Who We Are
Welcome to Upper Keys Business and Professional Women (BPW). We are a nonprofit, nonpartisan, member-led organization open to all who support our mission.
As a local affiliate of BPW Florida, we come together for the benefit of our members and our community as a whole. For more than 50 years, Upper Keys BPW has made a tangible difference in the lives of working women and their families in the Upper Florida Keys.
Join Us at These Upcoming Events
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12/01/2023 5:00 PM • Bayside Grille & Sunset Bar (MM 99.5 Bayside)
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12/06/2023 8:00 AM • Your Home computer
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12/20/2023 6:00 PM • Key Largo (address provided with registration confirmation)
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01/03/2024 8:00 AM • Your Home computer
Congratulations 2023 Woman and Business of the Year!
Each October, we celebrate National Business Women’s Week by naming a Business of the Year and Woman of the Year: member-run businesses and individual members that have inspired us and made particularly positive impacts on our organization and the broader community over the past 12 months.
2023 Woman of the Year Patricia Milian
2023 Business of the Year Voyage Blue Travel/Ilja Chapman
Click here to read about them and all the amazing 2023 Nominees!
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Our MissionThe BPW mission is to achieve equity for all women in the workplace through advocacy, education and information. We seek to empower the women in our community to reach their full potential. We accomplish this by creating opportunities for personal and professional growth, providing scholarships to adult women in support of their education and career advancement, and advocating for issues that matter to working women and their families.The National Federation of Business and Professional Women’s Clubs was founded in July 1919 and has a long history of notable achievements on behalf of women. Every working woman has benefited from the organization's efforts in education, scholarship, public policy, equal pay and lobbying for women's rights.E-blast AdvertisingGot a job opening you're trying to fill? A new location to promote? An event you want to get the word out? Send an email blast to our active mailing list of over 400 members and others in the Florida Keys.$20.00 - Members $35.00 - Non-Members Proceeds go to our Women's Scholarships and other programs to support working women in our community! | What Can Upper Keys BPW |
Check out our new BPW Job Board!
This service helps match employers and employees in our Upper Keys community while raising funds for our Scholarship program and other activities.
2023-2024 BPW/FL PUBLIC POLICY PLATFORM 1. Economic Equity, Opportunity & Self-Sufficiency 2. Health Care 3. Voting Rights & Access The BPW/FL Public Policy Platform is reviewed each year by the state Public Policy Committee and any proposed changes are presented for adoption at the annual state conference. If you are passionate about these issues and their impact on working women, consider joining the BPW Public Policy Committee at the local and/or state level. CLICK HERE TO STAY INFORMED ABOUT BPW/FL LEGISLATIVE NEWS
Newsletters | COMMITTEE MEMBERS NEEDED! Membership Scholarship Hospitality Finance/Audit If you would like to get more value from your Upper Keys BPW membership, consider joining or chairing a committee! Interested? Learn more here. |
Read our April 2023 letter regarding Florida House Bill 7 here.