Featured readers
We recognize that many of our readers are already doing exciting things to benefit the world, and we want to honor them. Some of their projects have opportunities for involvement, so take a look.
Mariet Verhoef Cohen–This Month’s Featured Reader
Mariet Verhoef Cohen is Chair/President of Women for Water Partnership (WfWP) and past president of Soroptimist International Europe. She is a dedicated leader, a successful businesswoman, and an expert on water issues.
read moreAngela Peabody
Angela Peabody is the Executive Director and Founder of Global Woman P.E.A.C.E. Foundation, an organization dedicated to empowering women and girls to help end gender-based violence, especially female genital mutilation (FGM).
read moreLee Gale Gruen
After retiring from her 37-year career as a probation officer, Lee Gale became an actress, author, public speaker, and blogger. Having developed her own second career after she retired, Lee Gale became an expert on helping seniors find fulfillment in their retirement.
read moreMariya Taher
Mariya Taher is the US Executive Director and one of the founding members in of Sahiyo, an NGO founded in 2015 that works to bring an end to Female Genital Cutting (FGC) in Asian communities.
read moreSusan Burton
Susan Burton is the founder and president of A New Way of Life, a program that provides reentry services for formerly incarcerated women. She strives to mitigage the effects of, and ultimately eliminate, mass incarceration.
read moreMaka Chikowero
Maka Chikowero is a junior in high school in Madison, WI and the founder and president of MTC Educate a Girl Inc
read moreLamia El Sadek
Lamia El Sadek, Ph.D is Managing Director of Dignity and Power Now, overseeing the organization’s operational structure and strategic direction.
read moreAthia Carrim
Athia Carrim is the Director of Education and Interfaith at the International Institute of Tolerance (IIT), an organization she and her husband founded in 2006.
read moreJodie Evans
Jodie Evans is a political activist, author, documentary film producer, and co-founder of the women’s anti-war activist organization CODEPINK.
read morePamela Anchang
Pamela Anchang is the founder and president of TIM.TV, The Immigrant Magazine TV, which provides a platform for immigrants in the United States.
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