Learn About Helping Women

Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide

by Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn

After reading this book in an Adult RE class, we were inspired to not just move on to the next good read, but to work together in making a difference in the lives of women. So, we formed Advocates for Women.

A Thousand Sisters: My journey into the worst place in the world to be a woman

by Lisa Shannon

Left to Tell: Discovering God amidst the Rwandan Holocaust

by Immaculee Ilibagiza

"Best of Seattle 2010: Someireh Amirfaiz:
Best Immigrant Ambassador"

by Rebecca Cohen

Seattle Weekly News

Farm City: The education of an urban farmer

by Novella Carpenter

The Honor Code:
How Moral Revolutions Happen

by Kwame Anthony Appiah

Creating a World Without Poverty:
Social Business and the future of Capitalism

by Muhammad Yunus

Between Two Worlds:
My Life in Captivity in Iran

by Roxana Saberi

"Multi-language posters aimed at combating teen prostitution"

by Jennifer Sullivan
Seattle Times

Reading Lolita in Tehran

by Azar Nafisi

Stolen Lives:
Twenty Years in a Desert Jail

by Malika Oufkir