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Explorer and mountain biker Shannon Galpin brings cycling to Afghan women. The 2014 National Geographic Explorer believes bicycles are a vehicle for transformation in a society where this simple freedom and pleasure is denied to women and girls. This simple act, easily taken for granted in the West, provides them with a stronger voice so vital in what often appears like an insurmountable obstacle--positioning Afghan women in a place of greater equality.
Lessons:
1. Simply doing something right can a powerful form of activism since it will inspire others to mirror you.
2. Hope and change prevail over fear.
3. Don’t take even the simplest things for granted.
CREDITS
Producer – Marion Abrams, Madmotion, llc.
Host: Joe De Sena with Johnny Waite, Sefra, Col. Tim Nye, Delle & Mark Webb
Synopsis – Matt Baatz
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