[Posted Jan. 2, 2008]

Group Launches To Aid Minority-Owned Local Women Firms

   Women Impacting Public Policy (WIPP), the nation’s largest political advocacy group for women and minority owned businesses, has announced the launch of a Virginia Beach Instant Impact team on Jan. 15, 2008.
   WIPP Instant Impact is a national grassroots initiative created to empower the organization’s more than half a million members, as well as small business owners across America, to become actively engaged with the district offices of their elected representatives. WIPP Instant Impact teams will work to build relationships and educate lawmakers and fellow business owners about legislation that affects small businesses across the country, concerning issues such as health care for their employees, federal procurement regulations and access to capital.
 

   WIPP Instant Impact has successfully launched teams in several states around the country, including New York, Texas, Illinois and Florida, and is slated to launch more than 30 teams in 2008.
    The Virginia Beach WIPP Instant Impact team kickoff meeting will take place on Jan.15, 2008, from 8:45 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., at the Hilton Garden Inn, 252 Town Center Drive, Virginia Beach. The event will be coordinated by WIPP Instant Impact team leaders Indy Freeman, President and CEO of TeknoLogix, and Tammy Owens, Minority Business Development Manager for Virginia Beach Economic Development.
  For more information about the meeting, visit http://www.wipp.org/events.asp.

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