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Seattle Storytellers Guild
Local women with a flair for stories promote storytelling as an art form.

All About Service
A local chapter of the African American sorority Delta Sigma Theta is dedicated to doing good.

Trailblazers: Four Women Leading the Way
Four women who are breaking new ground in their efforts to build better communities.

Secrets of Active Elder Women
Five local gals tell why they continue to thrive after 85.

Small Is Not Insignificant
Local women join forces to fight obstetric fistula, a complication of childbirth that has disabled millions of women in developing countries.

What's Up for Women in 2008

Women Philanthropists
Women are changing the face of philanthropy.

Call Me a Crone
A group of Seattle women celebrate and embrace growing older.

Building Community One Stitch at a Time
From sponsoring charity projects to offering classes and informal knitting groups, shops are bringing together knitters from all walks of life.

Volunteering with Americorps
While helping others, women improve their own job opportunities.

Fighting the Cause of the Lost
A new nonprofit organization combats exploitation and abuse of women in Southeast Asia.

PATH: Catalyst for Global Health
This Seattle-based nonprofit is forging culturally sensitive strategies for improving women’s basic health throughout the world.

Dreaming for a Living
Through their work with the Seattle Department of Planning and Development, Lynne Barker and Lucia Athens help Seattleites build green.

Just for Fun: Seattle Sounders Women
You can get your soccer fix for under $10 this spring and summer by watching the Seattle Sounders Women.

Stick By Stick a Bundle Makes
A Washington woman and her two partners are helping Ugandan women turn a modest vocation — rolling beads out of paper — into a ticket out of poverty.

Seattle’s Arab Women
Promoting friendship and building community in a post-9/11 world.

Giving Girls a Step Up
Local organizations help girls find their own voices and sources of strength.

Breaking the Cycle
Former victims make a difference in the lives of women who seek shelter through the Eastside Domestic Violence Program.

The Links, Incorporated
The Seattle chapter celebrates 50 years of good works in the city's African-American community.

Healing Conflict: The Compassionate Listening Project

A Guild-ed History
Children’s Hospital Guild Association is one of Seattle’s oldest volunteer organizations, and it is only getting better at helping sick children.

Women & Politics: Why Women? Why Now? Why Not You?

The Real Thing or Nothing: Women Mayors of King County

Women Helping Women in Need

Washington’s Women in Politics Lead the Way
Their sacrifices and successes make life better for women and families.

League of Women Voters Gets Hip to Get Out the Vote

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