Mission
SOROPTIMIST IS A GLOBAL VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATION THAT PROVIDES WOMEN AND GIRLS WITH ACCESS TO THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING THEY NEED TO ACHIEVE ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT. (CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O)OUR VISION IS FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS TO HAVE THE RESOURCES AND OPPORTUNITIES TO REACH THEIR FULL POTENTIAL AND LIVE THEIR DREAMS. SOROPTIMIST WAS FORMED IN 1921 IN OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA, AT A TIME WHEN WOMEN WERE NOT PERMITTED TO JOIN SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS. OUR NAME, LOOSELY TRANSLATED FROM THE LATIN, MEANS BEST FOR WOMEN. TODAY, WE HAVE OVER 24,000 MEMBERS AND SUPPORTERS IN COUNTRIES ACROSS NORTH AMERICA, LATIN AMERICA AND THE PACIFIC RIM. WE ARE ONE OF FIVE FEDERATIONS THAT MAKE UP SOROPTIMIST INTERNATIONAL, WHICH HAS CLUBS IN MORE THAN 120 COUNTRIES THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.