LGBT Meeting Professionals Association Plans "Day Of Diversity"

On June 30, 2021, the final day of Pride Month, the LGBT Meeting Professionals Association will close out Pride celebrations with a "Day of Diversity," a global event of programming and entertainment focused on nurturing, sustaining and liberating experience creation through diversity. It aims to be the most diverse and comprehensive virtual festival for meeting/event professionals from across sectors.

Highlights from the event’s agenda includes

• “Liberating for All: The Future of Pride,” a panel of Pride event leadership with Linda DeMarco, president, Boston Pride; Sue Doster, co-chair, NYC Pride; Lars Henriksen, chair, Copenhagen Pride; Ashley Smith, president, Capital Pride and Rich Walczak, executive director, Miami Beach Pride
• "When People and Organizations Do the Right Thing in Support of Equality" with Apoorva Gandhi, vice president for multi-cultural affairs for Marriott International
• Blind Ambition by Aaron Golub, who was born legally blind and became college football’s first legally blind player and now a free agent for the National Football League.

Other programming for "Day of Diversity" will include overall themes of diversity, equality and inclusion (DEI) in the workplace and a celebration of Pride and its history. Some of the conference to take place include “State of Crisis: Leveraging Meetings for Transgender Justice” and “Rolling out the Rainbow Carpet: Welcoming Diverse Groups to Your Destination."

Networking opportunities during the event will be hosted at one of New York City’s Pier Sixty. The 3D environment created by NYC & Company and exVO will allow participants to explore, learn, and connect.

To register, visit www.lgbtmpa.com/day-of-diversity. Once registered, a video montage link will be provided to create an introductory video and start networking with other participants. Participation will be donation-based.

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