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YOUR SUPPORT for Microenterprise
Training in the Bay Area |
 Assembly
Member Leland Yee is a big supporter of
microenterprise and organizations like
Women’s Initiative for Self Employment.
He authored a resolution promoting this
month’s celebration of microenterprise
development. The resolution highlights
the importance of microenterprises and
microenterprise development to the California
economy and is supported by 74 out of
80 Assembly Members who signed as co-authors.
To view the full resolution, CLICK
HERE. Now it is our turn to
thank him for his efforts. Please sign
the thank you letter that will be presented
to Assembly Member Yee at a press conference
in District 12on Friday, October 28, 2005.
Please add your name today.
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UPCOMING |
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 Taking
Flight with Your Business is three weeks
away! Join us for a business conference
for graduates and local entrepreneurs on
October 21st at the Oakland Marriott. We
are still seeking Get Connected mentors
– would you like to join this prestigious
line up? Mentors include: Cloey Hewlett
(Partner, Preston Gates & Ellis LLP),
Evelyn Dilsaver (Charles Schwab Investment
Management), Wendy Ross (SVP, Bank of San
Francisco), Carrie Byles (Managing Partner,
Skidmore, Owings and Merrill), Paula Collins
(CEO, WDG Ventures, Inc.), Bernida Reagan
(Director of Social Responsibility, Port
of Oakland), and more. TV personality Jan
Yanehiro and Mary Huss, publisher of the
San Francisco Business Times will be masters
of ceremony. Our Leadership Luncheon will
honor Oakland entrepreneur Sandra Floyd,
of Outsource Consulting Services, Inc. and
Graduate Volunteer of the Year, Melina Markarian,
owner of Bay Area eBusiness. To buy your
ticket to the luncheon online, CLICK
HERE. For more information about Taking
Flight with Your Business CLICK
HERE. Celebrate
at Stitch Lounge
Join Women's Initiative and its graduates
to celebrate new opportunities for our
lending program through a partnership
Comerica Bank. We want to share our success
with you! Friday, October 7, 2005, 5:00
- 7:00pm at Stitch Lounge (182 Gough St.
at Oak St., San Francisco). Owned by two
Women's Initiative graduates, Melissa
Alvarado and Hope Meng, Stitch Lounge
was named "Best of the Area: Place
to Sew" by San Francisco Magazine.
Join us for this cocktail reception to
learn more about Women's Initiative and
our successful graduates. For more information,
CLICK
HERE.
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IN
THE NEWS
Julie
Abrams, executive director of Women’s
Initiative, had an op-ed published in the
San Francisco Chronicle yesterday
about ways to support micro-enterprise development
in the Bay Area. CLICK
HERE to read the article.
Want more information about Microenterprise
Development Month and our business conference?
CLICK
HERE to read the press release.
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Participate in Get Connected sessions at the
business conference on October 21st
Get Connected are high-powered business consultations
with influential business women. Three graduates
will have 20-minutes to ask questions of influential
business women. The goal is to give tips and
inspire them to achieve their next steps of
business growth. We will host two 1-hour sessions.
To download more information, CLICK
HERE (pdf) or call Sabrina at (510) 287-3107.
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Mark your calendar for December 6th,
8-9 am!
We’ll be having a Winter breakfast to
inspire you and raise funds for our programs.
See you at the Four Seasons!
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Share
our success
Forward this email to a friend, invite a
colleague to a Women’s Initiative event,
and share with them the successes of the entrepreneurial
women who graduate from our program.
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