Cycles. In 2013, she was named, National Geographic Adventurer of the Year. Shannon started a US series of mountain biking camps called Strength in Numbers for women in their 20s and 30s who have experience gender violence, with the belief that "an army of women can change the world." Shannon was runner up for two consecutive years in Elevation Outdoors Magazine's Resident Badass poll, in the Humanitarian category.

Contents

Shannon Galpin Mountain 2 Mountain

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Life

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She grew up in Bismarck, North Dakota. In 2006, she founded Mountain2Mountain.

Works

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  • Streets of Afghanistan: Bridging Cultures Through Art, Photographs by Libero Di Zinno, Hatherleigh Company, Limited, 2013, ISBN 9781578264674
  • Mountain to Mountain: A Journey of Adventure and Activism for the Women of Afghanistan. St. Martin's Press. 16 September 2014. ISBN 978-1-4668-4705-7. 
  • https://radicalhumanity.net Site run by Shannon Galpin, started in late 2016
  • References

    Shannon Galpin Wikipedia