Women's Business Ownership Act 20th Anniversary Celebration

WHAT: 20th Anniversary Celebration of the U.S. Women's Business Ownership Act

Reception celebrating the 20th anniversary of House Resolution 5050, the Women's Business Ownership Act of 1988, landmark legislation which created the National Women's Business Council (NWBC), SBA Office of Women's Business Ownership (OWBO), and the Women's Business Center (WBC) program and improved women business owners' access to capital and various resources. Event will include recognition of the "founding mothers" of the women's entrepreneurship community, legislators who were at the forefront of the original passage of H.R. 5050, and current congressional advocates, as well as the unveiling of the "Roadmap to 2020" -- a vision for the future of women's business ownership.

    WHO: Former Congressman John LaFalce, original sponsor of H.R. 5050
         Former Congresswoman Lindy Boggs, H.R. 5050 co-sponsor
         Former Congresswoman Nancy Johnson H.R. 5050 co-sponsor (invited)
         Carole Jean Jordan, Chair, National Women's Business Council
         Senator John Kerry, Chair, Senate Committee on Small Business and
         Entrepreneurship (invited)
         Representative Nydia Velazquez, Chair, House Committee on Small
         Business (invited)
         Sandy K. Baruah, Acting Administrator, U.S. Small Business
         Administration (invited)
         Jovita Carranza, Deputy Administrator, U.S. Small Business
         Administration (invited)

Other participants will include the "founding mothers" of the women's entrepreneurship community, members of the National Women's Business Council, leaders of major women's business organizations and women business owners.

    WHEN:  Wednesday, September 10, 2008
           4:00 p.m. -- 6:00 p.m.

    WHERE: U.S. Capitol, Mansfield Room (S-207)
           Washington, DC

For additional information or to attend the event, please contact Allison Gilmore, NWBC Director of Communications & Research Analysis, at 202-205-6827 or at allison.gilmore@nwbc.gov.

SOURCE U.S. Small Business Administration

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