Business Equality Awards Luncheon 2019

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The board of the Mid-America LGBT Chamber of Commerce invites you to join them and Honorary Chairs, The Honorable Kay Barnes and Founding Chamber Board President Dan Nilsen, at the inaugural Business Equality Awards Luncheon.  The luncheon will be held on Wednesday, June 12th in the Grand Room at Grand Street Café on the Country Club Plaza, 11:00 am to 1:00 pm. Sponsorship Opportunities are available for companies and individuals (You can find those opportunities here) .  There are a limited number of sponsorships available so please act quickly to give your business the attention it deserves!
 
We are excited to announce that Mikah Meyer will deliver keynote remarks at the luncheon.  Mikah helped launch the Outdoors Industry Campaign for REI, the international outdoor clothing & equipment retailer.  He will speak on how the outdoor industry market was missing out on LGBTQ dollars by not including the LGBTQ community and REI took notice.  They have since launched a whole line of clothing and items related to LGBTQ/Outdoors.  His experience of traveling to all 418 National Parks Service sites is part of a larger effort to create safe, LGBTQ spaces in the outdoors for LGBTQ people.  His desire is to help the industry become more comfortable showing LGBTQ people in their marketing.

We are also excited to announce the 2019 Award Recipients.

Corporate Partner of the Year
UMB Financial
LGBT Owned Business of the Year
Family Bicycles
Allied Business of the Year
Morgan Miller Photography
Non-Profit Organization of the Year
Synergy Services
Business Leader of the Year
Michelle Word, Burns & McDonnell
Ambassador of the Year
Stella Crewse, Morgan Miller Plumbing

 
We hope you will join us for this exciting celebration of our chamber during PRIDE month!
 
Business Equality Awards Luncheon Planning Committee
Paige Perlik, Chair
Lolly Cerda
Steven Hills
Kate Nielsen
Josh Strodtman
Michael Lintecum