Pride
Nashville LGBT Chamber Announces
June Pride Month Events Network Connect June: AM Brewing Up Business Thursday, June 3, 9 am - 10 am Virtual Join us on Airmeet for our monthly morning networking event to connect with Chamber and community members. Free and open to everyone.
2021 Pride in Business Awards Friday, June 4, 11 am - 1 pm
Member Connect June: Camelot Care Center & Jewish Family Services
Hybrid
Thursday, June 10, 11 am - 12 pm
Support the Nashville LGBT Chamber Foundation at our annual Pride in Business Awards, which includes a Who’s Who of Corporate leaders, small business owners, civic leaders, and professionals. While reimagined for a virtual world, this high-energy event will still bring a powerful audience, emotional acceptance speeches, and optimism among those committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. Attendees will network on the Airmeet platform. Everyone will watch the live event together. The finalists will be gathered at the Play show bar and broadcast live to the Airmeet virtual stage! Join us, support us, and celebrate our members and the community amazing work!
Virtual
Pride Wine Dinner with Tennessee Wine & Spirits Retailers Association, featuring food from The Mockingbird Thursday, June 10, 6:30 pm - 8 pm
Join us for an in-depth highlight of two of our members who specialize in adoption services for the LGBTQ+ community. We will highlight our members Camelot Care Services and Jewish Family Services. Pride month seemed to be the perfect month to profile the work of these members and bring the community knowledge on starting or growing your family!
Virtual Join us for a virtual wine tasting dinner that will celebrate pride and the work of the Chamber. The Tennessee Wine & Spirits Retailers Association is bringing us this event, and a portion of the price benefits the LGBT Chamber! We will be tasting Italian wines from Pasqua Winery and eating delicious food pairings prepared by our member and LGBT-owned business The Mockingbird. Get a group together and eat around the Zoom as you hear from the chef and winemaker, deck your space in rainbows, know your Pride history, and win additional prizes. You don’t want to miss this special event.
Pride Yoga with Shakti Power Yoga
Network Connect June: PM Brewing Up Business
Classroom Connect June: The Business of Inclusion
Pride Fashion Show with Any Old Iron
Saturday, June 12, 9 am - 12 pm
Thursday, June 17, 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Thursday, June 24, 11 am - 12 pm
Friday, June 25, 7 pm - 9:30 pm
Shakti Power Yoga
Hybrid (Virtual & In-Person, location TBA)
Virtual
Virgin Hotel Nashville
We are wrapping this version of the Classroom Connect education program on a high note. The Business of Inclusion will be taught by Adrianna Flax of the Culture Shift Team. We will highlight the work of the winners from our Business Awards and discuss why diversity and inclusion is the biggest program and factor affecting the business community at the moment.
The amazingly talented Andrew Clancey of Any Old Iron will present his Pride fashion line at the Virgin Hotel. Both Any Old Iron and The Virgin are members and proceeds of the fashion show will go back to the Chamber for support of our work. This glamorous event is not to be missed. Tickets will be limited and will go fast. Attendees will receive a table, food and drink, and get to see the most amazing rainbow fashion of the year. There will also be several surprises, you won’t believe who is walking in the show!
Our member Shakti Yoga is bringing you Pride Power Flow Yoga on Saturday morning, outside, followed by discussions, DJs, drag, donuts, and drinks! We will highlight Montucky Cold Snacks’ limited-edition Pride can! Get your down dog on and wear your pride athletic wear!
We will be celebrating our signature event, going strong for 23 years, and we will be back in person at an amazing new member location. Final details are still being arranged, but you don’t want to miss this event. This is our first official in-person event since the pandemic took us virtual!
Thanks to HCA Healthcare/Tristar Health for sponsoring the last 9 months of this program. We could not have done it without them.
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