Karen Sherman

CEO of Virunga Mountain Spirits in #Rwanda. Author of Brick by Brick: Building Hope and Opportunity for Women Survivors. Former president of @AkilahInstitute.

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I can’t think of a better way to celebrate the run up to #InternationalWomensDay than to announce my exciting new venture, Virunga Mountain Spirits, based in Musanze, Rwanda.

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As the year draws to a close, I'm reflecting on some of my highlights, which included getting back to in person book events. And one of my favourites from 2021 was talking to @lshenoy about my book, #BrickByBrick @OxfordExchange. #ThrowbackThursday

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We love to work with #VirungaMountainSpirits stakeholders.

We cannot wait to see where this journey takes us and appreciate the help and support of everyone involved.

Read more here https://t.co/UCgu3C3vOd

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It's been wonderful to build new relationships in Rwanda for #VirungaMoutainSpirits.

We aim to make our distillery fully sustainable by collaborating with local farmers to provide them with “waste” from our distillery to use as fertilizer and animal feed https://t.co/UCgu3BLUWF

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It's harvest time in Musanze! Here I am with @winnazworld farmers harvesting potatoes. Our #VirungaMoutainSpirits vodka will be made from the Winnaz potato waste. Read more here https://t.co/UCgu3BLUWF

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Our first product will be potato vodka, made with potato waste sourced through a partnership with @winnazworld.

Stay tuned for more information! https://t.co/UCgu3BLUWF #zerowaste #lovecrispsandvodka

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In case you missed it, in March we launched #VirungaMountainSpirits, a craft distillery and agro-tourism project to be built in Musanze, Rwanda.

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So thrilled to have been involved in @DrSamCollins' #RebelBookLaunch where I got a chance to reflect on my chapter "Bad Mother".

My advice to the people tuning in: "Sometimes you have to leap even when you don't know where you're going to land." #RebelliousBook

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📢 Happening now 👇

I'm honored to be featured in @DrSamCollins book “Rebellious – Women Who Broke the Rules and Changed Their World”.

Keep an eye on my tweets for updates from the launch.

[Karen Sherman @karsherman]

The final speaker for @DrSamCollins' #RebelBookLaunch event is Aletta Raju who shares how she "chose her life" among her grief she experienced.

[Karen Sherman @karsherman]

📢 Happening now 👇

I'm honored to be featured in @DrSamCollins book “Rebellious – Women Who Broke the Rules and Changed Their World”.

Keep an eye on my tweets for updates from the launch.

[Karen Sherman @karsherman]

Bringing @DrSamCollins #RebelBookLaunch to a close is my own story in the #RebelliousBook and how climbing Mount Kilimanjaro was a symbolic movement for me. "I'm going to climb that mountain even if I have to crawl my way up."

[Karen Sherman @karsherman]

Was fantastic to hear from Sarah Kitakule during @DrSamCollins' #RebelBookLaunch on how her rebellion was in education and it all started with starting a library in her own town in Uganda.

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To hear more about Rebellious and interviews with other incredible women featured in the book, join the free virtual Rebellious Book Party. Details below 👇

➡️ (Tomorrow) Tuesday June 28th
➡️10am ET.
➡️Link: https://t.co/SdnnGWa91q

[Karen Sherman @karsherman]

I am incredibly honored to be featured in @DrSamCollins book “Rebellious – Women Who Broke the Rules and Changed Their World”. (1/3)

[Karen Sherman @karsherman]

My chapter “Bad Mother” covers an unconventional choice I made on a family climb up Mt. Kilimanjaro and the difficult balance of navigating other people’s perceptions and my own personal and professional ambitions.