Making a difference for women since 1926 A classified volunteer service organization for women in business, management and the professions. Soroptimist International of Portland is part of the Northwestern Region of Soroptimist International of America federation. The world’s largest classified service organization for executive and professional women, Soroptimist International focuses on human rights and advancing the status of women, with nearly 100,000 members in more than 124 countries and territories world wide.
Welcome to the Soroptimist International of Portland, Oregon. Hola, Bonjour, and Hello! I am Stephanie Gillette, the SI Portland President, and am glad that you looked us up! We are a dynamic group of women in management and professions who work through service projects to advance human rights and the status of women locally and throughout the world. We use our special expertise and management skills developed in our working lives to advance the status of women and human rights for all, equality, development, and peace. And we would love you to join us! The SI Portland is a great way to make friends with other strong, intelligent, active women and make good things happen! We are a qualified 501(c)3 nonprofit corporation as well as a charitable trust and our Portland Club was chartered in 1926. Every day, in every country on earth, women and girls’ dreams are crushed when they suffer abuse at the hands of an intimate partner. We help local shelters in the Portland area do projects like rebuilding kitchens, providing new pillows for women, or whatever else they need. We give money and do hands-on projects. We promote girls learning to make good choices through training and we help them stay in school through our mentoring program. Each year we honor women who are working to better their own lives and those of other women through our awards programs. Soroptimist believes in honoring those who have a dream of creating a better world. The Making a Difference for Women Award acknowledges women who help other women and girls through their personal and professional activities. The Violet Richardson Award honors girls who donate their time and energy to social causes. And we give scholarships to women who are heads of their households and are going to school to better working lives. Internationally, Soroptimist has members in 120 countries around the world. The organization enjoys general consultative status with the Economic and Social council at the United Nations and is a recognized authority on matters that women value most. Soroptimists are working to stop trafficking and help women survivors of war with education and skills training to restore their dreams of a self-sufficient life. Want to be part of this? Join us! You will make some great friends while doing fantastic work to help women and children. The SI Portland meets at the Benson Hotel, Portland on the first and second Thursdays of each month at noon. Click here for more information. Hope to see you soon. Stephanie Gillette President, SI Portland
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