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Elizabeth Rankin

Founder & Chair of Good Shepherd SLF (2014-2017, 2018-2021)
Episcopal Priest and Canon
Award-winning Author & Nonprofit Entrepreneur

Elizabeth Rankin is a nonprofit entrepreneur, Episcopal priest, and award-winning author of seven books. With a focus on spirituality and justice issues, her writings speak to people of passion who want to make a difference in the world. Elizabeth’s latest work, Spiritual Truth in the Age of Fake News, is a Readers’ Favorite book of 101 biblical reflections with several on Cameroon and Good Shepherd Academy. Her books have been hailed by NY Times bestselling authors Archbishop Desmond Tutu, John Berendt, and Sister Helen Prejean, as well as the Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church, Michael B. Curry.

Elizabeth works full time on the mission of Good Shepherd SLF and serves as Seasonal Priest Assoc. at Bethesda-by-the-Sea in Palm Beach, Florida. She is the former Canon for Ministry Development and Deployment in the Diocese of New Jersey and a CREDO Spirituality Faculty member. Canon Geitz holds a BS from Vanderbilt University, an MDiv from The General Theological Seminary, and an MAT from the University of South Carolina.

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Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all. – Aristotle

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If you think you’re too small to make a difference, you haven’t spent a night with a mosquito.  – African Proverb

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The highest result of education is tolerance.  – Helen Keller

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One child, one teacher, one book, and one pen, can change the world.  – Malala Yousafzai

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Secondary school in Cameroon is not mandatory resulting in a large gap between school capacity and the number of potential students. You can help change that!

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EDUCATION yields a larger impact than ANY other form of help or aid we can give to improving health, raising income, promoting gender equality, and reducing overall poverty.

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For every year a child goes to school, HIV rates decrease, income potential and employment rates increase, girls marry later, early pregnancies decrease, and health is elevated for the entire family.

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In Cameroon there is only one teacher for every 45.6 primary school students. In SECONDARY SCHOOL the number increases to nearly 100 STUDENTS PER TEACHER.

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