OCTOBER 2012

Volume 3, Issue 5

2012-13 Officers

President

Sharon

Taylor-Carrillo

Vice President

Naomi Drake

Secretary

Pamela Atkins

Treasurer

Evon Wood

Greater

Nashville

News

Hello BPW, members and friends,

NBWW is coming in October the 22 thru 26 and then Interim Board is just

around the corner on Saturday, November 10th. Please mark these important

dates on your calendar.

The October 11th meeting will be the last meeting this 2012 year, so we hope

to see you at the meeting.

December 1st we will travel on the BIG PINK Bus

with The Jugg Sisters. RSVP soon, only 5 seats are

still available.

Let’s have a great rest of the year, 2013 will be

here before you know it. Sharon

October meeting

Thursday, Oct. 11th

Dinner at 6:00pm Cost is $10.00

Please rsvp to Sharon by Monday Oct 8th

Menu: Ham / Chicken Casserole

Salad / Mixed Veggies / Corn Rolls/ Pecan Pie/ Strawberry Cake

Request your drink when RSVP

Program 6:30 Renee Bobb

Meeting 7:00

October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Domestic Violence Awareness Month evolved

from the first Day of Unity observed in October,

1981 by the National Coalition Against Domestic

Violence. The intent was to connect battered

women's advocates across the nation who were

working to end violence against women and their

children. The Day of Unity soon became a special week when a

range of activities were conducted at the local, state, and national

levels.

NBWW (National Business Women’s Week) is October

22—26 Since 1928 Business and Professional Women

has sponsored National Business Women’s Week®. Each

year during the third week of October, BPW members

across the country take the opportunity to celebrate and

acknowledge the accomplishments of working women.

Renee

Bobb

Renee Bobb is an authority in the field of self-publishing and small business development. Her company, R.B.I. Enter-

prise www.ReneeBobb.com and www.ReneeBobbmedia.com is a small business-consulting firm, designed to provide as-piring entrepreneurs with adequate information and resources for effective business maintenance and expansion.

Renee is the winner of the 2005 Small Business Administration, Virginia Women In Business Champion of the Year Award.

As Self-Publishing Consultants, we work with aspiring authors who want to learn how to write, market and self-publish their own books. Renee has four non-fiction books published including; Start Smart: The Women Entrepreneur Guide and

her top-seller, The Self-Publishing Process: The Beginners Guide to Book Publishing Success.

Over the past five years Renee has trained over 2,000 individuals on how to publish their own books. We have worked

with over 100 writers and helped them to publish their own books, as well as 6 local authors who landed a book publish-

ing deal with a national publishing company.

Renee is the founder and coordinator of the National Writers Empowerment Conference & Book Expo, www.NationalWritersEmpowermentConference.com. Over the past 4 years, Renee has seen amazing growth with the con-

ference servicing over 675 event participants.

As a reoccurring panelist for the National Publicity Summit (www.RTIR.com), Renee has had the opportunity to share her story and strategies to help aspiring authors to land TV and Radio Interviews with National TV and Radio Stations across

the country.6/14/2010

One of the highlights of Renee’s career is having the opportunity to host and produce her own TV Talk Show called “The

Author's Review TV Talk Show”, which airs on the Public Broadcast Station in Richmond, VA, Charlottesville, VA and , Time

Warner in Staten Island, NY and in 2010, Nashville, TN on Community Access TV. Her show reaches over 2 million households.

The goal of the show is to provide the viewing audience with information on publishing. We also introduce local authors who have

followed their dreams, tapped into their creative writing skills, and published their own books.

Starting in February 2010, “The Author’s Review TV Talk Show” can be seen 24.7 online at www.LiveStream.com/TheAuthorsReview. Renee’s TV Show has won the 2006-2007 Broadcast of Excellence Award for Charlottesville Comcast Cable.

In 2007 Renee launched “The Renee Bobb Radio Show” which airs every Tuesday on www.BlogTalkRadio.com/TheReneeBobbShow. With so many talents to share, public media is no stranger to Renee.

