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Catalyst Radio: SowHope aiding and inspiring disadvantaged women around world

Catalyst Radio
Catalyst Radio
7/06/12 12:30pm
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in collaboration with Linda Gellasch and WYCE Radio 88.1 FM

Local nonprofit SowHope is working to aid disadvantaged women in Asian and African countries, with a focus on wellness, education and economic opportunities.
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About Catalyst Radio

Catalyst Radio is the weekly public affairs radio program of Community Media Center, with producer and host Linda Gellasch. The program is a feature of WYCE and The Rapidian and includes interviews with organizations and people working on social change and community support, examines media and free speech issues, and takes a look at the behind-the-scenes of Rapidian reporting. You can catch it on air at noon every Friday on WYCE 88.1 FM or streaming on the Grand Rapids Community Media Center Website.

Past Catalyst Radio episodes are archived on The Rapidian.

Since SowHope's formation in 2006, the nonprofit counts more than 25,000 women in nine countries that have been directly aided.

Since SowHope's formation in 2006, the nonprofit counts more than 25,000 women in nine countries that have been directly aided. /SowHope

SowHope works to find local solutions for disadvantaged women within their own countries.

SowHope works to find local solutions for disadvantaged women within their own countries. /SowHope

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INTERVIEW

On this edition of Catalyst Radio, we speak with Mary Dailey Brown, the president and CEO of SowHope, a local nonprofit working to aid impoverished women around the world. The name of organization with an international reach was inspired by a quote from Francis of Assisi, “Where there is despair, let me sow hope.”

Dailey Brown started SowHope in 2006 when, after traveling around the world for many years, she said she realized there weren’t any organizations dedicated solely to helping disadvantaged women. SowHope now operates in nine countries within Africa and Asia, helping women in three main areas: wellness, education and economic opportunities. To date, the organization reports having provided opportunities to more than 25,000 women. 

 

MUSIC

Local music featured in this edition of Catalyst Radio is from May Erlewine’s new disc The Long Way Home. It’s the song “Thimble of Hope.”

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