CAMEO sponsors SB446, a bill to promote microenterprise development Click here for more >>

Muhammad Yunus, a pioneer in microfinancing, wins the Nobel Peace Prize. Click to read AEO's press release. Click to read a sample press release that you can modify and submit to your local press.

Fresno Legislative Hearing on Microenterprise a Great Success!
Microenterprise development was at the center of a legislative hearing in Fresno on July 26. The hearing was organized by Assemblymember Juan Arambula (D - Fresno) and the Assembly Committee on Jobs, Economic Development and the Economy (JEDE), and was sponsored by CAMEO.
Click here to read an article in the Fresno Bee about the hearing >>
To download a White Paper [PDF]written by the Assembly Committee on Jobs, Economic Development and the Economy, right-click on the link and select "Save Target As." Save it to your desktop.


Click here to read Assemblyman Juan Arambula's press release >>

Read about CAMEO's 2006 Advocacy Campaign

CAMEO has partnered with the Jobs, Economic Development and the Economy Committee (JEDE) and Chair Juan Arambula (D - Fresno) to hold a legislative hearing on microenterprise in Fresno, which took place on July 26. Click here to read an article in the Fresno Bee >>

Click here to read the JEDE White Paper written for the hearing >>
The JEDE has opened the paper up for public comments. If you would like to provide comments, please send them to Heather Gray at hgray@microbiz.org by September 12, 2006.

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.

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.

Please stay tuned for new updates