Renee has been living in Nashville, TN for over one year. Prior to that she lived in Virginia Beach, VA for over 16 years.

Renee is the mother of two school age children.

Greater Nashville BPW 2012-13 Calendar

No BPW Business meeting will be held in November, December, February,

and March due to other BPW Activities going on during those months.

OCTOBER 11TH NBWW, Breast Cancer Awareness Month, The Summit, Speaker Renee Bobb

NOVEMBER 10th Interim Board Meeting in Mt. Juliet

DECEMBER 1st December 1st NashTrash Murder Mystery Dinner Tour

JANUARY 10TH Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

FEBRUARY February Project Renewal House, Foundation month

MARCH Women’s History Month, Region II Meeting 16th, Yellow Roses Luncheon

APRIL 11TH Equal Pay Day, Annual Meeting, Election of Officers

MAY 9TH Awards and Installation of New Officers

JUNE 6-9 State Convention in Murfreesboro

We will give Valentine’s Day goodie bags to the 41 Renewal House participants. Please pace your donations so that you can

donate 41 of the same item, so that each one will get the same items in their bags. Example: we have 41 bags and 6 months to collect

items. If you divide that up and bring 7 of the same item each month, we will get 41. Examples of such items: travel size-lotions,

soap, powder, Make-up: different shades/ethnic groups: foundation, eye shadow, eye liner, lipstick, lip gloss, and blush.

We, Greater Nashville BPW, made our first donation to the Renewal House July 20th for their Incentive store .

Thank you for your generous donations ladies. Keep saving those items and bring them to our next meeting.

Holiday Event

Saturday December 1st.

for the NashTrash Murder

Mystery Dinner Tour. (payment will be due at our November 8th meeting)

The cost is $50.00

You may invite friends and or potential new members

Remember to bring your items for the Renewal House

RSVP’s so far :

7 BPW guest

Sharon

Pamela

Ann

A total of 15 spots

were reserved.

5 are still available,

so please confirm asap

9th Annual Economic Summit for Women

October 22, 2012

Nashville Airport Marriott

www.tnwomensummit.org or

ycwood@aol.com or call

615-253-4266 or 615-444-9663

The 2012 Interim Board will be held on

Saturday, November 10th at the

Holiday Inn Express and Suites, Mt Juliet

I-40 at Exit 226—South on Mt Juliet Road

Please save the date NOV. 10th and plan to attend.

Information will be on the website when it becomes available

NBWW

National Business Women’s Week

October 22nd thru 26th

THE SCHOLARSHIP FOR FUTURE COMMUNITY LEADERS Endeavoring to Aid Our Future Leaders Today

Established to honor distinguished community and technical college students, The Scholarship for Future Community Leaders recognizes African American women in the middle Tennessee area who have a proven history of academic excellence and active community service. The $500 scholarship is available to women between 18-25 who are high school graduates. Appli-cants must currently be attending a community college or technical school in middle Tennessee in an academic program granting an Associates Degree or an accredited certification upon comple-tion. Requirements: (1) 3.0 GPA or higher, (2) must be a student in good standing in the upcoming se-mester/quarter or will be graduating/receiving certification in the current semester/quarter, (3) must provide written and photographic documentation of community service for at least one year prior to application submission, and (4) completion of a 500-1,000 word essay explaining how she would address a current community challenge, including stating the specific problem and outlining a plan of action.

Applications will be accepted by Evon Wood, Scholarship Administrator, (615) 576-0773

September 15 through November 15. Detailed guidelines available online at: www.futurecommunityleaders.org info@futurecommunityleaders.org

Oct 6, 1917 (1977) - Fannie Lou Hamer, voting rights crusader;

helped organize the Mississippi Freedom Summer in 1964

Oct 11, 1884 (1962) - Eleanor Roosevelt, civil rights advocate;

feminist; author; world diplomat; former First Lady (1933-1945)

