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Announcement:

The program chair was given a challenge to obtain an outstanding speaker from
Southern California …..because our Northern neighbors had a speaker.
So my challenge was to get a good one.

Mayor Karen Bass?.. or perhaps Gloria Allred? Both interested in women’s
issues. However let’s look at our own Federation. And I came out with the perfect
speaker.

At Annual Conference we will have a speaker and member from southern Cali-
fornia - Ashley Maria, who is a member of Hollywood BPW. She had a goal (to be a Di-
rector in Hollywood). She faced many difficulties in making that happen. She fund-
raised to be able to produce and direct an award-winning film called "Pioneers in
Skirts." She will soon have another documentary coming out. Her activities in BPW in-
cluding working with BPW-International. National, State, District and Club level. She
represented BPW-International at the United Nations Commission on the Status Wom-
en before the Pandemic. For two years she represented our Young BPW members on
the NFBPWC Executive Committee and was the person who got the Young BPW mem-
ber as a permanent position on the NFBPWC Executive Committee. Ashley Maria will
share her message on Zoom via a video as we did for Congress Woman and member
of East Los Angeles-Montebello BPW Judy Chu and newly elected Los Angeles County
Supervisor Lindsey Horvath.

She will share how not to give up in remembering the words of
Susan B Anthony: “Failure is Impossible.”

Marjory Hopper

CFBPW Program Chair