After suffering an attack by Taliban gunmen in 2012, Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai emerged as a global advocate of girls’ rights and education.

And it is a story that made the Pakistani teen a global icon, including to Claremont Girl Scouts Troop #3942, whose members read her book, “I Am Malala.”

DeLacy Ganley, the director of Claremont Graduate University’s (CGU) Teacher Education Department and mother of one of the Scouts, saw a connection between the Malala Fund - a girls’ education charity co-founded by Yousafzai - and her program’s mission.

On June 17, the department and Scouts will distribute specially marked, empty clothing bags at a screening of “He Named Me Malala” at CGU’s Albrecht Auditorium. Doors open at 5:30 p.m.

The bags are part of a “Pass the Bag” campaign launched last fall by e-commerce store Schoola, which joined with the Malala Fund, meaning 40 percent of sales from specially designated used-clothing donations will help fund primary and secondary education for adolescent girls.

For more information, go to http://tiny.cc/ MalalaMovieScreening.

Submitted by Claremont Graduate University