Finding Love In A Hopeless Place

The Leonard Lopate Show | Oct 9, 2015

Kennedy Odede is from Kibera, the largest slum in Africa, and Jessica Posner is from Denver, Colorado. After growing up in poverty, Kennedy started a youth empowerment group called Shining Hope for Communities (SHOFCO). In 2007, Posner spent a semester abroad in Kenya working with SHOFCO. In Find Me Unafraid: Love, Loss, and Hope in an African Slum, the couple shares their unconventional love story, which sparked a successful movement to transform the lives of vulnerable girls and the urban poor.

EVENT: On Tuesday, October 13, Kennedy Odede and Jessica Posner will be speaking at Barnes & Noble, 2289 Broadway, New York, NY 10024 at 7:00 P.M.

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