Business and Professional Women’s Federation

SoCal 1st Business and Professional Women Celebrate 50th Anniversary

Sentinel News ServiceMay 16, 2018

The Church of God in Christ Southern California First Jurisdiction’s Business and Professional Women (BPW) will celebrate the 50th anniversary of BPW’s 1968 elevation to a COGIC national auxiliary. BPW will also salute the appointment of its first president and chairwoman, the late Bessie Christian of Southern California First, and the late Gladys Yizar, as secretary. The celebration will be held during the Annual Personal Development Conference on Saturday, May 19, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel and Resort, 6161 Centinela Ave., in Culver City. The ticket donation is $40. Dr. Wanda Barnett Street, M.D., MPH and BPW

Religion

COGIC Business & Professional Women host conference

August 26, 2015

Dr. Barbara McCoo Lewis will headline the 2015 Annual Day Conference and 25th Anniversary “Special Recognition” Luncheon hosted by the Business and Professional Women’s Federation (BPWF) of the Southern California First Jurisdiction of the Church of God in Christ (COGIC). The event takes place on Saturday, September 5, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., in the Crystal Room at West Angeles Church of God in Christ, 3045 Crenshaw Blvd., in Los Angeles. Dr. Wanda Barnett Street, M.D., is the event chair, Attorney Sheila Bankhead Grisham is the co-chair, Bishop Joe Ealy is the First Jurisdiction presiding prelate and Presiding Bishop