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Celeste Mergens helps people to embrace their strengths to be the change they want to see…

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Soundtracks and Vampires

“The space between where I am and where I want to be is often the thing that frightens me the most.” – Tracee Ellis…

Your Blue Chair Moment

Before Carl Lewis leaped into history with 65 consecutive victories in the long jump—one of the sport’s longest…

How High Are Your Mountains?

“Shifting how you listen, the way you pay attention, sounds like really small change. But here is the thing: Changing…

Don’t Give Up Your Dream—It’s Not Over Yet

It’s okay… I’m just trying to give up my dream. Debbie Macomber is a #1 New York Times bestselling author (15 times so…

Who Invented Duct Tape?

“Vision is the art of seeing what is invisible to others.” -Jonathan Swift What’s the last thing you used tape for?…

A Proper Number of Birthday Candles

Age is just a number. Life and aging are the greatest gifts we could possibly ever have.

Painting with Words

If you hear a voice within you say ‘you cannot paint,’ then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced…

Lemon Meringue with a Twist

Innovation is the ability to see change as an opportunity, not a threat. —Steve Jobs The brochure—a writer’s conference…

Swim or Sink?

“Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.” – Thomas A.

What's Your Field of Dreams?

Last year, two friends decided they'd had enough heartbreak from watching yet another Oakland pro baseball team abandon…

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Stanford Social Innovation Review SSIR September 25, 2015

What if a simple solution that can fit in the palm of your hand could be one of the keys to empowering girls, women and communities? It does if the design and programs are built around the wisdom of those served with sustainability in mind. Days for Girls hygiene solution can save a girl from losing valuable time in school. (Over the course of three years, by our calculation, it will give a girl up to 135 days of schooling that she might otherwise miss.) Millions of girls worldwide miss classes…
What if a simple solution that can fit in the palm of your hand could be one of the keys to empowering girls, women and communities? It does if the design and programs are built around the wisdom of those served with sustainability in mind. Days for Girls hygiene solution can save a girl from losing valuable time in school. (Over the course of three years, by our calculation, it will give a girl up to 135 days of schooling that she might otherwise miss.) Millions of girls worldwide miss classes during menstruation because they lack access to effective feminine hygiene products - See more at: http://ssir.org/articles/entry/the\_gift\_of\_time#sthash.DIrfhsyD.dpuf
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Stanford Social Innovation Review Sep 2015

Careful product design enabled Days for Girls to create a solution that empowers its users at a critical stage of their lives.
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Honors & Awards

Global Washington

Nov 2019
The award, which has been given out by Global Washington since 2011, is a lifetime achievement award that recognizes those individuals within the global development community in Washington state who have made significant contributions towards improving lives in developing countries. Mergens joins the ranks of eight past Global Hero Winners, including most recently, the 2018 winner, Patrick G. Awuah, Jr., the founder and president of Ashesi University in Ghana. Other noteworthy winners have…
The award, which has been given out by Global Washington since 2011, is a lifetime achievement award that recognizes those individuals within the global development community in Washington state who have made significant contributions towards improving lives in developing countries. Mergens joins the ranks of eight past Global Hero Winners, including most recently, the 2018 winner, Patrick G. Awuah, Jr., the founder and president of Ashesi University in Ghana. Other noteworthy winners have included Bill Gates Sr., co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation; Bill Neukom, founder of The World Justice Project; and Jennifer Potter, former CEO of the Initiative for Global Development.

Women Economic League All Ladies League

Jul 2019

Conscious Company Media

Jun 2018
Named Top Conscious Business Leaders 2018 in Conscious Company Media's list in their Summer 2018 print issue. Global Impact Entrepreneur

AARP

2017
Recognizing outstanding work by people age 50 and over that are focused on effectively advancing social good.

American Mothers

Apr 2014
The first Mother of the Year® award was presented in 1935 under the leadership of Sara Delano Roosevelt, Honorary Chairman of the American Mothers Committee of the Golden Rule Foundation. The award was presented to Lucy Keen Johnson from Georgia, a widowed mother of five and Dean of Women at Wesleyan College. The recognition of an “admirable” mother was made to provide an inspiration to the nation who would represent a mother’s unconditional love, inner strength, and courage.
Every year…
The first Mother of the Year® award was presented in 1935 under the leadership of Sara Delano Roosevelt, Honorary Chairman of the American Mothers Committee of the Golden Rule Foundation. The award was presented to Lucy Keen Johnson from Georgia, a widowed mother of five and Dean of Women at Wesleyan College. The recognition of an “admirable” mother was made to provide an inspiration to the nation who would represent a mother’s unconditional love, inner strength, and courage.
Every year since, American Mothers, Inc. has named a Mother of the Year from nominees across the 50 states, District of Columbia and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico for this important honor. Mother of the Year® is a registered trademark of American Mothers, Inc.
Many outstanding individuals throughout America have served as officers, leaders, supporters and award recipients of this organization such as Sarah Delano Roosevelt, J.C. Penney, First Lady Mamie Eisenhower, Norman Vincent Peale, Congresswoman Lindy Boggs, Phyllis Marriott and Hillary Rodham Clinton.

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