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The Light of Deaf Women: Inspirational Stories

Created by Sofia Seitchik

The Light of Deaf Women: Inspirational Stories from Visionaries, Artists, Founders, and Entrepreneurs is a book aimed to motivate all kinds of people to go after their dreams, channel their own inner artist, take that leap to found an organization, or even to start their own business. Everyone needs to feel connected, that one story to find relatable and to be inspired to take that next big step; Global Deaf Women created this book to share 80+ stories of all sorts Deaf Women who are of all ethnic background, different nationalities, different types of profession and industries, and of diverse identities. The women are from all over the United States alongside a photo captured by Deaf photographers.

Latest Updates from Our Project:

Progress!
almost 7 years ago – Thu, May 25, 2017 at 09:15:04 AM

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Update #1
almost 7 years ago – Thu, May 25, 2017 at 05:27:04 AM

CONGRATULATIONS & THANK YOU for making this long time vision of #TheLightOfDeafWomen book project into reality!!

We have met AND exceeded our goal here on Kickstarter!! Our goal was $11,733 and now we recently hit around $14,500! We are now 125% funded! Our hearts are full with gratitude & love!

Without any single of you here, this project would not be possible. Thank you.

We have been working very hard on getting the book ready to be sent off to the printer! We are now in final stages on every aspect of making this book HAPPEN! We are currently working on the final touches on all 85 women’s photos and their stories! The layout is coming along beautifully!

Also, we want to share that #TheLightOfDeafWomen was on DPAN.TV’s Tru Biz seriesThe Daily Moth AND on Buzzfeed!

We still have TWO full days left on Kickstarter, it’s not over, just yet! The more backers we get, the more books we can donate to schools & organizations to inspire the younger generations! So donate more if you can, share this with your friends and families, share this project far and wide so we can be confident that the future generations will thrive!

THANK YOU for believing in this project & us!

Psssst, you will get another update from us soon to collect more details from you all to ship the books to you! We can't wait to have the book in your hands!