Title: Undaunted Pdf Surviving Jonestown, Summoning Courage, and Fighting Back
Author: Jackie Speier
Published Date: 2018-11-06
“Few people embody resilience like Jackie Speier. She faced unthinkable trauma with courage—and came through it with an unshakable sense of purpose. Undaunted is a remarkable story of survival and strength.” —Sheryl Sandberg, COO of Facebook and founder of LeanIn.org and OptionB.org“Jackie Speier embodies courage in every sense of the word. No matter the challenges that lay before her, she never stops putting her country and her constituents first. In Congress, I was proud to call Jackie my colleague—and I am even more proud to call her my friend. Jackie’s story of survival, hard work, and public service will be an inspiration for all who read it.” — Gabrielle Giffords, former congresswoman“Jackie Speier’s life has been nothing short of harrowing and triumphant. Undaunted will move women to persist and have their voices heard in government. It will inspire young women to be our future leaders who serve with conviction and compassion.” —Amy Tan, author of The Joy Luck Club “Jackie Speier has lived an incredible life and has passionately dedicated much of it to public service. Undaunted is honest, eye-opening, and truly inspiring.” —Congressman John Lewis, civil rights leader“Once you open this, don’t have anything planned…Compelling.” —Dr. Phil McGrawJackie Speier is a California congresswoman. She is a recognized champion of women’s rights, privacy, and consumer safety—as well as an avowed opponent of government inefficiency and waste. In 2012, she was named to Newsweek’s list of 150 “Fearless Women” in the world and is included in the 2018 “Politico 50” list of top influencers transforming American politics. She is coauthor of This Is Not the Life I Ordered. Jackie received a BA in political science from the University of California at Davis, and a JD from UC Hastings College of the Law. Along with her husband, Barry Dennis; her children, Jackson and Stephanie; and Buddy, their yellow Lab, she is a proud fan of the San Francisco Giants and the Golden State Warriors. To learn more about Jackie, visit www.speier.house.gov/about.
An inspiring and powerful memoir of surviving the Jonestown massacre and becoming a fearless voice against injustice and inequality by California congresswoman Jackie Speier.
Jackie Speier was twenty-eight when she joined Congressman Leo Ryan’s delegation to rescue defectors from cult leader Jim Jones’s Peoples Temple in Jonestown, Guyana. Ryan was killed on the airstrip tarmac. Jackie was shot five times at point-blank range. While recovering from what would become one of the most harrowing tragedies in recent history, Jackie had to choose: Would she become a victim or a fighter? The choice to survive against unfathomable odds empowered her with a resolve to become a vocal proponent for human rights.
From the formative nightmare that radically molded her perspective and instincts to the devastating personal and professional challenges that would follow, Undaunted reveals the perseverance of a determined force in American politics. Deeply rooted in Jackie’s experiences as a widow, a mother, a congresswoman, and a fighter, hers is a story of true resilience, one that will inspire other women to draw strength from adversity in order to do what is right—no matter the challenges ahead.
Compelling book by inspiring woman I live in Jackie Speier's district, so I bought this as soon as I saw her on the Today show. Her story is incredible: she has survived so much tragedy and heartbreak, including the Jonestown massacre, and survived to be a truly inspiring public servant. This is a quick and lively read, I couldn't put it down. Highly recommend this book - it will restore your faith in politics.An excellent memoir of an exceptional woman In the late 1960's Jackie Speier (pronounced SPEAR) began working on weekends, summers and after school as a volunteer in the re-election campaign of California politician Leo Ryan, as well as volunteering with the American Red Cross while she was still in high school. She continued working as an aide for and with Ryan through college and law school, taking on a paycheck and more and more complex projects. After law school, she took a position as Ryan's legislative council and moved to DC.On November 14th, 1978 Jackie accompanied Ryan along with several of his aides, newsmedia and concerned family members of Jones' followers as they flew to Guyana to assess the situation in Jonestown and, if needed, to rescue those trying to escape the influence of cult leader Jim Jones and his People's Temple in Jonestown, Guyana. Things did not go as planned. On November 18th as they began gearing up to leave Guyana with a growing crowd of cultists wanting to return to the US, Ryan was shot and killed on the airport runway with over forty bullets in his body. Jackie took five. Jonestown became one of the most tragic genocides in modern times, with over 900 dead. And Jackie, who lay on the tarmac at the airport for over 20 hours before rescue, had an unthinkable battle to face, with nerve damage to her right arm and hand, a chunk missing from her right leg, and gangrene in all five of her wounds. After skin grafts and several surgeries, she spent weeks in the hospital and had lots of time to decide where her future lay. And it lay in serving the public, and never again becoming a victim.She first served in the California State Assembly before following in the footsteps of Congressman Ryan. She is still working in Congress, representing California Congressional District 14 and women everywhere.Jackie Speier has a loud voice in Washington DC. She fights, undaunted, for women's rights, consumer safety, and personal privacy. She brings to DC her varied life experiences. Jackie is a wife, a mother, a widow, a woman who has had to face personal adversity. She comes from a long line of strong women. On her mother's side she is the great granddaughter of victim's of the Armenian genocide, her mother was born in California the third of six children of immigrant Armenians. Her father flew in World War II for Germany, trekked across Russia and worked as a medic in China before landing in San Francisco and then bringing his mother over from Shanghai, where his parents - Catholic mother, Jewish father - had fled at the outbreak of WWII, to California. Grandmother Speier was Jackie's lodestone. As the daughter of California residents who pulled themselves up by their bootstraps into the middle class, she is an American. And she speaks forcefully and with great heart for all women in America.I received a free electronic copy of this memoir from Netgalley, Jackie Speier, and Little A Publishers in exchange for an honest review. Thank you all for sharing your hard work with me.Trust and faith lead the journey! Powerfully honest, thoughtful, inspiring and poignant. If you want or need inspiration to motivate action in facing and overcoming challenges this book is for you! Generosity of spirit shines throughout.
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