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Linda Wolf is a mother, activist, feminist, humanitarian, photographer, author, founder and executive director of Teen Talking Circles (501c3), and Women’s Circles Network. The common thread that unites her work and personal life comes from her commitment to supporting people to stay connected to their humanity. It is the reason why her books, photographs, and projects have touched so many people and received such widespread acclaim.

Linda studied at The American University in Aix-en-Provence, France, and worked with Jean-Pierre Sudre at L’Ecole Experimental Photographique. Her photo studies are part of permanent collections in museums and galleries worldwide. She has appeared on Talk about Pictures, and contributed to the book 24 Hours in the Life of L.A. Linda created LA Welcomes the World, sponsored by Kodak for the 1984 Olympics, and The Bus Bench Mural Project, sponsored by Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs. She is a regular contributor to YES: A Journal of Positive Futures and travels as a photographer worldwide.

In 1993, Linda co-founded the Daughters Sisters Project. Over the past 13 years the Project has grown to include mixed genders, generations and cultures. Today, she is the executive director and lead trainer of Teen Talking Circles, which she founded in 2004. The mission of TTCP is to educate, empower and inspire young women and men; foster partnership between the genders, generations and cultures; and support youth in positive self-expression and social action for a just and sustainable world.

In 1997, Linda co-authored Daughters of the Moon, Sisters of the Sun: Young Women & Mentors on the Transition to Womanhood, which has sold over 20,000 copies and been translated into Chinese. In 2001, she coauthored Global Uprising: Confronting the Tyrannies of the 21st Century—Stories from a New Generation of Activists, and in 2005 published Speaking and Listening from the Heart: The Art of Facilitating Teen Talking Circles, a handbook and DVD for those wishing to start Teen Talking Circles in their communities.

Bill Mandeville, Director of the Auburn, Washington AmeriCorps had this to say about her workshops, “Since implementing the Girls Talking Circles in our schools, approximately 70% of the students served increased their attendance, none of them dropped out of school, and only one in 17 over the past two years has gotten pregnant.

Linda is the mother of two grown daughters, who are the inspirations for her work, and lives in the Pacific Northwest.

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