Advocacy
Amplify Our Voice Through Advocacy
This committee educates members on NAWBO’s public policy priorities, coordinates legislative visits on behalf of the Chapter, and fosters relationships with local and regional policymakers. The goal is to ensure our members’ voices are heard and represented on issues that impact women business owners.
Learn more about how NAWBO has been the voice of women business owners, making sure we are at the table with key decision makers on Capitol Hill and speaking out on the issues that are most important, plus empowering our chapter leaders and members to do the same in their states and communities across the U.S. To best represent the diversity within our membership, all the business advocacy issues we engage in are bipartisan in nature. Learn More Here
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Our Nonpartisan Legacy – We Applaud Candidates from Both Political Parties Running for Office
Our Nonpartisan Legacy – We Applaud Candidates from Both Political Parties Running for Office NAWBO was founded 41 years ago at a time when business organizations generally were not open to women. The founders wanted women to have options and opportunities to succeed for themselves and for others. They achieved a great deal. They broke through barriers resulting in women getting their own business loans and being counted as business owners in government data. NAWBO also served as a nonpartisan advocate for all women business owners. Today, it is our pleasure to carry on their nonpartisan legacy. NAWBO Buffalo-Niagara recognizes that our members benefit from the founders’ hard work [...]