Raton honors professional business women

by Colette M. Armijo
RATON — October 19-23, 2015 has been declared “Raton Professional Business Women’s Week”.  Citizens of Raton will join in to salute working women, encouraging and promoting a celebration and acknowledgement of all their achievements.  During this week, business and professional women will be honored for their daily contributions to the community’s economic, civic and cultural well being.  This week has also been declared “New Mexico Business Women’s Week” by the Honorable Suzanna Martinez, Governor of the State of New Mexico.
On October 13, 2015, members of the Raton Chapter of the Professional Business Women New Mexico (PBWNM received a proclamation signed by Mayor pro-tem of Raton James Neil Segotta Jr.  The proclamation highlighted the continued efforts and initiatives coordinated by the group which was initially started in 1928.  Interestingly, it also identified that women constitute over 52% of New Mexico’s workforce and that women-owned business account for 31.7% of all New Mexico’s companies.
PBWNM continues to adopt a legislative platform that supports women in all stages of their lives and with equality under the law, regardless of gender, age, ethnicity, physical abilities, or class.  PBWNM proudly improves the lives of women throughout the state of New Mexico by sponsoring programs, promoting leadership, communication, negotiation, and many other skills needed by women for their success.
PBWNM takes this opportunity to urge all women across New Mexico, and nationwide, to recognize their own power, especially to make a difference in their own lives by exercising their right to vote.