In this Must Know…
- Join CAMEO Network’s 2025 Annual Virtual Member Meeting
- CAMEO Network at the 2025 SBAN Conference
- For Your Clients: Join Public Private Strategies on November 13, 2025 at 12:00pm PT / 3:00pm ET for “Demystifying Medicare: What Every Employer Needs to Know.”
- Download our Updated Shutdown Toolkit which includes resources and talking points for engaging with elected officials as well as guidance for contractors and SBA loan recipients.
- Join Series 2 of our 9-course series on CDFI Microlending Origination and Portfolio Management, starting TODAY.
- Encourage your clients to complete the Federal Reserve’s 2025 Small Business Credit Survey.
- This week’s Goodie Highlight is FinRegLab’s new project to help CDFIs use electronic bank data to measure small business borrowers’ financial health.
2025 Annual Virtual Member Meeting
Join us for CAMEO Network’s end-of-year virtual member meeting and networking event on December 11, 2025 at 2:30pm PT / 5:30pm ET.
Connect with fellow members from across the country, hear the latest updates from CAMEO Network, and close out the year together with a fun virtual happy hour.
It’s our favorite way to wrap up the year — celebrating our collective impact, being in community, and preparing for the opportunities ahead.
CAMEO Network at SBAN
CAMEO Network’s Communications Program Manager, Daniela Fernandez-Ulen, will represent us at the Small Business Anti-Displacement Network Conference, November 12–14, 2025 in College Park, MD. She’ll join the SB 1103 Coalition on the panel “Combating Small Business Displacement through Policy Advocacy & Legal Strategy.” Don’t miss this conversation on fostering resilient small businesses and advancing anti-displacement strategies.
For Your Clients: Medicare Made Clear for Employers
Join Public Private Strategies and AARP on November 13, 2025 at 12:00pm PT / 3:00pm ET for “Demystifying Medicare: What Every Employer Needs to Know,” a free webinar for HR professionals, benefits managers, and small business leaders. Learn how Medicare works with employer coverage, when employees should enroll, and how to prevent penalties or gaps.
The Goodies
Research & Resources
- Read Nonprofit PRO’s latest article on how nonprofits are reducing their environmental impact.
- The Brookings Institute recently published a research article on “Stabilizing Latino entrepreneurs amid federal policy volatility.”
For Your Clients
- The Center for Strategic Policy Innovation is hosting a training on how to jumpstart community-based clean energy projects on November 12, 2025 at 11:00am PT.
- COOK Alliance is hosting a Spanish-language MEHKO 101 Webinar on November 13, 2025 at 5:30pm PT.
Professional Opportunities
- Join the CalAsian Chamber of Commerce’s 12th Annual California Policy Summit on November 13, 2025 in Sacramento, CA.
- FinRegLab is launching a new project to help CDFIs use electronic bank data to measure small business borrowers’ financial health and is seeking 3–4 lenders to participate as pilots, offering up to $100,000 in grants and donated data pulls.
Other Goodies
- Funding Opportunity: Justworks.org is offering $100,000 grants to three nonprofits that support entrepreneurs facing extraordinary challenges, aiming to strengthen their capacity and impact, with applications due by November 14, 2025.
- Jobs: Pacific Community Ventures, National Consumer Law Center, and Greenlining announced new jobs recently. See who else is hiring!