Our origin
The Starfish Story.
A parable carried into the world by our founder, Martha Lee. It became the metaphor at the heart of CAPAW — and the work we still do today.
★ Our Origin · How we began
The Starfish Story.
On a beach at dawn, after a great storm, thousands of starfish lay washed ashore. A young woman walked the shoreline, bending again and again, returning starfish to the sea.
A passerby asked: there are thousands. What difference can you possibly make?
"I made a difference to that one."
Founded in 1995 by Martha Lee and 18 Warrior Sisters, CAPAW has been picking up starfish ever since — one woman, one leader, one community at a time.
One woman at a time.
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