Best for Women September 2024

Best for Women

Sep 10

Written By Soroptimist

Welcome to Your New Club Year!

Meet 2024-2025 SIA President Ginger Cole!

Federation Leadership

Meet SIA’s incoming leadership!

Club Calendar

Check out important dates, deadlines and upcoming events in our 2024-2025 Club Calendar!

Club Roadmap to Success

Check out our Club Roadmap for Success and the Club Roadmap Metrics to help your club focus on essential areas that will assist us in achieving our Big Goal. The roadmap will guide your activities and the metrics are used for our annual recognition of accomplishments. Thank you again for your participation in our programs, growing engagement and supporting our culture of philanthropy!

A Convention to Remember

Thank you to all our speakers, talent and attendees for making our 48th Soroptimist Biennial Convention an event to remember! Take a look at our recap blog to see the fun we had at convention complete with photos and workshop materials.

Upcoming Event

SIA has an exciting new member engagement initiative called Soroptimists UpliftHER! The webinar on September 10 at 8 p.m. (ET) is FULL. A recording will be emailed to all registrants and available on our YouTube channel. Stay tuned!

Live Your Dream Awards Resources & Updates

Application System Reminder

U.S./Canadian Members Only: Eligible women may submit an application to a nearby club by November 15. Applicants and Live Your Dream Awards chairs should use the online application system. Club chairs should be sure to sign the confidentiality agreement so we can send your invitation! Creating your own account on the application system will result in creating an applicant account, so check your email for application system login information and email LYDAwards@soroptimist.org for help.

Club Resources

View Live Your Dream Awards Club Resources for the emailable application, recruiting and publicity tools, reporting instructions, and more.

Our Clubs are Amazing!

Our 2023-2024 club year is over and the numbers are in! See how your region did and check out the 2024-2025 targets.

#TechTalks Updates

Need help paying dues? Check out your Learning Hub!

Reminder: The Member Portal is only open to club presidents, treasurers and admins as we move through the new dues renewal process. We will likely send the next round of invites this Fall 2024—don’t forget, you can still access Member Resources from the website at any time!

Top 6 Burning Questions from Club Leaders:

I’m a club officer: where is my portal invite? How do I log-in?
How do I filter my roster view to only see ACTIVE members?
How do I add new club officers? Do they automatically get a portal invite?
When generating my invoice, I don’t see the button to pay, what do I do next?
Do I still need my 6-digit club ID # to log in to the Member Portal?
How can I make a Club Giving donation outside of paying our dues invoice?

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SI & UN News

Sustainable Development Goals Report 2024

Produced annually, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Report provides an in-depth review of the ongoing issues, challenges, and steps toward achieving the SDGs in line with the 2030 agenda for sustainable development. Read the full report.

2023 SI Annual Report: Global Policy Excerpt

Since 1984, SI has held General Consultative Status at the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), a prestigious designation held by only 138 out of 6,494 organizations, with SI being one of the 13 specifically focused on advancing women’s and girls’ human rights. Read the Global Policy segment of the 2023 Annual Report.

New Position Paper

SI is pleased to share that the SI Board has approved the new Where We Stand Position Paper on Widows, drafted by SI’s Advocacy Team and with input from federations. Read more.

Things to Know

Congratulations to clubs celebrating a milestone anniversary during the month of September!
Check out the FY24/25 Strategic Plan, which highlights our vision, mission core values and strategic outcomes.
Nominations for SIA Fundraising Council and SIA Board of Directors are due at headquarters on or before September 15. Check your club email for nomination forms and job descriptions sent in July. Learn more.
Discover actions taken by your SIA Board at its July meeting.
Registration is open for the SIGBI conference in Edinburgh, November 1-3. Learn more.
There are nine proposed bylaws amendments for your club to review on the nominations and elections page of the SIA website. All clubs in good standing will receive a link into the Simply Voting ballot platform on Friday, October 11, and the voting platform will be open through Wednesday, December 11.