On March 18, 2013, BPW Calgary members, partners and supporters gathered to mark Equal Pay Day near the “Women are Persons” monument in the Olympic Plaza. President Jenny Gulamani-Abdulla set the tone by chanting, “Equal Pay, Equal Pay, Equal Pay”. The crowd joined her energetically as she revealed that the Premier of Alberta, Alison Redford sent special greetings with strong support for the day. She also shared that the Mayor of Calgary, Naheed Nenshi, issued a letter of recognition to acknowledge Equal Pay Day.
BPW International awarded a Certificate of Recognition to BPW Calgary in Puerto Rico during the International Congress in recognition for their contribution to the empowerment of working women and their Equal Pay Day efforts.
Media Coverage
Alberta Prime Time did conduct a one-on-one interview with BPW Calgary President on Alberta Prime Time on March 15, 2013. However, this video is no longer available to view on their video archives. You can view it by contacting BPW Calgary by email at info@bpwcalgary.com You can still check out the 2014 video at http://alberta.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=540393&binId=1.2002989&playlistPageNum=1 and view our own 2013 video highlight recorded at the Olympic Plaza https://bpwcalgary.com/news/equal-pay-day-highlight-video-march-18-2013/ Scroll down for Photos of the event.
On March 18, the CBC ran an article about BPW Calgary’s Equal Pay Day event while the Calgary Herald published a photo gallery from the event.
Photos courtesy of Jodi O. Photography