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Donna

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For me Donna personifies endurance, love, openness and resilience. Donna is a Sister who has opened her life like a book in the library for all to read, highlight the important parts and walk away feeling “I want to read that book again, there’s so much to know. ” How does anyone connect the various pieces of Donna’s life and go away unimpressed? A beautiful, blonde, petite woman who has conquered immeasurable barriers to become a nationally acclaimed advocate for those who have grown up in generational poverty … a poverty she has known since birth. When Donna speaks audiences listen to one who doesn’t read or simulate it, but has an authentic voice of knowing it.

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  1. National Poverty Expert, President, Communication Across Barriers Consulting, Portland, Oregon

    Donna M. Beegle

  2. Interim Dean, Graduate School, Idaho State University, Pocatello, Idaho

    Cynthia Lee A. Pemberton (Professor, Educational Leadership)

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  1. Idaho State University, Pocatello, Idaho, USA

    Cynthia Lee A. Pemberton

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Beegle, D.M., Pemberton, C.L.A. (2012). Donna. In: Pemberton, C.L.A. (eds) Getting There. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6091-846-9_2

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