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DESCRIPTION:A "SALAAM, SHALOM: SPEAKING OF PEACE" PROGRAM - Girl Rising\nA new feature 
 film about the power of education to change a girl... and the world.\n 
 \nGIRL RISING IS A FILM. GIRL RISING IS A MOVEMENT. GIRL RISING IS THE 
 FUTURE.\n                                                                   
                                   \nFrom Academy Award-nominated director 
 Richard E. Robbins, Girl Rising journeys around the globe to witness the 
 strength of the human spirit and the power of education to change the 
 world. Viewers get to know nine unforgettable girls living in the 
 developing world: ordinary girls who confront tremendous challenges and 
 overcome nearly impossible odds to pursue their dreams. Prize-winning 
 authors put the girls' remarkable stories into words, and renowned actors, 
 including Meryl Streep, Liam Neeson and Anne Hathaway among others, give 
 them voice.\n\nThe film spotlights unforgettable girls like Sokha, an 
 orphan who rises from the dumps of Cambodia to become a star student and an 
 accomplished dancer; Suma, who composes music to help her endure forced 
 servitude in Nepal and today crusades to free others; and Ruksana, an 
 Indian "pavement-dweller" whose father sacrifices his own basic needs for 
 his daughter's dreams. Each girl is paired with a renowned writer from her 
 native country. Edwidge Danticat, Sooni Taraporevala, Aminatta Forna and 
 others tell the girls' stories, each in its style, and all with profound 
 resonance.\n\nAfter the film, we will host a discussion panel with Ruth 
 Messinger, President of the American Jewish World Service, Nahid Angha, 
 Ph.D., a Sufi scholar, human rights activist, women's rights activist, 
 lecturer, translator and author and co-author of over fifteen books 
 including A Force Such as the World Has Never Known: Women Creating Change, 
 and Manisha Gupte co-founder of MASUM, an Indian women's organization 
 working to promote the rights of women and girls (with support from 
 AJWS).\n\nFREE\n https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2014/12/04/18765027.php
SUMMARY:Film Screening & Panel Discussion: Girl Rising
LOCATION:Osher Marin JCC\n200 N. San Pedro Road\nSan Rafael, CA 
 94903\n\nhttp://www.marinjcc.org
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2014/12/04/18765027.php
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