Shaping Our Future thru Collective Impact Educate to Lead

Shaping Our Future thru Collective Impact Achieve the Soroptimist Mission Measure sustainable improvement Increase the socio-economic status Recognition Attract more resources

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Shaping Our Future thru Collective Impact

Women’s Opportunity Award – 1972 Every year – 1K recipients in 19 countries and territories Improve socio-economic status Heightening women’s self ‐ esteem Confidence to be positive role models

Shaping Our Future thru Collective Impact 85% of WOA recipients report an increased standard of living within three years

Shaping Our Future thru Collective Impact A 2012 survey of the 2008 ‐ 2009 WOA recipients suggested these would be most helpful: 75%: Funding for further education or training 38%: Funding to start a business 33%: Online support group for WOA recipients 29%: Mentoring by a local Soroptimist member 29%: Tax or financial advice 20%: Online Mentoring

Shaping Our Future thru Collective Impact Raquel Arreola Ruiz SIA President

Shaping Our Future thru Collective Impact $.81 of every dollar goes to programs: WOA VRA Soroptimist Club Grants for Women and Girls Soroptimist Project Matching Soroptimist Disaster Grants for Women and Girls STOP Trafficking Workplace Campaign to End Dom Violence $.19 goes to fundraising efforts $0 goes to administrative costs

Shaping Our Future thru Collective Impact

Past Quadrennial Projects: Project SIerra Project Independence: Women Survivors of War Limbs for Life: A project for victims of land mines Educate to Lead

Shaping Our Future thru Collective Impact The SIA board’s direction to the organization is to create and demonstrate a sustainable, measurable, evidence-based change in society (increased) by working together, as a team (collective), through programs that will empower women and girls to take control of their lives to improve their socio- economic status, and live their dreams of a better life (impact). This is what our new direction, Increased Collective Impact, stands for.