For many high school girls, the dream of college can feel out of reach simply because of cost. Japan Minami Region set out to change that with “Take One Step,” a Big Goal Accelerator Project giving girls from financially disadvantaged families the support they need to move forward.
In August 1926, representatives from 10 Soroptimist clubs gathered in Oakland, California, to consider a question that would shape the organization’s future: Should the independent clubs come together as a federation?