May 16/ 2:00-4:00 pm. A lecture/book signing at MCAC brought to us by The Adult School. Registration required at this link.
Maggie Doyne will be joining us to discuss her highly anticipated debut memoir, Between the Mountain and the Sky: A Mother’s Story of Hope and Love. As the CEO and co-founder of BlinkNow, a nonprofit dedicated to serving the children of Nepal, Doyne has been globally recognized for her community-based and sustainable initiatives abroad. The book highlights Doyne’s inspirational coming of age story spanning over a decade since she journeyed from her comfortable middle-class New Jersey home for the college gap year that forever changed the trajectory of her life. When Doyne first arrived in Surkhet, Nepal the area was just coming out of a civil war that left families in poverty and many children orphaned on the streets. After an unexpected encounter with a Nepali girl breaking rocks in a quarry, Doyne decided to invest her life savings of five thousand dollars to buy a piece of land and open the Kopika Valley Children’s Home with a vision to care for, comfort, educate, and empower the children of the community. Alongside BlinkNow co-founder Tope Malla, Doyne has gone on to open a school, health clinic, women’s center, and more, and was recognized for her remarkable initiatives as a 2015 CNN Hero of the Year. This page-turning memoir documents Doyne’s incredibly personal, and at times heartbreaking, journey to helping the community in Surkhet. Maggie will join us to read a portion of this book, highlighting her journey of love, loss, and healing, and to discuss the book writing process and her journey to Kopila Valley.
Books will be available for purchase for $27.99. Please indicate your interest when registering.
