A blog by Karen Marshall “Between 5,000 and 6,000 people participated in the three-day United Nations Civil Society Conference. There were people from all over the world in attendance, and probably about one-half were under the age of 50. The organisers were exceptionally pleased with the positive response for the

A blog by Jo Breneman "Together with eight Soroptimist members and hundreds of other attendees at the 68th Civil Society Conference in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, Aug 26-28, 2019, we listened to and learned from Smina Adhikari, Natalie W. Romeri-Lewis, Celeste Mergens, and James B. Mayfield who shared/reported data

A report by Sue Riney "With the theme, Building Inclusive and Sustainable Cities and Communities, the UN’s Civil Society Conference was held in Salt Lake City, USA, 26 - 28 August 2019, and Soroptimists from Utah, local students and a high school counsellor shared in a breakout session.  Looking at

A report by Dawn Marie Lemonds, SI Board Member "Before this historic conference even began there was a lot to celebrate! The largest civil society conference ever - with 8,000 registered delegates from 130 countries representing many of the 1,500 NGOs affiliated with the United Nations (UN) with 43% of

A delegation of Soroptimists, including President-Elect, Sharon Fisher; Advocacy Director, Bev Bucur; SI Board Member, Dawn Marie Lemonds; Sue Riney, Advocacy Committee Member; Governor Rita Offret of Soroptimist International the Americas (SIA) Rocky Mountain Region and Soroptimists from SIA Northwestern, Rocky Mountain and Southern Regions, attended the 68th UN Civil