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Black History Month Highlights Rich Legacy of Contributions to Hospitality

Smart Meetings

We thought a good way to mark the month would be to ask Jacquelyn Denise Reid, area event planning manager with Hyatt Centric French Quarter Hotel and Eliza Jane Hotel; president of Event Service Professionals Association (ESPA) and 2022 Smart Women in Meetings Visionary award winner , how she marks designated Black History Month.

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BLM Action Items for Meeting Planners

SmartMeetings

Do the widespread Black Lives Matter (BLM) protests calling for an end to racial bias in all its forms leave you wondering how meeting planners can join the struggle against the long history of discrimination? Amplify Black Voices. This is the time for black voices to be heard, social commentators say. Educate Yourself.

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Beyond Pride Month: 16 LGBTQ Events to Check Out in 2020 and 2021

Bizzabo

For Pride Month and the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall uprising, we’re coming together to celebrate the LGBTQ+ community. Across the globe, LGBTQ+ organizations are coming together to celebrate LGBTQ+ history, progress, and the extraordinary lives of the people that make up this diverse community. Proudly Resilient. Bi-Fi Festival.

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Our Commitment to Investing in Chicago’s South and West Sides

Meeting Tomorrow

This fund is one part of our larger commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at Meeting Tomorrow, and part of our support of the Black Lives Matter movement. Chicago, like most American cities, has a long history of structural racism, resulting in the South and West sides being systemically disinvested in for decades.

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How Will Our Future, Post-Pandemic Cities Take Shape?

PCMA Convene

As New York City begins to peek its head out from its four-month hibernation — unlocking bodega doors, flipping open blinds, and turning around its ‘Open for Business’ signs — there are obvious unintended positives that almost instantaneously took hold of the city that never sleeps. Planning Cities From a Diversity Perspective.

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How Ally Bank Uses Gamification to Bolster Financial Literacy

Event Marketer

In fact, the idea for the Mindcraft world was the brainchild of four Ally interns hired from the brand’s Moguls in the Making program, a pitch competition that encourages students from Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) to become business leaders. It’s a really important tool, if you will, in our toolbox.

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Beyond Pride Month: 16 LGBTQ Events to Check Out in 2020 and 2021

Bizzabo

For Pride Month and the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall uprising, we’re coming together to celebrate the LGBTQ+ community. Across the globe, LGBTQ+ organizations are coming together to celebrate LGBTQ+ history, progress, and the extraordinary lives of the people that make up this diverse community. Proudly Resilient. Bi-Fi Festival.

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