In this Must Know…
- Read our recap of the 2026 California Advocacy Day!
- CAMEO Network’s 2025 Annual Report
- A Birthday Letter to America
- Register for Building and Retaining Teams: Mission-Driven People Practices on June 18 and 25, 2026
- CAMEO Network is hiring a Finance Manager
- This week’s Goodie Highlight is Immigrants Rising and GO-Biz’s “Business Asset Protection Webinar for Business Owners and Employers” on June 18, 2026 at 3:00pm PT.
2026 California Advocacy Day: Recap
CAMEO Network’s 2026 California Advocacy Day brought powerful energy to Sacramento as our members came together to champion small business priorities at the Capitol. From a vibrant opening reception with the Latino Community Foundation to more than 40 legislative meetings, your voice truly made a difference. We left inspired and united in our mission to build a more equitable entrepreneurial landscape!
Read the full recap on our blog for all the highlights.
2025 Annual Report
We are excited to share our 2025 Annual Report! In 2025, we expanded our capacity-building programs to Texas and Illinois, concluded the MEHKO Project, and developed our 2026–28 strategic framework, alongside many other advocacy, training, and community-building initiatives. Thank you to our staff, partners, funders, and members for making this work possible. In these uncertain times, our collective leadership remains essential to a strong entrepreneurial ecosystem.
Write a Birthday Letter to America
America turns 250 on July 4, and CAMEO Network is joining A Birthday Letter to America, a national campaign by Business for America.
We’re writing a personal letter about what this milestone means to us — and we invite your CEO or Director to do the same. Letters may appear in a national showcase and June press moment.
Submit by June 18 at TF250.US/letter.
The Goodies
New Research
- Small business owners report slow, steady recovery according to Main Street America’s Spring 2026 Small Business Survey.
- The new Julian Bond Institute’s 2050 Survey Report is the first nationally representative survey examining financial experiences and aspirations across race and generation.
Free Webinars
- Join Immigrants Rising and GO-Biz on June 15, 2026 at 11:00am PT for “Business Asset Protection Webinar for Service Providers.”
- Join CalNonprofits for “Securing the Right to Vote: Election Protection Strategies” on June 16, 2026 at 10:00am PT.
For Your Clients
- Immigrants Rising is hosting a “Business Asset Protection Webinar for Business Owners and Employers” on June 18, 2026 at 3:00pm PT in collaboration with GO-Biz.
- The Welcome Standard is a platform that offers advice and resources to small businesses in World Cup cities to make the best of this economic opportunity.
Other Goodies
- Member News: The Greenlining Institute’s newly released Greenlined Banking Standards serve as a community-centered roadmap for how banks can advance racial and economic equity through their practices.
- Jobs: Pacific Community Ventures, Working Solutions CDFI, and Feed the Hunger Fund announced new jobs recently. See who else is hiring!