Current price: $24.95Down the Braided River with Bhawani Prasad Dangal & Julia Freeman-Woolpert
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Join Bhawani Prasad Dangal & Julia Freeman-Woolpert as they present Down the Braided River: My Journey as a Deaf Refugee. Forced to flee with his family from Bhutan at seven, Bhawani lost his hearing shortly after -- and with it, language and connection. Across a refugee camp in Nepal and resettlement in New Hampshire, he built both back. Down the Braided River is a remarkable true story of survival, community, and belonging. Bhawani is a Deaf American citizen who arrived in the United States as a refugee from Bhutan in 2011. He is a deeply committed advocate and leader in the Deaf Bhutanese-American community, including working as a Nepali Sign Language to American Sign Language interpreter. He is a graduate of the prestigious Road to Deaf Interpreting program and has served in numerous educational and advocacy roles including serving on the Board of the Himalayan Foundation USA. He was a main organizer and keynote speaker at the first-ever World Deaf Refugee Day in 2021 and again in 2023. In 2015, he was featured as one of Concord TV’s “Most Fascinating Individuals.” He now lives in Pennsylvania and enjoys spending time with his wife and three sons. Julia lives in Concord, New Hampshire. She retired in 2018 from the New Hampshire Disability Rights Center where she spent her career advocating on behalf of people with disabilities. She holds a B.A. from Boston University and a M.Ed. from Antioch University. She has worked as a mentor and advocate for refugees for two decades, and with Deaf refugees since 2011. She has traveled throughout Nepal and India and spent a week in 2010 visiting the refugee camps in Nepal. In her spare time she loves to garden and travel the rest of the world.
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- Bhawani Prasad DangalAuthor
- Julia Freeman-WoolpertAuthor
The book
- Down the Braided River: My Journey as a Deaf RefugeeBhawani Prasad Dangal
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