The East Los Angeles-Montebello Business and Professional Women (BPW) has selected community activist Kathryn Foster, as its 2022 “Woman of Achievement.” She will be honored at a dinner at Marie Callender’s Restaurant, 220 S. Atlantic Blvd., Monterey Park on Tuesday, October 25th. The meeting starts at 5:00 p.m. The dinner is open to the public. Contact Linda Wilson (626) 307-5650 or lindalwilson@juno.com to make a reservation. Reservations are required.

Foster is an active community volunteer. She has served as President of the Monterey Park Historical Society, on the Parks and Recreation Commission, on the Library Board and with the Library Foundation. Her B.A. degree is from UCLA, and

her M.A. degree is from Loyola Marymount University. She is also a long-time volunteer for UCLA – being a member of the Gold Shield, Order of the Golden Bruin and The Affiliates. She is a retired Legal Secretary, married and has one adult son. Her son is a Berkeley graduate (B.A. 2003) and Georgia State University (M.P.A. 2021), and she is also a member of CAL Parents.

This recognition program is part of East Los Angeles-Montebello BPW’s celebration of National Business Women’s Week_® (NBWW)_. National Business Women’s Week_®
lets communities, companies and organizations celebrate the contributions of workingwomen and companies that have made strides toward improving working women’s lives in their communities. Emma Dot Partridge, Executive Secretary of the National Federation of Business and Professional Women, came up with the concept of National Business Women’s Week_® with the first celebration being April 15-22, 1928. In 1938 NBWW moved to the third week of October. U.S. President Herbert Hoover was the first President to issue a letter recognizing NBWW and the contributions and achievements of working women. Every President since then has issued a proclamation recognizing NBWW.

East Los Angeles-Montebello BPW is a member of the California Federation of Business and Professional Women and also a member of the National Federation of
Business and Professional Women’s Clubs, inc. (NFBPWC) and BPW International. NFBPWC is 103-years-old this year and 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. Today, we continue the fight for passage of the Equal Rights Amendment, the ratification of the CEDAW treaty and equal pay for women. Membership is open to anyone who supports this and other items on our Public Policy Statement.

The recognition dinner is open to all interested people. Reservations are required. For more information about the dinner or about BPW, contact Linda Wilson, East Los Angeles-Montebello BPW, at (626) 307-5650 or lindalwilson@juno.com.