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
The Latest in Chapter Advocacy
Press Release: NAWBO Buffalo Niagara Honors the Legacy of Congressman John LaFalce, Champion of Women Entrepreneurs
Dear NAWBO members: NAWBO Buffalo Niagara Honors the Legacy of Congressman John LaFalce, Champion of Women Entrepreneurs BUFFALO, NY – April 14 – The National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO) Buffalo Niagara Chapter joins the Western New York community in mourning the passing of Congressman John J. LaFalce, a lifelong advocate for economic equality and a pivotal champion of women’s entrepreneurship. Congressman LaFalce represented Western New York in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1975 to 2003. Among his many accomplishments, one of the most transformative was his sponsorship of the Women’s Business Ownership Act of 1988 (H.R. 5050) – a bipartisan law that reshaped the future for women in business. As [...]