Join Soroptimist International St Albans and District Oranging the World and saying NO! to violence against women in 2024 #OrangeTheWorldHerts – this year’s theme is CALL IT OUT ! click here for more: https://sigbi.org/st-albans/callitout
Mon 25 Nov – Tue 10 Dec Soroptimists Orange The World 2024 – 16 Days of Action to End Violence Against Women. As a bright and optimistic colour, orange represents a future free from the scourge that is violence against women and girls. www.unwomen.org/en/what-we-do/ending-violence-against-women/unite/orange-the-world
#OrangetheWorldHerts 2024 – this image above is a montage of photos from the 2023 campaign
This year’s theme is CALL IT OUT! – please click here for more: https://sigbi.org/st-albans/callitout moving from awareness raising to a call to action. The High Sheriff of Hertfordshire, Annie Brewster is behind our campaign – see the photo here of Annie with our selfie frame.
You can download a single page here with more information: Orange The World CALLITOUT 1 pager
What will you be doing this year? There is an information pack for everyone who wants to join in: Orange the world 2024 Info pack (this is a PDF – email sistalbans@hotmail.com if you need in a different format). There are ideas on this page too: https://sigbi.org/st-albans/callitout We also produced these two posters, to explain why the campaign. One has an orange background and one has a white background to provide different print options: Orange-the-World-Flyer-Poster-Updated
Organisations joining the campaign are the County Council, the High Sheriff, Herts Police, Herts University, secondary schools, churches, local businesses, pubs, shops, offices, Town/City Councils and Councillors and individuals.
We worked closely with the #WhiteRibbon Campaign in St Albans and Hertfordshire. “It starts with men is the theme for White Ribbon Day 2024. Violence against women and girls is rooted in harmful masculine traits. Starting with men, we must address the attitudes and behaviours that contribute to a fear of violence for women in their day-to-day lives. ” The goal of both campaigns is the same.
Soroptimist International St Albans and District Programme so far is:
Mon 11 Nov – Zoom 7.30pm – 9pm with Annie Brewster High Sheriff of Hertfordshire – CALL IT OUT! Orange the World Herts – Call to Action! see the photo here of Annie with our special selfie frame.
Mon 25 Nov – 3.30-5.15 pm St Albans Museum and Gallery St Peter’s Street St Albans AL1 3DH – the official St Albans launch of Orange The World 2024. 25 November is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. This marks the start of 16 Days of Activism to end violence against women. These campaigns aim to bring together individuals and organisations around the world to tackle violence against women and girls. Guests include Mayor of St Albans Jamie Day, High Sheriff of Hertfordshire Annie Brewster, Police and Crime Commissioner Jonathan Ash-Edwards, Bishop of St Albans Alan Smith, and Leader of St Albans Council Paul de Kort. Refreshments will be served from 3.30pm. There will be Police display in the foyer of the museum from 3pm. The speeches will be from 4pm. Photos outside the building at 5pm. Please wear something orange! To attend or help please email sistalbans@hotmail.com
Wed 27 Nov – 5.30-7pm Hertfordshire County Hall will light up orange for Orange The World 2024. Networking at 5.30pm with talks from 6pm, 7pm lighting up photo. This event is run by SI Hertford with support from SI St Albans and District. To attend or help please email sistalbans@hotmail.com Please wear something orange!
Thu 28 Nov – 2.30-3.30pm Harpenden Orange The World 2024 Launch Event – Park Hall Harpenden To attend or help please email sistalbans@hotmail.com Please wear something orange!
Mon 2 Dec – Shake Rattle and Sing! Soroptimists and friends, will sing festive songs at St Albans City Station raising funds for SAHWR Women’s Refuge. Join us at 5.30pm to sing or shake a bucket. We will all go to a local hostelry afterwards for a well deserved supper and warm up. Please wear something orange to continue with our campaign to #OrangetheWorldHerts ! To join in please email sistalbans@hotmail.com
CALL IT OUT ! #OrangeTheWorldHerts
What can we do to support Orange?
If you are a business whose premises are lit up, use an orange filter to make the lights orange – and tell your workers and customers why you are doing it.
If you are a member of a group (choir, team, church, walking group etc), get everyone to dress in or carry something Orange and take a photo
If you are involved with young people (teenagers), especially boys, run a project/session to discuss healthy relationships.
If you are a shop, café or pub, put a supportive poster in your window and inside perhaps with some Orange bunting.
If you rent out premises , put up a poster to show your support
If you support the campaign as an individual , take a snap of yourself wearing Orange
These are just some ideas. Be inventive!
Importantly, send everything to us at sistalbans@hotmail.com . We are Soroptimist International St Albans and District and we are spearheading this campaign – look at our website to see what we have done over the last 4 years…. https://sigbi.org/st-albans-and-district/2024/orange24/
Please click here to read about the Orange the World campaign we have been running in the area since 2020 and see how it has gone from strength to strength https://sigbi.org/st-albans-and-district/orange-the-world
If you need further information please contact sistalbans@hotmail.com
During the campaign we will support two local organisations in our district working to support victims of gender-based violence and domestic abuse:
Herts Domestic Abuse Helpline and St Albans and Hertsmere Women’s Refuge
Follow the campaign with the hashtag #OrangeTheWorldHerts
Please share any actions on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram @sistalbans and/or email to sistalbans@hotmail.com