Our Thirty Ninth Annual Outstanding Achievement Awards Reception, all the proceeds of which go to our endorsed candidates and endorsed issues, will be held this year on Thursday, May 1, 2025, from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at the Contemporary Arts Center.  At this event we honor extraordinary women and occasionally extraordinary men, who, through their life’s work and efforts, have contributed to the advancement of women’s rights and to the furtherance of the growth of the community.

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This year, we are extremely proud to be honoring four individuals with our Outstanding Achievement Awards.  Cathy Bernardino Bailey is the incoming Assistant City Manager of Cincinnati and was formerly the Executive Director of Greater Cincinnati Water Works, where she was the first woman and African-American to lead the utility. In 2018 she was recognized as one of Greater Cincinnati YWCA's Career Women of Achievement.  Dot Christenson, after retiring from a career in nonprofit program development, worked at a fair-housing agency,  with the Charter Committee, where she is a Board member, the League of Women Voters, Planned Parenthood and more.  She is the author of a biography of her good friend Marian Spencer titled "Keep on Fighting: The Life and Civil Right Legacy of Marian A. Spencer.  Scott Knox is an attorney who has spent his career focusing on the LGBTQ community.  His firm works to overturn discriminatory laws, and until these laws are changed, helps clients with what is necessary to protect them and their loved ones.  Judge Marilyn Zayas is currently a Judge on the 1st District Court of Appeals.  When elected she was the first Latina judge on any district court of appeals in the state.  Prior to that she was a lawyer working to serve her community.  All of our honorees have worked to make our region and the world the best it can be.

 

Once again, this will be CWPC’s major fundraising event for 2025. The funds we raise are all contributed to our endorsed candidates and issues. We ask that you give generously, as the more money we raise, the more CWPC-PAC can contribute to and promote increased participation of candidates and issues which support and will work for the goals of CWPC:  the social, economic, and political advancement of women.

 

There are several ways to contribute. You can be a Donor for $100, a Sponsor for $150.00, a Patron for $250.00, a Benefactor for $500.00, or an Underwriter for $1,000.00 and above.  A gift in any of these categories received by April 1st includes your name on the invitation, in the program, and your admission to the reception. Regular tickets for the event are $50.  You can register through Eventbrite.  The link to register is:  https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cwpc-39th-annual-women-of-achievement-reception-tickets-1218453911449?aff=oddtdtcreator.

 

You can also send a check payable to CWPC-PAC to Barbara Myers, 2392 Dana Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45208, or you can give your credit card information. Email me for the form.  Regular tickets for the event are $50. 

 

Since you are donating to a PAC, by law we are required to disclose the names of donors and the value of their donations in our financial filing statement. Corporate donations/checks are prohibited.

 

We look forward to seeing you on May 1st. Your support of and contribution to CWPC is vital and much appreciated.