Southfield Mayor Brenda L. Lawrence will serve as the keynote speaker at the Greater Lansing Area Club of The National Association of Negro Business and Professional Women’s Club, Inc. (NANBPWC) 27th annual Founders’ Day Awards Brunch on April 18 in Lansing.
Mayor Lawrence will present “Ordinary Women Making Extraordinary Gains,” which is this year’s selected theme. As part of the program, the Club will also honor several Lansing area residents who have impacted the community in a significant and positive way.
Each year clubs of the NANBPWC host a celebration to honor its national and local founders. Effie Diton, Adelaide Fleming, Pearl Flipping, Josephine B. Keene, E. Odessa Young, Ollie Chinn Porter and Bertha Perry Rhodes founded the national organization in 1935. The Greater Lansing Area Club charter was established on July 28, 1982 under the leadership of Lela M. Eaton with active charter members the Late Odean Bradley, Gloria Davis, Dorothy Hudson, Betty Nixon, Claudine Walker and Eugenia Williams.
The organization is composed of area business and professional women, whose mission is to promote and protect the interest of business and professional women, create good fellowship, unite for action to improve social and civic conditions, to create and develop opportunities for African American women and develop youth through educational assistance. The club accomplishes its mission through its HEED program, which focuses on Health, Employment, Education and Economic Development.
The 27th Annual Founders’ Day Awards Brunch will commence at 10 a.m. on Saturday, April 18 at the Best Western Midway Hotel, 7711 W. Saginaw Highway, Lansing, Michigan. Tickets may be purchased for $25 from any club member or by contacting Gloria Davis at (517) 487-1913, Renee Freeman (313) 550-0183 or Patricia Turner (517) 881-5396.