Check out our new podcasts coming in March during Women’s History Month! Every year March is designated a special month by presidential proclamation. President Jimmy Carter issued the first proclamation recognizing women’s history in February, 1980, deeming the week of March 8, 1980 “National Women’s History Week.” Congress legislated March as Women’s History Month in 1987.
The month is set aside to honor women’s contributions throughout American history. Think of all the women who have made tremendous input to the advancement of the world and its people! Here’s one example: Maggie Doyne, co-founder of the Kopila Valley Children’s Home and School in Nepal, whom we have featured several times on this website:
“The hopelessness I witnessed was monumental. I found this horror was reality for 80 million kids worldwide. How did I not know about this? I had to do something and I had to do it now.”
Maggie Doyne
And she did it “now” as you can see in this post about the changemaker and her award-winning documentary Between the Mountain and the Sky! Since 2009, she and her team has been empowering the children of Nepal day by day, brick by brick.
We have written about and interviewed many outstanding women like Maggie over the course of our 15 years on TWE. Every day we hear about more trailblazers and ordinary people tackling both small and large issues and projects to make the world a better place. It’s been exciting to see the continuing change these women have brought to the world and their neighborhoods.
This March we are featuring two outstanding women who continue to uplift their communities with their outstanding projects. We call them Women Making History. We could highlight many more and will in the future. But for this year, here are two we want you to get to re-know.
Stacey Gualandi, who has been hosting since our beginning, couldn’t wait to talk to Treger Strasberg and Beth M. Howard again to find out where their fascinating journeys have taken them and their secrets to building community over the years. We think you will be inspired with these new podcasts coming in March!
Treger Strasberg, Humble Design Founder, Detroit, Michigan
Stacey podcasted with Treger back in 2012 and then again in 2018, finding her in Detroit helping five families a week with her Humble Design non-profit which furnishes homes and hope for people in need in the Motor City. She and the organization continue to change the lives of families and veterans and help them enjoy a comfortable living space.
“…we cannot fail if we help one family and change the destiny of one child or one mother.”
—Treger Strasberg
It all started with Treger just wanting to help a friend in need in 2009. The organization to date has furnished over 10,000 homes for more than 10,000 individuals.
The results: 7,552 children no longer sleep on the floor and 98% of families stay in their homes. Find out how Treger and Humble Design are continuing to change the face of homelessness and now operating in five states!
Beth M. Howard, bestselling author, filmmaker, pie evangelist
Beth Howard became part of the TWE family back in 2014 when we happened upon her bestselling book American Pie. Because we love all kinds of pie and were fascinated by Beth’s knowledge of piemaking and her talent as a writer, we have continued to follow her journey over the years. She has made pie a community builder to the extent of traveling the country finding and building oases of piemakers . And why does Beth think that pie is such a connector of people?
Pie is accessible, affordable, all-encompassing. Pie is meant for sharing. Pie knows no cultural or political boundaries. Pie makes people happy. And happy people make the world a better place. That’s why the world needs more pie.
—Beth M. Howard
This author, essayist, filmmaker, and pie baker also considers herself a pie evangelist after experiencing the variety of ways that pie, she says, not only saved her but has made the world a better place.
“The World Needs More Pie” is her mantra. From the success of her new documentary, Pieowa: A Piece of America, the world agrees. We couldn’t wait to catch up with Beth again and find out how she has made pie the go-to human connector.
You’ll find more Women Making History in our two TWE Books, 20 Women Changemakers and 20 Women Storytellers. We quoted the pioneering anthropologist Margaret Mead in our Changemaker book and find it fitting today:
“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.”
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