{"id":6795,"date":"2024-11-10T20:42:20","date_gmt":"2024-11-10T19:42:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/grange-over-sands\/?p=6795"},"modified":"2024-11-10T21:22:50","modified_gmt":"2024-11-10T20:22:50","slug":"grange-soroptimists-at-sigbi-conference-in-edinburgh-nov-1-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/grange-over-sands\/2024\/11\/10\/grange-soroptimists-at-sigbi-conference-in-edinburgh-nov-1-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Grange Soroptimists at SIGBI Conference in Edinburgh Nov 1-3"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Seven members travelled to Edinburgh for the 3 day Soroptimist Conference and enjoyed interesting presentations on Soroptimist projects but the highlight was Baroness Floella Benjamin speaking. She talked about her life growing up in Trinidad, racial discrimination in Britain,her amazing career\u00a0 all interspersed with song and charisma. Her message to girls in particyular was the combination of Consideration, Contentment, Confidence wrapped up in Courage.[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=&#8221;6790&#8243; img_size=&#8221;large&#8221; add_caption=&#8221;yes&#8221;][vc_column_text]There was time for networking with other members over coffee and wine including <span class=\"x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h\" dir=\"auto\">Leah Stewart-Rivas\u00a0 of SI Esperance in Trinidad. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>We also handed over\u00a0 some of the knickers\u00a0 we collected for\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smallsforall.org\/\">Smalls for All\u00a0<\/a> with our knicker tree!<\/p>\n<p>Outside the Conference we enjoyed fun and friendship over meals including The Dome and also visited the &#8220;Women in Revolt &#8221;\u00a0 exhibition at the Edinburgh Modern Art Gallery, which was very pertinent to Soroptimist highlighting the issues for women in the last few decades and promoting the advancement ofthe status of women.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If you are interested in finding out more about our Club or are interested in joining please <a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/grange-over-sands\/contact-us\/\">CONTACT US<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][vc_media_grid grid_id=&#8221;vc_gid:1731270053465-fc492d85-3ee4-3&#8243; include=&#8221;6784,6792,6785,6788,6786,6787,6793,6789,6794&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Seven members travelled to Edinburgh for the 3 day Soroptimist Conference and enjoyed interesting presentations&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":371,"featured_media":6788,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[168],"class_list":["post-6795","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-club-news","tag-smalls-for-all"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Grange Soroptimists at SIGBI Conference in Edinburgh Nov 1-3 | News | Blog | Events | SI Grange over Sands<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"SI Grange over Sands : Blog &amp; News : Grange Soroptimists at SIGBI Conference in Edinburgh Nov 1-3 : Keep up to date with the latest news, articles and events from the Soroptimists of SI Grange over Sands . 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