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Hills Monthly Meeting Date:
Monday, March 10, 2008
Time:
11:30 AM to 1:30 PM
Place:
Women's City Club of Pasadena
RSVP:
By March. 6, 2008 to Tori Poppenheimer
818
968 5446, tpoppenheimer@sbcglobal.net
Lunch and program; members
$25, guests $30
This
month is the most important meeting of the year!
As we ask ourselves, and decide as a group:
Where
are we going? Who do we want to be?
We are at a pivotal moment in the
history of both our Local Organization, and the
National Organization of BPW. What does this
group need to be to have significance for women
of today? More specifically, what do the members
want this LO to be? Are we:
- A political
advocacy group?
- A feminist
group?
- A networking
and member's business development group?
- A social
network?
- A
philanthropic organization?
- An
informational business support group?
- A personal
and emotional women's support group?
- Something
entirely different?
- Some mix of
many things?
BPW was founded originally with a
specific mission, to achieve equity for all women
in the workplace through advocacy, education and
information.
This included strong political
advocacy, lobbying at all levels of government to
promote legislation to eliminated discrimination
against women, especially in the work place.
The mission was also to educate
women, through scholarships for young promising
women, and also to educate in how to advocate for
yourself in the business world, how to recognize
discrimination and constructive methods for
addressing it. Additionally the mission was to
inform members of techniques for working within
the business world to be successful as a woman
and hear real life stories, perspectives, and
some sense of not being all alone.
However this mission seems to not
meet many women of today's needs. BPW membership
is plummeting on both a national and local level.
So the question is:
If that is
where we are are coming from:
Where are
we going?
Come help
us decide! Bring guests if possible, that way we
can get input from potential new members too!
Please come! This is really important, if you
only make one meeting this year, make it this
one!
Women's City Club of Pasadena
160 North Oakland Avenue
Pasadena, CA 91101
626/796-0560
Call for
viewing hours.
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Driving
Directions to the Women's City Club:
From 210 West (light blue above):
Take the Fair Oaks exit and make a left
turn onto Fair Oaks Avenue, crossing over
the freeway. Make a left turn onto Walnut
Street. Make a right turn onto Madison
Avenue (pass Oakland Avenue) and another
right into the second driveway to find
free parking in the lot behind the
Women's City Club.
From 134
East (dark blue above): Take the Fair
Oaks exit; make a right turn onto Fair
Oaks at the light. Make a left turn onto
Walnut Street. Make a right turn onto
Madison Avenue (pass Oakland Avenue) and
another right into the second driveway to
find free parking in the lot behind the
Women's City Club.
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