Events
A Thousand Sisters is now available in bookstores and online!
Run for Congo Women-Portland. Saturday, June 26, 2010. Lower Macleay Park, NW 29th & Upshur, Portland. 9 mile (8:30 am), 3 mile (9 am), kids (9:15 am) forested trail run/walk with finish line celebration, Congolese music, letter writing & action tables. Come to celebrate and be inspired by our solidarity with our Congolese sisters. Registration: $35 adult; $15 student; $10 children under 12 (with registered adult). Registration/check in begins 7 am. Register online: www.runforcongowomen.org until Wednesday, June 23rd, or onsite. Volunteers needed, too: <email hidden; JavaScript is required>.
Run for Congo Women-Denver, Sunday, June 27, 2010. Wash Park, 1200 E Virginia Ave., Denver, CO. 5K. Start 8:30 a.m.
Run for Congo Women-UK, London. July 3, 2010. Regents Park. Email: email hidden; JavaScript is required
Dallas, TX 10K & Half Marathon — Join us August 15, 2010! Register and start fundraising! www.runforcongowomen
Los Angeles, CA 5K and 10K — Join us September 12, 2010! Register and start fundraising! www.runforcongowomen
New York, NY 5K — Join us September 25, 2010! Register and start fundraising! www.runforcongowomen
Chicago, IL 5K — Join us October 2, 2010! Register and start fundraising! www.runforcongowomen
St. Louis, MO 4 mile or 1 mile fun run — Join us October 2, 2010! Register and start fundraising! www.runforcongowomen
Tempe/Phoenix, AZ 5K — Join us October 10, 2010! Register and start fundraising! www.runforcongowomen.org
Conover, NC 12.9 or 4.3 mile — Join us November 6, 2010! Register and start fundraising www.runforcongowomen!
VOICES, Contemporary Lecture Series, February 9, 2011. 7:30 PM. First Congregational Church, 1126 SW Park, Portland OR. www.voicesinc.com/
Previous Events & Noteworthy Media:
April 15, 2010: Interview, Leonard Lopate Show, WYNC 93.9 FM. (18 minute podcast): http://www.wnyc.org/shows/lopate/episodes/2010/04/15
April 10, 2010: Winnipeg Free Press Review: www.winnipegfreepress.com/entertainment/books/powerful-meditation-on-helping-a-thousand-sisters-90459809.html/
April 5, 2010: Tonic.com, Book Review: http://www.tonic.com/article/a-thousand-sisters-lisa-shannon-run-for-congo/
April 5, 2010: New Hampshire Public Radio, Word of Mouth Lisa Interviewed by Virginia Prescott: http://www.nhpr.org/audio/audio/wom-2010-04-05-vp3.wax
January 18 – March 15, 2010 / Lisa blogs from Congo as she travels deep into the regions being terrorized by the LRA for the last year and a half. See her athousandsisters.com/blog during those dates for her on-the-ground reports!
Thursday, February 4th, 2010 / Nicholas Kristof’s column in The New York Times features Lisa in Congo, visiting her sister, Generose, and her beautiful little Congolese namesake, 2-year-old Lisa. A video embedded in the online article at http://nyti.ms/brgE0U!
February 13-27, 2010: Sisters Solidarity Gatherings. Make a joyous difference. Show the amazing women who will be running with Lisa Shannon in Bukavu, DRCongo on February 28th that your hearts are with them! Inspire friends, family & networks around the country & globe to host an informal gathering on or before Saturday, February 27th (28th in the Congo). Watch two short, informative videos,do a neighborhood run or walk (optional), donate for the Bukavu run if you can. Post a msg/pictures/video so I can share them before the Bukavu run. More info: www.athousandsisters.com/blog
February 28th, 2010 / RUN FOR CONGO WOMEN – CONGO. Lisa will be running with 75 of our Run for Congolese sisters who have graduated the sponsorship program in Bukavu, DR Congo. This run was inspired by a question one of our sisters posed to Lisa on her last trip to Congo: “What can I do to become a woman who helps other women?”
October 1st, 2009 / Oprah, The Oprah Winfrey Show. Lisa was interviewed by Oprah about founding Run for Congo Women, on the show featuring Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn, co-authors of Half the Sky, Ben Affleck, and Hillary Clinton.
