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Can One Person Change the World?
Simon & Schuster
June 2014
On Sale: June 17, 2014
272 pages ISBN: 1451683561 EAN: 9781451683561 Kindle: B00E1VY7C6 Paperback / e-Book (reprint)
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Non-Fiction Memoir | Non-Fiction Inspirational
Walk in Their Shoes is the powerful, personal story
of Jim Ziolkowski's inspiring mission to change the world
one community at a time, hailed by the Dalai Lama as “an
inspiring tribute to the power of compassion and education:
the keys to leading a meaningful life.”
At age
twenty-five, Jim Ziolkowski gave up his career in corporate
finance to create a not-for-profit organization that turns
inner-city youths into community leaders at home and abroad.
Under Jim’s leadership, high school students from the South
Bronx to San Francisco have contributed more than 1.2
million hours of direct community service, and over the past
twenty years, the organization has also constructed more
than 550 schools in the world’s economically poorest
countries, from Haiti to Nepal. Jim's tale of
far-flung adventures in the most remote corners of the world
and America’s toughest inner-cities is a moving testament to
the power of faith and teamwork, and shows that when we
give, we also help—and heal—ourselves. Walk in
Their Shoes is the story of buildOn’s inspirational work
with at-risk teens, its indelible influence on communities
around the world, and of the man whose vision, faith, and
conviction made it all possible. Jim Ziolkowski “believed
that one person could indeed change the world, and his story
may inspire others to do the same” (Publishers Weekly).
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