The reference materials below are part of our educational series on public policy and advocacy for women business owners.

Public Policy Reference Guides

Take Action! Five Ways to Get Involved in Public Policy
How to Testify Before a Governing Body
How to Lobby and Build Relationships
Write an Op-Ed: How and Why

Useful Websites Related to Public Policy
www.congress.org - excellent source for directories of all elected officials at both the federal and state levels; search for legislation and issues; and more. The good stuff is at the very bottom of the homepage. Click on 'Track votes by email' for a great little services that notifies you of who votes for and against legislation.

Other Non-Profit Organizations 

National Women Business Owners Corporation (NWBOC)
Use this link to read about and download the WBE Certification application.

Women Impacting Public Policy (WIPP)
WIPP represents women business owners' interests in Washington DC. 

National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO)
NAWBO is a 35-year old organization, with 80 chapters nationwide. They have been very influential over they years in providing leadership regarding women business owners.

Center for Women's Business Research (CWBR)
Find useful statistics and research reports on the website of this internationally recognized leader in research regarding women and business.

National Women's Business Council
The National Women's Business Council is a bi-partisan Federal advisory council created to serve as an independent source of advice and policy recommendations to the President, Congress, and the U.S. Small Business Administration on economic issues of importance to women business owners. 

Small Business Administration's Government Contracting Webpage
This is where to find the WBE advocate for each major governmental agency, as well as various federal initiatives to increase business opportunities for women business owners.

Political Party Websites

Democratic National Committee www.democrats.org
Women's Vote Center (Democrat) www.democrats.org/wvc
Republican National Committee www.RNC.org
National Federation of Republican Women  www.NFRW.org
The White House www.whitehouse.gov

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