The California Federation of Business and Professional Women (CFBPW) will hold its Fall Board meeting Saturday, August 26th and Sunday, August 27th at the Ontario Airport Hotel, 700 N. Haven Avenue, Ontario. August 26th is “Women’s Equality Day” marking the 97th anniversary of women getting the right to vote. The meeting is open to interested members of the public. The Saturday morning business session will start with registration at 8:30 a.m. and with the Conference starting at 9:00 a.m. Lunch will be at 12:00 p.m. If an attendee wants lunch the cost is $33 for non-members. There is no registration cost for guests. Additional information including registration can be obtained by contacting Katherine Winans at jkw@gbis.com or (775) 267-0539 or Marjory Hopper at (562) 699-6288 or mjhop6334@aol.com.

The luncheon program will start at 1:00 p.m. The first speaker will be Opal Singleton, President, CEO and founder of Million Kids. Singleton has trained thousands of first responders, parents and grandparents about how predators operate and how to prevent

young people from becoming victims of exploitation. The second luncheon speaker is Suarez, a survivor of human trafficking and who was sent to prison for a crime that she did not commit. Suarez has established a foundation to combat human trafficking.

The afternoon program, which will start at 3:00 p.m., is a panel of elected Inland Empire women. The moderator of the panel is CFBPW Vice President Lynn Brandstater. Panel members are Deborah Robertson, Mayor of Rialto; Debra Dorst-Porada, Mayor Pro-tem of Ontario; Cristina Corrizosa, Councilmember of Pomona. All will share their political journeys – what made them run for elected office, what was the campaign like, what have they accomplished and why other women should run for elective office.

The dinner program in celebration of “Women’s Equality Day” will start at 6:00 p.m. The cost for dinner for non-members is $42. Attendees are asked to wear white to commemorate the suffragists who fought long and hard for women to get the right to vote. Attendees will march in with signs having to do with women’s right to vote. The dinner speaker will be author and entertainer Kate Kelly who will share stories about the suffragists.

Sunday, August 27th the CFBPW Fall Board will reconvene at 9:00 a.m. with team meetings and planning for 2017-18. The luncheon speaker will be Glendora’s Police Chief Lisa Rosales, who will tell about the challenges of being a woman police chief. CFBPW Fall Board will adjourn at 2:00 P.M.

More information and registration forms are available at bpwcal.org.

The National Federation of Business and Professional Women’s Clubs of which CFBPW is a member is the oldest organization of its kind in the world; devoted entirely and actively to the interests and needs of all women irrespective of their occupations and of their status. Our mission is to achieve equity for all women in the workplace through advocacy, education and information. Our founders fought for women’s rights
by securing commissions for nurses who served in World War I and ensuring that both men and women could take civil service exams for government positions.