NWPC Women’s Equality Day Dinner 2023

On August 11, 2023, NWPC Fresno held our annual Women’s Equality Day Dinner. It was a great success! The keynote speaker was California Senate Pro Tempore, Toni Atkins. The event was emceed by California NWPC President, Sabrina Ashjian. The honorees this year included Veva Islas, Destiny Rodriguez, Lee Ann Eager, Assemblyman Dr. Joaquin Arambula, and Simone Cranston-Rhodes. Please take a moment to look through our gallery. All photos are by Fresno’s Photo Laureate, Howard Watkins. 

A Special Thanks to Our Sponsors!

Platinum Sponsors

Congressman Jim Costa

Destiny’s Children

Fresno County Economic Development Corporation 

State Center Community College District

Diamond Sponsors

Assembly Member Joaquin Arambula 

Senator Melissa Hurtado

Shelly Kim & Layne Wright-Wall Sisters

Silver Sponsors

Cathy Brass

Central Labor Council

Chet & Lynn Badertscher

Diane Milutinovich

Donna Newman

Fresno City Council President Tyler Maxwell

Fresno Stonewall Democrats 

Lucia Noia

Missy Heffron and Carole Laval

Pao Yang

Planned Parenthood Mar Monte 

SEIU 521