SAVE THE DATE:

Tuesday, October 4, 2022

 

SAVE THE DATE:

We are excited to announce that the LGBTQ Institute’s seventh annual Business Forum will take place on Tuesday, October 4, 2022 from 9:00am-Noon at the National Center for Civil and Human Rights. We look forward to seeing you all in-person!

Why Sponsor Atlanta’s Premiere LGBTQ Business Forum?

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And consider this:

  • If the LGBTQ community were a country, it would be the world’s fourth-largest economy in the world, with a GDP of $4.6 trillion and an ally marketplace three times as large.

  • Roughly 3.6 million LGBTQ adults live in the South (at least 425,000 Georgians identify as LGBTQ), including over half a million transgender adults—more than in any other region.

  • LGBTQ Southerners know how to use their purchasing power: 70.4% decided to buy a product/service from a company because it is supportive of LGBTQ rights; 75.2% decided not to buy a product/service from a company because it is not supportive of LGBTQ rights

  • 20% of Millennials identify as LGBTQ and 63% of straight millennials identify as allies.

Past Forum Leaders:

Here is a sampling of companies that have supported the LGBTQ Institute’s important work of advancing LGBTQ equity through business. Their commitment to this endeavor is what has made our annual forum a trusted, must-attend event that helps business leaders think creatively about what’s next:
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Past Expert Panelists:

We look across the landscape--across major corporations, small and independent businesses, and not-for-profit and education partners to create an event that is truly innovative and unique in its approach to discussing business. Our expert panelists hail from a variety of companies who provide tangible tools that advance LGBTQ equity:

Major Corporations

  • The Coca-Cola Company

  • BlackRock

  • Bank of America

  • Delta Air Lines

  • Weber Shandwick

  • Salesforce

  • Google

  • WarnerMedia

  • AT&T

  • Comcast

  • Salesforce

  • First Data Corporation

  • Wells Fargo

Small & Independent Businesses

  • A/B Partners

  • Witeck Communications, Inc.

  • Trillium Asset Management

  • Employment Learning Innovations, Inc.

  • Atlanta Fine Homes Sotheby's International Realty

  • Lexicon Strategies 

  • Atlanta Business Chronicle

  • Transformation Journeys Worldwide

  • Juxtaposed Center for Transformation, Inc.

  • Creative Approach

NGOs & Education Partners

  • Constellations Center for Equity in Computing at Georgia Tech

  • Emory University Goizueta Business School

  • Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce

  • Georgia Equality

  • United Nations: Free & Equal

  • Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD)

  • Georgia State University

  • Emory University School of Law

  • Athlete Ally