{"id":1975,"date":"2014-11-10T15:40:09","date_gmt":"2014-11-10T14:40:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/?p=1975"},"modified":"2014-11-10T16:06:51","modified_gmt":"2014-11-10T15:06:51","slug":"80th-anniversary-conference-fab","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/2014\/80th-anniversary-conference-fab\/","title":{"rendered":"80th Anniversary Soroptimist Conference \u2013 FAB!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Five members of Soroptimist International St Albans and District\u00a0went to Harrogate and joined 1400 women from around the world at their fabulous annual Soroptimist Conference\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sigbi.org\/harrogate2014\">www.sigbi.org\/harrogate2014<\/a>\u00a0.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/st-albans-and-district\/files\/05-JenniMurray.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-1970\" alt=\"05-JenniMurray\" src=\"\/st-albans-and-district\/files\/05-JenniMurray-300x200.jpg\" width=\"180\" height=\"120\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/files\/05-JenniMurray-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/files\/05-JenniMurray.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 180px) 100vw, 180px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/st-albans-and-district\/files\/03-LauraRedhead.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1967 alignright\" alt=\"02-HilaryRatcliffeWeb\" src=\"\/st-albans-and-district\/files\/02-HilaryRatcliffeWeb-300x240.jpg\" width=\"180\" height=\"144\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/files\/02-HilaryRatcliffeWeb-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/files\/02-HilaryRatcliffeWeb.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 180px) 100vw, 180px\" \/><\/a>The five from the St Albans Club were: Hilary Ratcliffe OBE who is also the Programme Director of Soroptimist International (SI), Laura Redhead Assistant Programme Director for Environmental Sustainability of Soroptimist International Great Britain and Ireland (SIGBI), Jane Slatter Director of Communications SIGBI,<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1968 alignleft\" alt=\"03-LauraRedhead\" src=\"\/st-albans-and-district\/files\/03-LauraRedhead-239x300.jpg\" width=\"143\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/files\/03-LauraRedhead-239x300.jpg 239w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/files\/03-LauraRedhead.jpg 318w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 143px) 100vw, 143px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Denise Powell Club President and Ameeta Sabharwal Club Secretary. The Conference theme was \u201cWomen Leading Change Together\u201d and had inspirational keynote speakers including Dame Jenni Murray OBE. Clubs across the organisation shared information about their work \u2013 many Clubs like St Albans work in innovative ways to address all forms of violence against women and women\u2019s health issues. This year a member from our Thames Valley Club, Rose Simbo, who manages a charity supporting the Kori Chiefdom<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-1969 alignright\" style=\"line-height: 21.5999984741211px\" alt=\"04-Rose Simbo\" src=\"\/st-albans-and-district\/files\/04-Rose-Simbo-239x300.jpg\" width=\"143\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/files\/04-Rose-Simbo-239x300.jpg 239w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/files\/04-Rose-Simbo.jpg 266w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 143px) 100vw, 143px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>in Sierra Leone asked for donations to help Ebola victims on the ground in her homeland and \u00a38000 was raised in two days, enough to send two shipments of essential supplies.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/st-albans-and-district\/files\/06-AmeetaLauraDeniseJaneWeb.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-1965 alignleft\" alt=\"06-AmeetaLauraDeniseJaneWeb\" src=\"\/st-albans-and-district\/files\/06-AmeetaLauraDeniseJaneWeb-300x240.jpg\" width=\"180\" height=\"144\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/files\/06-AmeetaLauraDeniseJaneWeb-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/files\/06-AmeetaLauraDeniseJaneWeb.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 180px) 100vw, 180px\" \/><\/a><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"gallery ids=&quot;1970,1969,1968,1967,1966,1965&quot;\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/wp-includes\/js\/tinymce\/plugins\/wpgallery\/img\/t.gif\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"gallery ids=&quot;1970,1969,1968,1967,1966,1965&quot;\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/wp-includes\/js\/tinymce\/plugins\/wpgallery\/img\/t.gif\" \/>This year marks the 80th Anniversary of the formation of SIGBI.\u00a0 Although 80 years have passed, today\u2019s members are still passionate about the same goal;\u00a0 working to achieve equal rights through the education, empowerment and enabling of women.\u00a0Since its birth in Oakland, California, in 1921, Soroptimism has spread to more than 100 countries with in excess of 3,000 local clubs.\u00a0Our 80,000 members worldwide make Soroptimist International (SI) the biggest and most\u00a0influential women\u2019s voluntary organisation in the world.\u00a0We also consult with the United Nations to ensure that women\u2019s voices are included in\u00a0international decision-making processes.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Five members of Soroptimist International St Albans and District\u00a0went to Harrogate and joined 1400 women&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":1970,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[138,139,104,12,60,51,13],"class_list":["post-1975","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-club-news","tag-conference","tag-harrogate","tag-hilary-ratcliffe","tag-soroptimist","tag-soroptimist-international","tag-violence-against-women","tag-women"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>80th Anniversary Soroptimist Conference \u2013 FAB! | News | Blog | Events | SI St Albans and District<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"SI St Albans and District : Blog &amp; News : 80th Anniversary Soroptimist Conference \u2013 FAB! : Keep up to date with the latest news, articles and events from the Soroptimists of SI St Albans and District . Read more about 80th Anniversary Soroptimist Conference \u2013 FAB! .\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/2014\/80th-anniversary-conference-fab\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"80th Anniversary Soroptimist Conference \u2013 FAB! | News | Blog | Events | SI St Albans and District\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"SI St Albans and District : Blog &amp; News : 80th Anniversary Soroptimist Conference \u2013 FAB! : Keep up to date with the latest news, articles and events from the Soroptimists of SI St Albans and District . Read more about 80th Anniversary Soroptimist Conference \u2013 FAB! .\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/2014\/80th-anniversary-conference-fab\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"SI St Albans and District\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2014-11-10T14:40:09+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2014-11-10T15:06:51+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/files\/05-JenniMurray.