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SUMMARY:Down the Braided River with Bhawani Prasad Dangal & Julia Freeman
 -Woolpert
DESCRIPTION:Join Bhawani Prasad Dangal & Julia Freeman-Woolpert as they p
 resent Down the Braided River: My Journey as a Deaf Refugee. Forced to f
 lee with his family from Bhutan at seven\, Bhawani lost his hearing shor
 tly after -- and with it\, language and connection. Across a refugee cam
 p in Nepal and resettlement in New Hampshire\, he built both back. Down 
 the Braided River is a remarkable true story of survival\, community\, a
 nd belonging. Bhawani is a Deaf American citizen who arrived in the Unit
 ed States as a refugee from Bhutan in 2011. He is a deeply committed adv
 ocate and leader in the Deaf Bhutanese-American community\, including wo
 rking as a Nepali Sign Language to American Sign Language interpreter. H
 e 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 a
 nd 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 Fa
 scinating Individuals.” He now lives in Pennsylvania and enjoys spending
  time with his wife and three sons. Julia lives in Concord\, New Hampshi
 re. She retired in 2018 from the New Hampshire Disability Rights Center 
 where she spent her career advocating on behalf of people with disabilit
 ies. She holds a B.A. from Boston University and a M.Ed. from Antioch Un
 iversity. She has worked as a mentor and advocate for refugees for two d
 ecades\, and with Deaf refugees since 2011. She has traveled throughout 
 Nepal and India and spent a week in 2010 visiting the refugee camps in N
 epal. In her spare time she loves to garden and travel the rest of the w
 orld.\n\nTickets: http://www.gibsonsbookstore.com/form/gibson-s-event-rs
 vp\n\nhttps://findlocal.community/event/c47fe5ef-f633-4faa-998f-c1a139ee
 257a
LOCATION:Gibson's Bookstore\, 45 S Main St\, Concord\, NH 03301
URL:https://findlocal.community/event/c47fe5ef-f633-4faa-998f-c1a139ee257
 a
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