Mountain2Mountain: Streets of Afghanistan Exhibition

http://www.streetsofafghanistan.org/
http://www.mountain2mountain.org/

"Dare to believe in our common humanity" - Mountain2Mountain

Founder of Mountain2Mountain, Shannon Galpin, has dedicated her life to helping the people of Afghanistan, specifically the women, whose voices go unheard and often ignored. She founded the organization in November of 2006 and has made countless visits to the country, instituting needed projects, working with the communities and has helped impact countless lives. Shannon tells her story with such passion, as she sold her house, and started Mountain2Mountain with limited funding, but has put her life and her whole heart into this organization and its' mission.

She came to DU last quarter and showed the documentary, Waking Lions, made about her travels and experiences for the very first time. The documentary highlights how Shannon works in Afghanistan, the challenges she faces, and how she pushes the envelope to bring about change. Students for Africa, the organization out of Korbel that I co-lead, was one of the student groups to bring her and we were extremely honored. She will be invited back to campus some time soon - so keep a look out.

The exhibit, Streets of Afghanistan, will tour the country and will be coming to our town, Denver on April 28, and to surrounding towns as well: Telluride for the MountainFilm Festival May 27-31, and Breckenridge July 1. Definitely don't miss this !!!

A little about Mountain2Mountain:

Mountain2Mountain is working to create education and opportunity for the women and girls of Afghanistan. We believe that investing in women and girls is the most effective way to achieve stability and economic prosperity. We don’t take a one-size-fits-all approach to complex problems. Instead, we believe in long-term solutions that are user-generated, village to village. We don’t just build schools. We work alongside the Afghan people, other NGOs and local governments to develop programs that will create transformational, societal change.

Our current projects are focused on girls education, rural midwifery, imprisoned women and children, the Afghan youth movement and the deaf community.

I for one am so inspired by Shannon, and all the projects Mountain2Mountain is currently involved with. The website says that she decided to "be the change" she wished to see in the world, and it is people like her, and organizations like this, that should remind us all that we may be only one individual, but each one of us can do so much, and working together, we can move mountains. I really believe that.