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SUMMARY:Business Equality Awards Luncheon 2019
DESCRIPTION: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 Caf  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!\n\n \n\nWe 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.\n\n\n\nWe are also excited to announce the 2019 Award Recipients.\n\n\n\nCorporate Partner of the Year\n\nUMB Financial\n\nLGBT Owned Business of the Year\n\nFamily Bicycles\n\nAllied Business of the Year\n\nMorgan Miller Photography\n\nNon-Profit Organization of the Year\n\nSynergy Services\n\nBusiness Leader of the Year\n\nMichelle Word\, Burns & McDonnell\n\nAmbassador of the Year\n\nStella Crewse\, Morgan Miller Plumbing\n\n\n\n \n\nWe hope you will join us for this exciting celebration of our chamber during PRIDE month!\n\n \n\nBusiness Equality Awards Luncheon Planning Committee\n\nPaige Perlik\, Chair\n\nLolly Cerda\n\nSteven Hills\n\nKate Nielsen\n\nJosh Strodtman\n\nMichael Lintecum
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<span style="font-family:arial\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt\;">The board of the <strong><span style="font-family:arial\,sans-serif\;">Mid-America LGBT Chamber of Commerce</span></strong> invites you to join them and <em><span style="font-family:arial\,sans-serif\;">Honorary Chairs</span></em>\, <strong><span style="font-family:arial\,sans-serif\;">The Honorable Kay Barnes </span></strong>and<strong><span style="font-family:arial\,sans-serif\;"> Founding Chamber Board President Dan Nilsen</span></strong>\, at the inaugural <strong><span style="font-family:arial\,sans-serif\;">Business Equality Awards Luncheon</span></strong>.&nbsp\; The luncheon will be held on <strong><span style="font-family:arial\,sans-serif\;">Wednesday\, June 12th</span></strong> in the <strong><span style="font-family:arial\,sans-serif\;">Grand Room </span></strong>at<strong><span style="font-family:arial\,sans-serif\;"> Grand Street Caf&eacute\; </span></strong>on the Country Club Plaza\, 11:00 am to 1:00 pm. <strong><span style="font-family:arial\,sans-serif\;">Sponsorship Opportunities </span></strong>are available for companies and individuals <strong><span style="font-family:arial\,sans-serif\;"><a href="https://chambermaster.blob.core.windows.net/userfiles/UserFiles/chambers/1487/File/BEAwardsLuncheonSponsorPacketFINAL.pdf">(You can find those opportunities here)</a></span></strong> .&nbsp\; There are a limited number of sponsorships available so please act quickly to give your business the attention it deserves!<br />\n&nbsp\;<br />\nWe are excited to announce that <strong><span style="font-family:arial\,sans-serif\;">Mikah Meyer</span></strong> will deliver keynote remarks at the luncheon.&nbsp\; <strong><span style="font-family:arial\,sans-serif\;">Mikah</span></strong> helped launch the <em><span style="font-family:arial\,sans-serif\;">Outdoors Industry Campaign</span></em> for <strong><span style="font-family:arial\,sans-serif\;">REI</span></strong>\, the international outdoor clothing &amp\; equipment retailer.&nbsp\; He will speak on how the outdoor industry market was missing out on LGBTQ dollars by not including the LGBTQ community and <strong><span style="font-family:arial\,sans-serif\;">REI</span></strong> took notice.&nbsp\; They have since launched a whole line of clothing and items related to LGBTQ/Outdoors.&nbsp\; 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.&nbsp\; His desire is to help the industry become more comfortable showing LGBTQ people in their marketing.</span></span><br />\n<br />\n<span style="color:#5E5535\;"><span style="font-family:arial\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt\;">We are also excited to announce the 2019 Award Recipients.</span></span></span><br />\n<br />\n<span style="color:#5E5535\;"><span style="font-family:arial\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt\;"><strong><span style="font-family:arial\,sans-serif\;">Corporate Partner of the Year</span></strong></span></span></span><br />\n<span style="color:#5E5535\;"><span style="font-family:arial\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt\;">UMB Financial</span></span></span><br />\n<strong><span style="color:#5E5535\;"><span style="font-family:arial\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt\;">LGBT Owned Business of the Year</span></span></span></strong><br />\n<span style="color:#5E5535\;"><span style="font-family:arial\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt\;">Family Bicycles</span></span></span><br />\n<strong><span style="color:#5E5535\;"><span style="font-family:arial\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt\;">Allied Business of the Year</span></span></span></strong><br />\n<span style="color:#5E5535\;"><span style="font-family:arial\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt\;">Morgan Miller Photography</span></span></span><br />\n<strong><span style="color:#5E5535\;"><span style="font-family:arial\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt\;">Non-Profit Organization of the Year</span></span></span></strong><br />\n<span style="color:#5E5535\;"><span style="font-family:arial\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt\;">Synergy Services</span></span></span><br />\n<strong><span style="color:#5E5535\;"><span style="font-family:arial\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt\;">Business Leader of the Year</span></span></span></strong><br />\n<span style="color:#5E5535\;"><span style="font-family:arial\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt\;">Michelle Word\, Burns &amp\; McDonnell</span></span></span><br />\n<strong><span style="color:#5E5535\;"><span style="font-family:arial\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt\;">Ambassador of the Year</span></span></span></strong><br />\n<span style="color:#5E5535\;"><span style="font-family:arial\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt\;">Stella Crewse\, Morgan Miller Plumbing</span></span></span><br />\n<br />\n<span style="font-family:arial\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt\;">&nbsp\;<br />\nWe hope you will join us for this exciting celebration of our chamber during PRIDE month!<br />\n&nbsp\;<br />\n<em><span style="font-family:arial\,sans-serif\;">Business Equality Awards Luncheon Planning Committee</span></em><br />\nPaige Perlik\, Chair<br />\nLolly Cerda<br />\nSteven Hills<br />\nKate Nielsen<br />\nJosh Strodtman<br />\nMichael Lintecum</span></span><br />\n<br />\n&nbsp\;
LOCATION:Grand Room at Grand Street Cafe 4740 Grand Kansas City\, MO 64112
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URL:https://business.midamericalgbt.org/events/details/business-equality-awards-luncheon-2019-3106
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