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Lisa J. Shannon possessed a good life: an effective business, a fiance, a home, and security. Then, 1 day in 2005, an episode of Oprah changed all of that. The show centered on women in Congo, the worst place on globe to be a female. She was awakened to the atrocities there - hundreds of thousands inactive, women raped and tortured daily, and children dying in stunning numbers. Shannon thought called to take action. And she do. A Thousands of Sisters is her inspiring memoir. Shannon brought up money to sponsor Congolese women, you start with one single 30-mile run, and then founded a nationwide company, Run for Congo Women. This publication chronicles her quest to the Congo to meet up with the women her run sponsored, and stocks their incredible experiences. What starts as grassroots activism pushes Shannon to confront herself and her life, and learn lessons of survival, fear, appreciation, and enormous love from the ladies of Africa.