Best for Women July 2025

Best for Women

Jul 7

2025 Region Conference Roundup

We hope you enjoyed an inspiring, informative and engaging region conference! View highlights and photos to see some of the fun.

100 Stargazers in 100 Days: Ends July 9

We are almost at our goal of reaching 100 new Stargazers in 100 days, thanks to all our new monthly donors who have enrolled since April 1! We are grateful for these new Stargazers, and all our donors, for investing in the dreams of half a million women and girls by 2031.

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SIA Photo Contest Finalists

Thank you to everyone who participated in the SIA photo contest! A panel of judges from SIA headquarters staff reviewed all entries and selected the top three finalists. Those photos will be featured on our social media, where everyone will have a chance to vote on 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place. Winners will receive a SIA shop gift card! Don't miss your chance to vote between now and July 11. Good luck to our finalists!

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Thank You for Joining Us on Your Leadership Journey

Congratulations and thank you to all who attend one or both of our recent leadership development events: the Leadership Round Table (LRT) or the Soroptimist Leadership Fellows Program (Fellows Program).

At Soroptimist, we believe that great leaders don’t just emerge, they are developed. Members who attended showed their commitment not only to strengthening their leadership skills but also to creating lasting impact within Soroptimist and beyond. We hope everyone found the experience insightful, empowering, and energizing!

Trauma-Informed Practices Webinar

Time is running out to register for our trauma-informed practices webinar on Wednesday, July 30, at 8 p.m. (ET), featuring expert speaker Felicia Luo, LPC! Explore how to best support program participants who have experienced trauma. This virtual event will feature simultaneous interpretation in all our languages and will be recorded for later viewing.

In Memoriam

SIA is saddened to report the passing of Nordélia Castello Branco Gradowski, the 2001-2002 SIA President. A devoted educator and longtime member of SI/Curitiba, Brazil, Nordélia championed women’s empowerment through education and helped expand language accessibility across the federation. In an interview she stated, “…our organization has transformed me into a more independent and daring woman—less critical and more capable of recognizing and facing challenges.” Read more about Nordélia and her commitment to Soroptimist.

SI & United Nations Updates

2025 Annual General Meeting

All Soroptimists are invited to the virtual 2025 Annual General Meeting of Soroptimist International on Saturday, July 12, at 7 a.m. (BST). Register here.

Save Mother Earth—Save The Future: Women And Water Webinar

On World Environment Day, Soroptimist International and Women for Water Partnership co-hosted a webinar exploring the links between gender equality, water security and environmental justice.Learn more.

#TechTalks Updates

Dues Renewal Season

The Dues Portal is now open! Please access the portal to pay your members’ dues for the upcoming club year. Club leaders, admins and region office staff will be working throughout July to update rosters, assign club officers and ensure your club remains in good standing throughout this renewal season. Need help? Contact us siahq@soroptimist.org.

Reminders:

Members: Confirm your club leaders have a valid, unique email address for you on record.

Club Leaders, Admins and Region Office Staff:
- Get Started with step-by-step How-To-Guides.
- Rosters must be 100% accurate and complete BEFORE generating an invoice for the new club year.
- Throughout the year, plan to add new members within 60 days of joining your club! You will not be able to backdate a new member to a previous club year, so please enter your new members as soon as they join.

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Things to Know

Congratulations to clubs celebrating a milestone anniversary in July!

Thank you to all clubs who reported Dream It, Be It and Big Goal Accelerator Projects! Both reporting forms will be closed for the month of July while we review reports and make updates to the reporting forms. If you conduct a project in July, please report when the form reopens on August 1.

Important reminder: Please send all mail, including payments, to Soroptimist International of the Americas, Inc., PO Box 95000 – 2553, Philadelphia, PA 19195-0001.