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SUMMARY:Reshaping the Lens of Equity Breakfast: Take Pride in Who You Are
DESCRIPTION:Join us on June 14th as we celebrate Pride Month with Georgia OUT Business Alliance Executive Director\, Chris Lugo and Amy McCoy with My Hometown Realty Group! Chris and Amy will discuss the meaning behind Pride Month and how the LGBTQ+ community positively impacts businesses and our state.\n\n\n\nMeet our speaker\, Chris Lugo!\nChris Lugo is the Executive Director of the OUT Georgia Business Alliance\, proudly serving as Georgia?s LGBTQ+ and Allied Chamber of Commerce.\n\nLugo is a dynamic and energetic queer leader with a passion for serving others with generosity\, empathy\, and respect. As Executive Director of OUT Georgia\, he is charged with advancing the mission and vision of the nonprofit chamber through a focus on Advocacy\, Business & Economic Development\, and Community Impact.\n\nHe has been instrumental in leading the organization?s Diversity\, Equity\, Inclusion\, and Belonging efforts\; statewide expansion and Membership growth\; and strategic planning and program development\, including the launch of the OUT Georgia Impact Fund and TGX360\, a employment and entrepreneurship program centering Transgender\, Nonbinary\, and Gender Expansive Georgians.\n\nLugo is honored to serve on the City of Atlanta Mayor?s LGBTQ Advisory Board as co-chair of its Economic and Community Development Committee\; as a Board Member of Out on Film\; and as a member of Atlanta Hawks? LGBTQIA+ Pride Council and Cobb Chamber?s DE&I Council.\n\nLugo previously held marketing\, fundraising\, and nonprofit management positions with IBM Corporation\, Direct Energy Business\, Alzheimer?s Association\, and most recently The Cavaliers\, a Chicago-based nonprofit developing young leaders through the performing arts\, where he served as the organization's first-ever Executive Director.\n\n\n\nSponsorship Opportunities:\n\n\n\nGold Sponsor- $1200\n\nIncludes table of 10 at the event\, opportunity to provide sponsor remarks during the event\, provide swag on table s\, must supply three door prizes valued at $25/each\, company logo on all marketing collateral (digital and print) and on website\n\n\n\nSilver Sponsor - $750\n\nIncludes 5 attendee seats at a sponsor table the event\, opportunity to provide swag on tables\, must supply one door prize valued at $25\, company name on all marketing collateral (digital and print) and logo on website
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<span style="color:#000000\;"><span style="font-size:16px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;">Join us on June 14th as we celebrate Pride Month with Georgia OUT Business Alliance Executive Director\, Chris Lugo and Amy McCoy with My Hometown Realty Group! Chris and Amy will discuss the meaning behind Pride Month and how the LGBTQ+ community positively impacts businesses and our state.<br>\n<br>\n<u><strong>Meet our speaker\, Chris Lugo!</strong></u></span></span></span>\n<p style="margin: 32px 0px\; padding: 0px\; box-sizing: border-box\; color: rgba(0\, 0\, 0\, 0.6)\; font-family: Roboto\, sans-serif\; font-size: 16px\;"><span style="color:#000000\;"><span style="font-size:16px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;">Chris Lugo is the Executive Director of the&nbsp\;<strong style="box-sizing: border-box\;">OUT Georgia Business Alliance</strong>\, proudly serving as Georgia?s LGBTQ+ and Allied Chamber of Commerce.</span></span></span></p>\n\n<p style="margin: 32px 0px\; padding: 0px\; box-sizing: border-box\; color: rgba(0\, 0\, 0\, 0.6)\; font-family: Roboto\, sans-serif\; font-size: 16px\;"><span style="color:#000000\;"><span style="font-size:16px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;">Lugo is a dynamic and energetic queer leader with a passion for serving others with generosity\, empathy\, and respect. As Executive Director of OUT Georgia\, he is charged with advancing the mission and vision of the nonprofit chamber through a focus on&nbsp\;<strong style="box-sizing: border-box\;">Advocacy</strong>\,&nbsp\;<strong style="box-sizing: border-box\;">Business &amp\; Economic Development</strong>\, and&nbsp\;<strong style="box-sizing: border-box\;">Community Impact</strong>.