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PRESSRELEASE"WonderGirls"Release,Book-signing,LectureandPhotoExhibitionJanuary24-31,2018December4,2017.SantaFe,NewMexico2018isshapinguptobethe"YearoftheGirl.”Aseachnewsheadlinetrumpetsanunstableatmosphereforcountriestheworldover,girlsareleadingthewayineducation,environmentalaction,andsocialjustice.

CREATIVITYFORPEACE,aSantaFe-basednonprofit,celebratesthestabilizingrolethatyoungwomenplayinourcommunitieswiththeupcomingexhibitionofphotographs,January24-31,2018,fromthejust-releasedbook,"WONDERGIRLS,ChangingOurWorld"byPaolaGianturcoandAlexSangster.

GianturcoandSangster'sbookjourneybeganwithapivotalchapterabouttheworkofCREATIVITYFORPEACEwithteengirlsfromIsraelandPalestinedevelopingskillsinpeacemakingandapassionfor"theother’sexperience"inwar-torncommunities.CREATIVITYFORPEACEwillhostanexhibitionof20ofGianturco'simagesintheCCAlobbygallery,openingJanuary24,andrunningthroughJanuary31,2018.ProceedswillbenefittheworkofCREATIVITYFORPEACE.

Author/photographerPaolaGianturcojoinsusinAlbuquerqueandSantaFe,onJanuary24and25,withslide/talksandbook-signings:

Albuquerque,January24at7pm,TheGuildCinema,3405CentralAvenueNE,tickets$10.SantaFe,January25,at7pm,CCA,1050OldPecosTrail,tickets$15.VIPtickets(includingasignedbookandpre-reception)are$125

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CCAPhotoExhibition:"WONDERGIRLS,ChangingOurWorld",CCALobbyGallery,1050OldPecosTrail,opentothepublic,January24-31,10am–10pm

TicketsfortheCCAandGuildtalksareavailableatwww.creativityforpeace.com.TopurchaseVIPtickets,providesponsorships,orarrangeagroupvisittothephotoexhibition,pleasecontactDottieIndyke,dottie@creativityforpeace.com.

Forimagesoraninterviewwiththeauthor,pleasecontactDottieIndyke,dottie@creativityforpeace.com,505-982-3765.

BookDetails:Hardcover,8.25x11inches,240pages,ISBN:978-1-57687-822-4,$49.95US/CANFromtheAuthors:"Thereisapassionateandpeacefulrevolutionafootdrivenbygirlsasyoungas10yearsofage.Theseresoluteyoungstersandteenagersarebandingtogethertotransformtheworld,leveragingtheirenergyandintelligence,creativityandconfidence,determinationanddreams,tomakeadifferenceintheircommunities.”WONDERGIRLS:ChangingOurWorldisthefirstbooktodocumentthesegirl-ledgroups,whichareimprovinghealth,education,genderequality,andtheenvironment;andstoppingchildmarriage,domesticviolence,childtrafficking,andwar.Thebookfeaturesfifteengroupsofgirls,allage10to18,whoaretacklingchallengesin13countriesintheMiddleEast,Asia,NorthandLatinAmerica,Africa,andOceania.Between2013-2016,notedauthorandphotographerPaolaGianturcoandher11-year-oldgranddaughter,up-and-comingauthorandphotographerAlexSangster,teameduptointerviewandphotograph102girls,eachofwhomtellsherownstoryinherownwords.WonderGirlsisthethirdinatriptychbyPaolaGianturco.WomenwhoLighttheDark(powerHouseBooks,2007)toldaboutwomenactivists.GrandmotherPower:AGlobalPhenomenon(powerHouseBooks,2012),describedgrandmotheractivists.Onehundredpercentoftheauthors’royaltiesfromWONDERGIRLSwillgotoTheGlobalFundforWomentobenefitgrassrootsgroupsofactivistgirlsandwomenaroundtheworld,whileproceedsfromthesellingofframedphotographsfromthebook,andfromthesignedbooksthemselves,duringeventsinNewMexico,willbenefitCREATIVITYFORPEACE,aSantaFe-basednonprofitthatistheleaderinpreparingyoungIsraeliandPalestinianwomentobepeacemakersintheircommunitiesandacrossborderswithcompassion,friendship,andcourage,andworkswithSantaFehighschoolgirlstoadvancetheirpeacemakingskills,aswell.Inherforewordinthebook,MusimbiKanyoro,PresidentandCEOofTheGlobalFundforWomenwrites:“Toomanyprogramsthatclaimto‘empower’or‘uplift’arelongonrhetoricandshortongivinggirlsrealpowerandspace.Notsowiththeinitiativesinthisbook.Itfeaturesgirlswhoarecreative,gutsy,anddeterminedtoberesponsiblecitizens…Wemustenableallgirlseverywheretohavesuchvoice,confidenceandagency.”

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