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from the publisher
Let’s face it, we’ve been blessed. During a recent meeting, my team was discussing our goals for the upcoming year. As our alliances with national and regional brands have grown, and our family of readers expanded, we’ve found ourselves contented, to say the least. When we stop to think about it, stopping our gears from spinning a mile a minute to ponder our success, it seems fantastical that we should be so lucky.
The people and institutions of Pittsburgh have brought us good fortune. The city has allowed us to make the acquaintance of count- less folks who make a difference. Entrepreneurs. Volunteers. Charity workers. All of whom have touched our hearts in so many ways. And do you know what this has taught me? That anybody can make a difference.
There are times I find myself struggling with the enormity of the tasks before us as a society, and the misfortunes that plague may of our brethren. Globally, more than 20,000 children die every day of easily preventive diseases and hunger. More than 750 million adults worldwide are illiterate, most of them women who are barred from access to the realms of higher education by a variety of factors, including poverty and systematic oppression. Even here at home, nearly 20 percent of our children live in poverty which impacts their performance in school, their nutritional needs, even their ability an potential to become contributing and content members of society.
It can be overwhelming, trying to contemplate the vortex of disparity in this world. But despite the overwhelming nature of it all, the one question returns to me over and over again: “How can we help do good in our world?” Lately, it’s been joined by another idea. “Who better to ask than our readers?”
So there it is. Do you have any ideas? What actions do you think we should take to address poverty here at home and abroad? What do you think we can do to make sure that tomorrow night and the night after, one more child goes to bed with a full belly and free from worries about how they will eat tomorrow?
Let us know what you think. Call us. Write to us. Send us a message by email or through our social media and let’s start brainstorming ways to make meaningful changes in this region and beyond. The laundry list of problems in today’s world can seem overwhelming. But another thing I’ve learned is that every action has to start some- where. Let’s get started, shall we?
Sincerely,
Gregory P. Isner
Publisher & Founder
A Taste of Pittsburgh Magazine 412.944.5646
“let’s start brainstorming ways to make meaning ful changes in this region and beyond. ”