Shannon is an internationally sought after public speaker. She has spoken in front of the Italian Parliament, the UN Human Rights Council, and had coffee with the King of Holland about cycling as a vehicle for mobility justice. Shannon has given three TEDx talks, spoken at The Harvard Club, National Geographic Headquarters, The Explorer’s Club Headquarters, Chicago IDEAS Week, International Design Conference, and she has keynoted numerous corporate conferences.
Shannon has been featured on Dateline NBC, Morning Joe, MSNBC Outside Magazine profiled her epic ride across the Panjshir Valley, New York Times, The Sunday Times, and numerous other publications as well as included within several books about the history of women’s cycling in Britain and France. She is the subject of three short films about her work in Afghanistan; MoveShake, Waking Lions, and Pedal a Revolution by Liv Cycling. She is the author of two books and is currently working on her third and fourth, a creative archive of the history of Afghan women’s cycling, and a memoir of memory loss and motherhood in the wake of multiple strokes.