Soroptimist’s Live Your Dream Awards program is a unique education award for women who provide the primary financial support for their families. The Live Your Dream Awards give women the resources they need to improve their education, skills and employment prospects. The Live Your Dream Awards offers three levels of cash awards. Eligible applicants can submit their application between August 1 – […]
Our members Lola Abrahamian, Ginger Cole, Sheila Tatum, and Jessica Washington recently returned from the fantastic Soroptimist Convention which was held July 27-29 in Dublin, Ireland. They shared these wonderful photos with us! Jessica Washington, Ginger Cole, and Sheila Tatum toasting the town! Ginger Cole, Ana Marie LeNoue, Lola Abrahamian, and Cynthia Jarvis Abrahamian: Camino […]
In this role, Ginger will participate in strategic planning and program development to help Soroptimist meet its next Big Goal to reach half a million women girls through access to education. In addition, she will work with Soroptimist’s professional staff to oversee the organization’s financial practices and accounts. See the Press Release for more information.
Soroptimist International has a new look! SI of Los Angeles is part of the Soroptimist International of the Americas Federation. We are under the umbrella of Soroptimist International, along with the other four Soroptimist Federations: SI of Europe, SI of Great Britain and Ireland, SI of South East Asia Pacific, and SI Africa. A new […]
SILA’s End of Year event 2023 SI of Los Angeles saw out the 2022-2023 club year at one of our favorite LA Institutions – El Cholo! It was so fun seeing everyone all together again! Ginger Cole conducted a beautiful installation of officers for us, with a lot of ceremony and fun! Our 2023-2024 Club […]
SI of Los Angeles’ Virtual awards ceremony and fundraiser was held on May 20th and was great fun! Our club members shared their Soroptimist experiences and we were able to show our supporters our wonderful programs. Our DREAM Virtual Awards video is available for viewing on SI of Los Angeles’ YouTube channel. After the joy […]
At our program meeting on May 3rd, SI of Los Angeles welcomed Reverend Dylan Littlefield as our guest speaker. Rev. Dylan is an Independent Catholic Priest with the Apostolic Sacramental Church, and is the founder and pastor of the Chapel of St. Maximilian Kolbe, which is a fully LGBTQ inclusive faith community in Pasadena. He […]
Our guest speaker Debi Frankle shared her more than 25 years of experience working with clients suffering from loss and grief with SI of Los Angeles at our meeting on May 17, 2023. She explained that grief is natural, normal, and complex, and is experienced after a loss. We tend to think of grief as […]
On Saturday, May 13th, several members of SI of Los Angeles – and one guest – showed up at dawn to cook breakfast for about 100 women at Downtown Women’s Center (DWC). DWC’s mission is to end homelessness for women in greater Los Angeles through housing, wellness, employment, and advocacy, and SI of Los Angeles […]
SI of Los Angeles has recently lost an amazing friend and supporter, Jim Henderson. For years, Jim worked behind the scenes for so many of our club and Region activities as our photographer, IT support, program design, and audio visual engineer. He worked tirelessly making sure our activities had a professional flare, and also worked […]