</span></span></span></p>\n\n<p style="margin: 32px 0px\; padding: 0px\; box-sizing: border-box\; color: rgba(0\, 0\, 0\, 0.6)\; font-family: Roboto\, sans-serif\; font-size: 16px\;"><span style="font-size:16px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="color:#000000\;">He has been instrumental in leading the organization?s Diversity\, Equity\, Inclusion\, and Belonging efforts\; statewide expansion and Membership growth\; and strategic planning and program development\, including the launch of the&nbsp\;</span><strong style="box-sizing: border-box\;"><a href="https://outgeorgia.org/impactfund/" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="color: rgb(156\, 31\, 97)\; overflow-wrap: break-word\; cursor: pointer\; transition: all 0.25s ease-in-out 0s\; box-sizing: border-box\;" target="_blank"><span style="color:#000000\;">OUT Georgia Impact Fund</span></a></strong><span style="color:#000000\;">&nbsp\;and&nbsp\;</span><strong style="box-sizing: border-box\;"><a href="https://outgeorgia.org/tgx360/" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="color: rgb(156\, 31\, 97)\; overflow-wrap: break-word\; cursor: pointer\; transition: all 0.25s ease-in-out 0s\; box-sizing: border-box\;" target="_blank"><span style="color:#000000\;">TGX360</span></a></strong><span style="color:#000000\;">\, a employment and entrepreneurship program centering Transgender\, Nonbinary\, and Gender Expansive Georgians.</span></span></span></p>\n\n<p style="margin: 32px 0px\; padding: 0px\; box-sizing: border-box\; color: rgba(0\, 0\, 0\, 0.6)\; font-family: Roboto\, sans-serif\; font-size: 16px\;"><span style="font-size:16px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="color:#000000\;">Lugo is honored to serve on the&nbsp\;</span><strong style="box-sizing: border-box\;"><span style="color:#000000\;">City of Atlanta Mayor?s&nbsp\;</span><a href="https://atlgbtq.atlantaga.gov/home" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="color: rgb(156\, 31\, 97)\; overflow-wrap: break-word\; cursor: pointer\; transition: all 0.25s ease-in-out 0s\; box-sizing: border-box\;" target="_blank"><span style="color:#000000\;">LGBTQ Advisory Board</span></a></strong><span style="color:#000000\;">&nbsp\;as co-chair of its Economic and Community Development Committee\; as a Board Member of&nbsp\;</span><strong style="box-sizing: border-box\;"><a href="https://outonfilm.org/" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="color: rgb(156\, 31\, 97)\; overflow-wrap: break-word\; cursor: pointer\; transition: all 0.25s ease-in-out 0s\; box-sizing: border-box\;" target="_blank"><span style="color:#000000\;">Out on Film</span></a></strong><span style="color:#000000\;">\; and as a member of&nbsp\;<strong style="box-sizing: border-box\;">Atlanta Hawks? LGBTQIA+ Pride Council</strong>&nbsp\;and&nbsp\;</span><strong style="box-sizing: border-box\;"><a href="https://cobbchamber.org/get-involved/committee-overview/diversity-equity-inclusion/" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="color: rgb(156\, 31\, 97)\; overflow-wrap: break-word\; cursor: pointer\; transition: all 0.25s ease-in-out 0s\; box-sizing: border-box\;" target="_blank"><span style="color:#000000\;">Cobb Chamber?s DE&amp\;I Council</span></a></strong><span style="color:#000000\;">.</span></span></span></p>\n\n<p style="margin: 32px 0px\; padding: 0px\; box-sizing: border-box\; color: rgba(0\, 0\, 0\, 0.6)\; font-family: Roboto\, sans-serif\; font-size: 16px\;"><span style="color:#000000\;"><span style="font-size:16px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;">Lugo previously held marketing\, fundraising\, and nonprofit management positions with&nbsp\;<strong style="box-sizing: border-box\;">IBM Corporation</strong>\,&nbsp\;<strong style="box-sizing: border-box\;">Direct Energy Business</strong>\,&nbsp\;<strong style="box-sizing: border-box\;">Alzheimer?s Association</strong>\, and most recently&nbsp\;<strong style="box-sizing: border-box\;">The Cavaliers</strong>\, a Chicago-based nonprofit developing young leaders through the performing arts\, where he served as the organization's first-ever Executive Director.</span></span><br>\n<br>\n<strong>Sponsorship Opportunities:</strong><br>\n<br>\nGold Sponsor- $1200<br>\nIncludes table of 10 at the event\, opportunity to provide sponsor remarks during the event\, provide swag on table s\, must supply three door prizes valued at $25/each\, company logo on all marketing collateral (digital and print) and on website<br>\n<br>\nSilver Sponsor - $750<br>\nIncludes 5 attendee seats at a sponsor table the event\, opportunity to provide swag on tables\, must supply one door prize valued at $25\, company name on all marketing collateral (digital and print) and logo on website</span><br>\n&nbsp\;</p>\n
LOCATION:Courtyard by Marriott 895 Bob Arnold Blvd. Lithia Springs\, GA 30122
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URL:https://business.douglascountygeorgia.com/events/details/reshaping-the-lens-of-equity-breakfast-take-pride-in-who-you-are-15083
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