{"id":4880,"date":"2020-05-19T11:37:31","date_gmt":"2020-05-19T10:37:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/soroptimistcentenary2021\/?page_id=4880"},"modified":"2020-11-12T13:17:27","modified_gmt":"2020-11-12T12:17:27","slug":"soroptimist-international-conventions","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/soroptimistcentenary2021\/the-history-of-soroptimist-international\/soroptimist-international-conventions1934-2019\/soroptimist-international-conventions\/","title":{"rendered":"Soroptimist International Conventions"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h3>Soroptimist International Convention Helsinki 1999<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Pat Black &#8211; Past SI Director of Advocacy &amp; Past SIGBI Federation President writes:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;The SI Convention in Helsinki was the first international convention I went to, and I loved it. You will see a short film of the Convention if you\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/EmcdP5i8gIc\"><strong><em>CLICK HERE<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>In the clip you will see<\/em>\u00a0<strong><em>Imme\u00a0(Irmeli Piela) from Finland\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><em>who is Chair of Conference, and our own SIGBI<\/em>\u00a0<strong><em>Hilary Page MBE as International President<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0<em>opens the convention and is featured many times.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>From SIGBI we also see<\/em>\u00a0<strong><em>Lyn Dunning, Pam Lee and Joan Smyth<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0<em>speaking, as well as<\/em>\u00a0<strong><em>Elizabeth Hughes for SIAM.\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Past International President Ann Garvie<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0<em>became ambassador for the<\/em>\u00a0<strong><em>Limbs for Life project,<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0<em>and<\/em>\u00a0<strong><em>Past International President\u00a0Thelma de Leeuw<\/em><\/strong><em>\u00a0is mentioned. There are many other familiar faces!.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Dr Jane Zimmerman from SISWP<\/em><\/strong><em>\u00a0&#8211; a Canadian born\u00a0Australian was installed as the new<\/em>\u00a0<strong><em>President of Soroptimist International&#8221;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Soroptimist International Convention Glasgow 2007<\/h3>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_media_grid grid_id=&#8221;vc_gid:1605183411398-dabb6b2f-1e4b-7&#8243; include=&#8221;4883,4884,4885&#8243;][vc_column_text]Peace is our Unifying Purpose &#8211; \u00a0You will see first photo above an\u00a0aerial photo of the <span class=\"text_exposed_show\">amazing peace messages that were shared with delegates,\u00a0it certainly captures some very key messages from our then Past International President Lynn Dunning (see above pic 2) and the four federation Presidents. Pic 3 is a photo of Chris Knight with Soroptimist friends from Israel<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span class=\"text_exposed_show\">Chris Knight SI Global Ambassador \/ Dream Catcher &amp; Keeper of Dreams<\/span><\/em>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h3>SI Convention 2019\u2014Kuala Lumpur<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/soroptimistcentenary2021\/files\/conventions-in-gold-724x1024-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-7539\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/soroptimistcentenary2021\/files\/conventions-in-gold-724x1024-1-300x113.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"113\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/soroptimistcentenary2021\/files\/conventions-in-gold-724x1024-1-300x113.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/soroptimistcentenary2021\/files\/conventions-in-gold-724x1024-1.jpg 541w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>If you were at the 2019 SI Convention in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, you may be interested to watch the video of the event.<\/p>\n<p>SI have also produced a brochure. Both links are below:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1KNBocpTKhQBwMm73KF1eM3zxFrQ03u4d\/view\"><strong>SI 2019 Convention Video<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1EIRJwy1IIQ3tEXQ2vk8kqkNLyj3yF87F\/view\"><strong>SI 2019 Convention Brochure<\/strong><\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Soroptimist International Convention Helsinki 1999 Pat Black &#8211; Past SI Director of Advocacy &amp;&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":559,"featured_media":0,"parent":363,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4880","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Soroptimist International Conventions | Soroptimist 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