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Maine Hosts the First Annual Bike Ride for Women Entrepreneurs in Countries

Emerging from War





NEW YORK, Aug. 31 /PRNewswire/ -- On September 11, 2001, when the world

changed, Mary Ciampa was living in Hoboken, New Jersey about to embark on her

daily ferry ride across the Hudson River into her office in lower Manhattan,

soon to be known as Ground Zero.  Her husband, Paul, left early that morning

and was already at work in the World Financial Center.  Both Mary and Paul

survived.  Many people they knew and worked with did not.



Responding to the horror of that day, Mary joined a pioneering group of

executives who believe that business can play a role in world peace. Mary

volunteered for the newly formed non-profit Business Council for Peace

(www.bpeace.org), dedicated to helping women entrepreneurs in countries

emerging from war create the jobs that inspire hope, peace and stability.

Bpeace's strategy is: more jobs mean less violence."  Read More>>



Business Council for Peace Website click here.