This month, we are focused on belongingness and growing our membership with the NAWBO National Membership Drive. Nobody says it better, in my opinion, than Nellie L. McClung, a Canadian woman who fought for women to have the right to vote in Canada in the early 1900s:
“Women are going to form a chain, a greater sisterhood than the world has ever known.”
I envision standing hand-in-hand with my NAWBO sisters to form a chain of women entrepreneurs stretching across our great nation … could the 14 million women business owners in the United States reach from coast to coast if we were all standing in a chain, holding hands and supporting each other? These 14 million women business owners, each on their own entrepreneurial journey, are creating jobs for our community, which brings employment to nine million people, which is 9.2% of our country’s jobs. We are providing our own families and other families with commerce and industry to the tune of $2.7 trillion in revenue annually. What a wonderful vision of belonging and support for these dreamers, entrepreneurs, job creators, revenue builders and community architects.
I encourage you to consider joining the NAWBO sisterhood this month! During our membership drive through November 30, you can grab a $50 discount on your membership fees. It is a small investment to stand in a community of belonging, to make a difference in supporting other women business owners in need of your encouragement, your resources, your strategy and your company’s exchange of business. Join NAWBO today and you might just find that by supporting yourself in your own business endeavors, you might be able to support another NAWBO sister who is expanding her boundaries and opportunity.
We are stronger together when we lean on each other, when we mentor and learn from one another, when we celebrate and commiserate. NAWBO is where we belong!
Sincerely,
Angie Noll
President of NAWBO Chicago
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