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California Celebrated Microenterprise Development Month in October 2005!
CAMEO has created a scrapbook to document statewide events for this historic month. You can find photos of events, ceremonies, and presentations. You can also read newspaper articles, clippings, and op-eds written by microenterprise development organizations about the importance of microenterprise to the California economy.
MED Month scrapbook >>
Read the resolution language here >>
CAMEO's Microenterprise Development Month Press Release
Speaker pro Tem Leland Yee hosts press conference on October 28
Speaker pro Tem Yee (D-San Francisco/Daly City) joined leaders from CAMEO and Women’s Initiative for Self Employment at the Crayon Box Preschool in San Francisco for a press conference on October 28, to announce that October is Microenterprise Development Month in California. Assembly Concurrent Resolution (ACR) 76, authored by Speaker pro Tem Yee and sponsored by CAMEO, dedicates October as Microenterprise Development Month throughout California. The preschool where the press conference took place is the site of a Women's Initiative graduate’s business. Read Speaker pro Tem Yee's press release.
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Speaker pro Tem Yee presents Catherine Marshall a Resolution marking October as Microenterprise Development Month. Women's Initiative Executive Director Julie Abrams also received a Resolution. |
Resolution Language
CAMEO's Op-Ed on Microenterprise Development
Op-Ed Published in the San Francisco Chronicle by Women's Initiative for Self Employement's Julie Abrams
Op-Ed Published in the San Diego Union-Tribune by Accion San Diego's Andrew Hapke
New! Microenterprise Development in Action
Note: This is a PDF file of a printed piece. In the printed version, Page 2 of this 3-page document is a centerfold measuring 11" x 17". Since most people do not have the capability to print that size, we offer two alternatives.
Page 2 legal size. This is the most legible option. (Your printer may automatically reduce the size to letter size, however).
Page 2 letter size.
CAMEO's Public Education Brochure [PDF]
This in-depth microenterprise development primer is targeted to legislators and potential advocates. The Public Education Brochure issues an appeal to the general public for action on behalf of microenterprise programs and includes California-based success stories and statistics. The Brochure focuses on these central questions:
- What is microenterprise development and how does it benefit California?
- Why should I support access to microenterprise development for all Californians?
- How can I ensure local access to microenterprise development services?
Assemblymember Yee's Fact Sheet on Microenterprise Development Month
Click for more information on celebrations throughout the state of California Microenterprise Development Month
CAMEO has put together a scrapbook of event announcements, photos, and newspaper clippings of this historic microenterprise development month. This will be updated throughout the month as events take place and we receive updated material.
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