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Special Guest Speaker Ms. Ana Soria January 12, 2005

Ms. Ana Soria (center in photo) was a guest speaker at our January 12th meeting. Ms. Soria and her young son, Luis, are a family the Soroptimist Club of New York aided after the September 11, 2001 attack on the World Trade Center.

Our member, Debra Brown Steinberg introduced Ana, who was accompanied by her brother, sister-in-law, and nephew. Luis had to stay at home to prepare for an exam. Our thanks to Ms. Soria for sharing her memories of the help our club gave her family after she lost her husband on 9/11.

SINYC Honors Member Annie B. Martin
October 15, 2005

Our own Annie B. Martin was honored at the October 15th program meeting luncheon. She was introduced to the luncheon attendees by Doris Nicholls. Friends of Dr. Martin who were welcomed as her guests were Hastie N. Lowther and Joyce Higgs.

Annie Martin serves as President of the NAACP New York Chapter as well as being a founding member of the chapter, serving an unprecedented fourteen terms as its president. She is on the executive board of the New York City Central Labor Council, and Director of Labor Participation for the American Red Cross in Greater New York.

Early in her career Annie worked as a chemist at the Squibb Company, and represented the company at the funeral of the Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King, Jr. Annie attended Allen University in Columbia, Mississippi, and earned masters degrees in Social Work and Guidance Counseling at New York University. She received an honorary Doctorate of Human Letters from Claflin University in South Carolina.

At the November club meeting, members wrapped gifts for the patients at Coler-Goldwater Hospital.

Pictured are Kathy Mayer, Nancy Lewis, Yoko Olson, new member Milena Dakova-Micheva, and Doris Nicholls.

New Members 2005

SINYC welcomes five new members in one month!

All smiles after their inductions are L to R: Milena Dakova-Micheva, Ellen Greer, Sara Stein, Tanya Trippett, and
Elizabeth Divver Weber.