Oct 13, c.1754 (1832) - Mary Hays McCauley, "Molly Pitcher" of Battle

of Monmouth, 1778; legendary water-carrying heroine of the American Revolution

Oct 17, 1943 - Vilma Socorro Martinez, lawyer; first female U.S. Am-

bassador to Argentina (2009); civil rights crusader; one of first women on the board of the Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund

Oct 18, 1956 - Martina Navratilova, tennis champion; 9 time Wimble-

don singles winner

Oct 23, 1906 (2003) - Gertrude Ederle, first woman to swim the Eng-

lish Channel, 1926

Oct 24, 1830 (1917) - Belva Lockwood, first woman admitted to prac-

tice law before Supreme Court, 1879; ran for office of U.S. President 1884

and 1888

Oct 26, 1911 (1972) - Mahalia Jackson, considered world’s greatest

gospel singer, sang at Martin Luther King’s 1963 March on Washington

Oct 27, 1940 - Maxine Hong Kingston, award-winning author of The

Woman Warrior , an autobiography about the Chinese-American female ex-

perience Oct 31, 1860 (1927) - Juliette Low, founder and first president of

the Girl Scouts of the USA

Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday BPW Members,, Happy Birthday to you.

October Highlights in US Women's History

Oct 3, 1904 - Mary McLeod Bethune opens her first school for African-American students in Daytona

Beach, FL

Oct 4, 1976 - Barbara Walters becomes the first woman co-anchor of the evening news (at ABC)

Oct 4, 1993 - Ruth Bader Ginsburg joins the U.S. Supreme Court as its second woman and 107th

justice

Oct 8, 1993 - Toni Morrison becomes the first African American woman to win the Nobel Prize for

Literature

Oct 9, 1923—Frankie J. Pierce, born to a house slave in Smith County , Tennessee, became the su-

perintendent of the first vocational school for girls in Tennessee, a position she held until 1939.

Oct 10, 1983 - Dr. Barbara McClintock receives the Nobel Prize for Medicine for her discovery in ge-

netics about mobile genetic elements

Oct 11, 1984 - Dr. Kathryn D. Sullivan is the first U.S. woman astronaut to "walk" in space during

Challenger flight

Oct 15, 1948 - Dr. Frances L. Willoughby is the first woman doctor in the regular U.S. Navy

Oct 16, 1916 - Margaret Sanger opens the U.S.’s first birth control clinic in Brooklyn, NY

Oct 23, 1910 - Blanche Stuart Scott is the first American woman pilot to make a public flight

Oct 24, 1956 - Reverend Margaret Towner is the first woman ordained a minister in the Presbyterian

Church

Oct 28, 1958 - Mary Roebling is the first woman director of a stock exchange (American Stock Ex-

change)

Greater Nashville BPW

P.O. Box 70296

Nashville, TN 37207

October

Greater Nashville BPW Membership:

Susan Jakoblew 1/08

Evon Wood 1/26

Margaret Heath 1/31

Peggy Fite 2/13

Karen Wilkerson 3/14

Miguel Carrillo 9/29

Sharon Taylor-Carrillo 11/13

Ann Lay 11/15

Naomi Drake 11/25

Pamela Atkins 11/30

Alice Spicer 12/21

Janee Boyd DOB Please send me your birthdate

if it is not listed. Thanks.

GrtNashBPW.org

BPWTN.org

The 2012-13 BPW year we will meet at the Watkins College

on Rosa Parks Blvd in Metro Center.

Meetings and/or Activities will be held every month.

Please mark your calendar now and make plans to attend

something each month.

We are

collecting the can

pull tabs to

donate to the

Ronald McDonald House.

Please bring them to the

monthly meeting

BPW Foundation Donations: Just a reminder that if you do NOT wear your BPW pin AND

your name tag to the meeting, we will gladly accept your $1.00

donation to Foundation (for each)

Also, if your phone rings during a meeting we will gladly stop and

accept your $5.00 donation to the Foundation.

Our Foundation Donations goal is $25.00 per member

this 2012-13 year.

Let’s continue to support the BPW Foundation which helps

women continue their education across the United States.

Thank you.