Global Soccer Mom: Changing the World Is Easier Than You Think - Softcover

Moore, Shayne

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9780310325581: Global Soccer Mom: Changing the World Is Easier Than You Think

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0310325587 ISBN 13: 9780310325581

Publisher: Zondervan, 2011

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Women are the caretakers of the world. Yet global HIV and AIDS and extreme poverty can seem overwhelming. Even if these things break our mother’s hearts, how is a busy, full-time mom to get engaged and make a difference? Global Soccer Mom shows that everyday moms care deeply about these issues and long to engage the world in a meaningful way. Busy women everywhere will resonate with Shayne’s story as a mother of three who learned she could make a difference on the global level. Follow Shayne’s journey―sometimes humorous, sometimes poignant and learn how you can get involved too. Activist Shayne Moore knows the challenge of managing a home and the desire to make a difference for those who are suffering. As a full-time mom, she has journeyed from an insular suburban world into the arena of global advocacy, where she’s worked alongside media superstars to effect change. Using the power of story, she inspires women everywhere to start right where they are and make a real difference. Moore’s work has taken her far beyond her comfortable suburban home. She’s travelled to international summits and was featured in a commercial with Julia Roberts, George Clooney, and Matt Damon. She’s been interviewed by CNN, NBC, and The Wall Street Journal, and featured in a photo shoot in Vanity Fair’s “Africa” issue. You CAN make a difference. Real change starts right where you are.

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About the Author:

Shayne Moore, MA is an author, speaker, mama of three, and outspoken advocate in the fight against extreme poverty and Global AIDS. Shayne is one of the original members of the ONE Campaign, The Campaign to Make Poverty History. www.one.org. Moore sits on the executive board of directors for Upendo Village, an HIV/AIDS clinic in Kenya. www.upendovillage.org and on the board of directors for Growers First, which empowers rural farmers in the developing world. www.GrowersFirst.org Shayne has written for ONE's blog, Christianity Today's Gifted for Leadership, and pens a column in the magazine, FullFill. Check out her personal blog at ww.GlobalSoccerMom.com. Shayne is a member of Redbud Writers Guild. www.RedbudWritersGuild.com.

Review:

“I remember Gandhi once reflecting on his movement and saying that he knew something was happening in the world when he saw that homemade clothing was being worn not just by folks on the fringes, but by folks in Parliament. Global Soccer Mom is clear evidence that there is a movement sweeping the church---and that God is liberating folks from the ghettoes and the cul-de-sacs. Soccer moms and sex traffickers, tax collectors and zealots, stockbrokers and warmongers, liberals and conservatives are all reshaping our lives in terms of Jesus and the common vision of seeing God’s Kingdom come---on earth.” -- Shane Claiborne, Author

“What would happen if you decided to change the world? All it takes is one person. In Global Soccer Mom, Shayne Moore reminds us that you don’t need to be rich, powerful, or influential to make a difference in the world.” -- Richard Stearns, President

“With frank honesty about frustrations with her own faith tradition as well as touches of humor over being dismissed as ‘just a mom,’ Shayne Moore’s book packs a punch that is smattered with the hope and the challenge that we can all do something significant to improve the lives of those who live in extreme poverty throughout the world. I was deeply touched and inspired by Global Soccer Mom. It is Shayne’s own journey that is most compelling. She moves with grace between packing school lunches to hanging out with the likes of Julia Roberts and George Clooney. Her adventure beckons us all to put our faith into action in order to right the wrongs of human oppression. Shayne Moore is just one woman, but she wields a personal power that is changing the world, and she convinces us that we can do the same.” -- Arloa Sutter, Executive Director

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