Dream It Be It
Reaching girls when it matters most.
Reaching girls when it matters most.
Experts say educating girls is a major key to improving the global standard of living. We agree!
We want to reach girls when it matters most. By reaching girls while they are still young, we not only can help them stay healthy and safe in the short term, but we can reduce the number of women in crisis in the future, putting them on a path will help them realize their dreams.
Far too many girls face barriers on the pathway to achieving their dreams. Obstacles such as poverty, teen dating violence, and teen pregnancy can get in the way of a girl’s ability to make her dreams a reality. Dream It, Be It equips girls to overcome their obstacles, set goals, and head towards success.
Since Dream It, Be It was introduced in 2015, Soroptimist International of the Tri Cities has presented the program in a variety of formats to secondary school students. We are currently working to update our understanding of what is most needed by girls in our diverse community and will post information about DIBI 2025 soon.
We hold a Dream It Be it event each year in the Tri-Cities. Some of our regular programs are listed below.
We host ongoing workshops and conferences to encourage girls in exploring different careers, creating achievable goals, and discovering their dreams. We explore:
We are privileged to partner with CABE (Coquitlam Alternative Basic Education) Secondary School, where we provide a monthly “lunch and learn” program for teen girls, including mentoring and educational teen-sensitive topics, including employment opportunities, goal-setting, mental health, nutrition, budgeting, inclusiveness, body image, budgeting/cost savings, organization skills, and more. We work on building relationships with girls at this alternative school.
Several times per year, we partner with the Coquitlam Public Library and our skilled members to provide a series of workshops for girls, focused on learning the basics of computer coding while having fun and being creative with technology.
We are part of a program delivering empowerment & leadership tools to over 200 girls aged 13-17 at a 10 day camp in Kenya, that includes a Dream It Be It event & career fair.
Project Management; Identifying a problem to address in their community, making a plan & a budget, determining the supplies needed & presenting a report. The girls are asked to take their project back to their village to be implemented with local girls invited to help. Projects taught at camp include;
Making vertical gardens from readily available grain sacks & raising chickens – Enabling a family to feed themselves plus have left overs available to sell. Sewing underwear from old t-shirts – Enabling the girls to be able to make their own (many have never owned underwear).
Soroptimist launched the Dream It Be It curriculum in 2015. Since then, more than 20,000 girls from around the world have participated.
