Military Spouse Small Business Week Proclaimed, Launching a New Era of Recognition for Military Spouse Entrepreneurs
Moni Jefferson and Kera Sanchez announce a dedicated national week celebrating the entrepreneurs who build businesses while navigating military life.
As National Veterans Small Business Week comes to a close, two advocates for military spouse entrepreneurship are making an announcement that marks an important step forward for the military-connected business community.
Moni Jefferson, founder of the Association of Military Spouse Entrepreneurs (AMSE), and Kera Sanchez, founder of MILSPO Social Co. Magazine, have officially announced the proclamation of Military Spouse Small Business Week™, establishing a dedicated week to recognize, celebrate, and support military spouse entrepreneurs across the nation.
For years, military spouse entrepreneurs have been included in broader conversations and observances surrounding veteran and military small businesses. While that recognition has been appreciated, the unique experiences, contributions, and challenges of military spouse business owners deserve a spotlight of their own.
Military spouse entrepreneurs build businesses while navigating permanent changes of station (PCS), deployments, career interruptions, licensing barriers, frequent relocations, and the realities of supporting a military family. Despite these challenges, they continue to launch companies, create jobs, serve communities, and contribute to the American economy.
The new observance is about more than recognition. It is about ensuring military spouse entrepreneurs have a visible place in the national small business conversation, along with greater access to customers, capital, contracts, partnerships, and meaningful opportunities for growth.
The inaugural Military Spouse Small Business Week will take place May 10–14, 2027, bringing together military spouse entrepreneurs, organizations, businesses, community leaders, and supporters for a nationwide celebration.
With the rallying message “Order Change. Ambitions Don’t.”, the initiative recognizes the resilience, innovation, and entrepreneurial strength of a community that has learned to build and grow businesses wherever military orders may lead.
For Jefferson and Sanchez, this announcement represents more than the creation of another awareness week. It is a call to action to move military spouse entrepreneurship from the sidelines to the center of the conversation.
As they put it through the initiative’s mission: military spouse entrepreneurs deserve to be recognized not as a footnote, but as economic drivers in their own right.
Military Spouse Small Business Week™: Built by us. Backed by everyone.
Learn more, get involved, and join the movement at MilitarySpouseSmallBusinessWeek.com.