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"400\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"st-albans-and-district\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"st-albans-and-district\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/2014\/80th-anniversary-conference-fab\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/2014\/80th-anniversary-conference-fab\/\",\"name\":\"80th Anniversary Soroptimist Conference \u2013 FAB! | News | Blog | Events | SI St Albans and District\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/2014\/80th-anniversary-conference-fab\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/2014\/80th-anniversary-conference-fab\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/files\/05-JenniMurray.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2014-11-10T14:40:09+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2014-11-10T15:06:51+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/#\/schema\/person\/4f2fff0fbb8acdda13799948de589da9\"},\"description\":\"SI St Albans and District : Blog & News : 80th Anniversary Soroptimist Conference \u2013 FAB! : Keep up to date with the latest news, articles and events from the Soroptimists of SI St Albans and District . Read more about 80th Anniversary Soroptimist Conference \u2013 FAB! .\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/2014\/80th-anniversary-conference-fab\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/2014\/80th-anniversary-conference-fab\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/2014\/80th-anniversary-conference-fab\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/files\/05-JenniMurray.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/files\/05-JenniMurray.jpg\",\"width\":600,\"height\":400},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/2014\/80th-anniversary-conference-fab\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"80th Anniversary Soroptimist Conference \u2013 FAB!\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/\",\"name\":\"SI St Albans and District\",\"description\":\"SIGBI Club site for St Albans and District\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/#\/schema\/person\/4f2fff0fbb8acdda13799948de589da9\",\"name\":\"st-albans-and-district\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/cdc0a121992bc8320f45cf320eaa8b0fcafad2b423ec1736ce59c6138d0a9b3e?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/cdc0a121992bc8320f45cf320eaa8b0fcafad2b423ec1736ce59c6138d0a9b3e?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"st-albans-and-district\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/author\/st-albans-and-district\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"80th Anniversary Soroptimist Conference \u2013 FAB! | News | Blog | Events | SI St Albans and District","description":"SI St Albans and District : Blog & News : 80th Anniversary Soroptimist Conference \u2013 FAB! : Keep up to date with the latest news, articles and events from the Soroptimists of SI St Albans and District . Read more about 80th Anniversary Soroptimist Conference \u2013 FAB! .","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/2014\/80th-anniversary-conference-fab\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"80th Anniversary Soroptimist Conference \u2013 FAB! | News | Blog | Events | SI St Albans and District","og_description":"SI St Albans and District : Blog & News : 80th Anniversary Soroptimist Conference \u2013 FAB! : Keep up to date with the latest news, articles and events from the Soroptimists of SI St Albans and District . Read more about 80th Anniversary Soroptimist Conference \u2013 FAB! .","og_url":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/2014\/80th-anniversary-conference-fab\/","og_site_name":"SI St Albans and District","article_published_time":"2014-11-10T14:40:09+00:00","article_modified_time":"2014-11-10T15:06:51+00:00","og_image":[{"width":600,"height":400,"url":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/files\/05-JenniMurray.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"st-albans-and-district","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"st-albans-and-district","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/2014\/80th-anniversary-conference-fab\/","url":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/2014\/80th-anniversary-conference-fab\/","name":"80th Anniversary Soroptimist Conference \u2013 FAB! | News | Blog | Events | SI St Albans and District","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/2014\/80th-anniversary-conference-fab\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/2014\/80th-anniversary-conference-fab\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/files\/05-JenniMurray.jpg","datePublished":"2014-11-10T14:40:09+00:00","dateModified":"2014-11-10T15:06:51+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/#\/schema\/person\/4f2fff0fbb8acdda13799948de589da9"},"description":"SI St Albans and District : Blog & News : 80th Anniversary Soroptimist Conference \u2013 FAB! : Keep up to date with the latest news, articles and events from the Soroptimists of SI St Albans and District . Read more about 80th Anniversary Soroptimist Conference \u2013 FAB! .","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/2014\/80th-anniversary-conference-fab\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/2014\/80th-anniversary-conference-fab\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/2014\/80th-anniversary-conference-fab\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/files\/05-JenniMurray.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/files\/05-JenniMurray.jpg","width":600,"height":400},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/2014\/80th-anniversary-conference-fab\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"80th Anniversary Soroptimist Conference \u2013 FAB!"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/#website","url":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/","name":"SI St Albans and District","description":"SIGBI Club site for St Albans and District","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/#\/schema\/person\/4f2fff0fbb8acdda13799948de589da9","name":"st-albans-and-district","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/cdc0a121992bc8320f45cf320eaa8b0fcafad2b423ec1736ce59c6138d0a9b3e?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/cdc0a121992bc8320f45cf320eaa8b0fcafad2b423ec1736ce59c6138d0a9b3e?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"st-albans-and-district"},"url":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/author\/st-albans-and-district\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1975","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1975"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1975\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1991,"href":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1975\/revisions\/1991"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1970"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1975"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1975"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1975"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}