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In this Must Know…
- Policy Agenda for COVID-19 Recovery – Taking the Long View
- New Social Media Handles
- Join “Reopening Best Practices for California Nonprofit and Small Business Employers” on August 26, 2020 at 11:00am PDT.
- This week’s Goodie highlight is the webinar on CAMEO and the WBC’s Measure Up Project, on September 10, 2020 at 2:00pm PDT.
Policy Agenda for COVID-19 Recovery
The country’s small businesses are facing unprecedented challenges and devastation and that the pain has not been equal across the board, hurting many communities more than others.
We need to recognize that inequality is rife in our system and that system has produced the current reality and needs fundamental structural change. CAMEO will work toward a path that promulgates equity, and not systematically perpetuate an unequal society.
Simultaneously, we recognize that policy decisions are being made in the here and now and we must respond appropriately, especially given the economic hardships produced by COVID-19.
New Social Media Handles
Last year, we migrated our website to CAMEOnetwork.org to reflect our commitment to bring all our members to the table to address the most pressing issues facing small business owners. In continuation of that effort, we are happy to announce our new social media handles:
If you follow us already, you’ll keep seeing our posts and updates. If you don’t follow us, please do! And make sure to tag us at these new handles.
Webinar: Reopening Best Practices
CAMEO and Public Counsel invite you to join “Reopening Best Practices for California Nonprofit and Small Business Employers,” hosted by Boston Private Community Investment, on August 26, 2020 at 11:00am PDT.
Attorney Melinda Riechert will discuss how nonprofit leaders and small business owners can get their workforces back to work safely.
The Goodies
New Research
- Thumbtack released the results of its 9th annual Small Business Friendliness Survey, with a special focus on the response to COVID-19.
- The Federal Reserve Bank of New York published Double Jeopardy: COVID-19’s Concentrated Health and Wealth Effects in Black Communities.
For Your Clients
- TMC Community Capital’s Small Business, Big Heart Grant Program has extended its application deadline to August 24, 2020.
- The Ladies Who Launch Program provides grants for women entrepreneurs. Applications are due September 1, 2020.
Grant Opportunities
- The Equality Can’t Wait Challenge will award $10 million grants to develop innovative programs that promote equity and progress for women. Deadline is August 22, 2020.
- The California HCD extended the 2019-20 Community Development Block Grant NOFA application deadline to September 30, 2020.
Other Goodies
- Free Webinar: CAMEO and the WBC Measure Up Project will share the project’s work over the past 12 months, on September 10, 2020 at 2:00pm PDT.
- Jobs: Pacific Community Ventures, The Grow America Fund, and Renaissance announced new jobs recently. See who else is hiring!