Dream It, Be It: Career Support for Girls

Dream It, Be It: Career Support for Girls gives girls the tools they need to achieve their education and career goals, empowering them to break cycles of poverty, violence, and abuse. Although all girls face barriers because of their gender, we prioritize working with girls who have additional obstacles including poverty, unstable home lives, living in foster care, or teen motherhood. Soroptimist clubs work in partnership with girls in small groups or a conference setting to provide them with the information and resources they want and need to be successful.

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. Each month, the members of Soroptimist International of Greater St. Louis spend time with the foster girls at the Missouri Baptist Children's Home in Bridgeton, Missouri, to bring them the DIBI curriculum. With them, we discuss and explore: career opportunities, setting and achieving goals, overcoming obstacles to success, and moving forward after setbacks or failures.