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California Woman






                                                                       Fall Edition 2022













                              California Taking Action!
                              Bessie R. Hironimus, President

                                        Greetings!   Welcome to the first issue of the California Wom-
                              an of this term.  We hope it finds you well and rested.  We just cele-
                              brated the 92nd anniversary of BPW International.  Many Federa-
                              tions and Affiliate Clubs celebrated the 26th of August dressed in
                              yellow and having the Candlelight Ceremony.   Your president was a
                              guest of the Latin America Region representing the USA.

                    We started this new year with the celebration of BPW Berkeley's 100th anni-
          versary.   Their committee did a great job.  Much preparation was made for this cel-
          ebration which had a great participation of BPW members, community leaders and
          government representatives.  There were several awardees and speakers joining
          them.

                   The National Biennial Conference was held in Sacramento at the Embassy
          Suites.  It was held in a hybrid mode with the theme ‘Together Again’! with the par-
          ticipation of members and guests from several states Also present were several in-
          ternational members joining us.  Besides the International President  Catherine
          Bosshart, there were our Regional Coordinator Dawne Williams, Past International
          Presidents Liz Benham and  Yasmin Darwich, and Latin America Regional Coordinator
          Diana Barragan. We also had with us, a group of Young BPW members who are Af-
          ghan refugees and are very active with several projects to help other Afghan women
          and girls.  We are proud to have had such a large number of members from Califor-
          nia participating.  Marjory Hopper did a great job with the Memorial Service, and
          Sher Sing provided live entertainment during the Gala Dinner.


          There were several breakout sessions presenting informative and timely issues.  The
          election of officers resulted on the reelection of the President and the two Vice
          Presidents, the election of the Young BPW Emily Vonvavleck from New York, the ap-
          pointment of a Treasurer and of our  own California member Sondra Nunez as the
          Secretary.   Past President Sandy Thompson will continue as the National Parliamen-
          tarian. Also elected was Manjul Batra as the new Nominations Chair.

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