🌈 GGBA Newsletter, July 2022 📣 Events, News, Opportunities 💪

Make Contact: July 12 at Gratta Wines
Our monthly in-person Make Contact is back! Please join GGBA members including Economic Development on Third for B2B networking, on Tuesday July 12, 6-8pm at Gratta Wines in the heart of San Francisco's booming Bayview Hunter's Point commercial corridor. All are welcome. Admission is free for members. $20 for non-members. $5 for students.

GGBA New Member Orientation
Learn more about the benefits of membership, and how to make the most of them. Get your questions answered and start leveraging access to your community of like-minded fellow business owners and managers. Anyone is welcome to join this FREE Zoom meeting.

Automate Your Employees: The ABCs of CRMs - online July 27

Tired of losing leads in your inbox? Ready to close more deals WITHOUT having to add headcount? It's time to move beyond spreadsheets and sticky notes and add the power of a CRM to your small business!

GGBA Power Connect 2022 Photos!

It's a Wrap! Some 200 participants joined us for Power Connect 2022 on June 17 for a full day of panel discussions, networking, matchmaking and curated experiences at SOMArts, followed by a fun after party at Azucar Lounge. Check out our growing event photo album on Facebook!

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GGBA Message from Leadership:
The Spirit of Pride: Taking Action to Lift Up Our Community

By Imani Brown – Board Member at the GGBA
June is Pride month and it’s time for LGBTQ+ celebration and community. And yet, to be honest, it is hard to imagine merriment and frivolity in times like these. Our world and our country seem deeply troubled.

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GGBA Member Spotlight:
Another Planet Entertainment

By Mary Conde – Senior Vice President
Another Planet has long been an ally of the LGBTQ community and progressive business practices. With almost a third of our employees being part of the LGBTQ community and now as stewards of the iconic Castro Theatre, Another Planet joining the GGBA is the right thing to do, and the smart business decision to do.

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Certifying LGBTQ Diversity, One Business at a Time
The San Francisco Business Times interviews GGBA Executive Director Terry Beswick.

Many large corporations are looking to diversify the billions of dollars they spend with third-party contractors, particularly women- and minority-owned companies but also with LGBTQ businesses. But for many LGBTQ companies, their qualification for these diverse supplier programs are not always apparently obvious and something was needed to fill the gap.

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Podcast Interview: The Charity Charge Show Featuring Terry Beswick
Stephen talks to Terry Beswick, Executive Director of GGBA

Listen to the Podcast Here

TGX Suppliers: Scholarships Available for NGLCC Conference - Las Vegas, August 2-5, 2022

Spots are going fast for the largest LGBTQ business event in the world - secure yours now!.

The National LGBT Chamber of Commerce and Wells Fargo have created a scholarship to support transgender & gender expansive (TGX) suppliers in attending the 2022 NGLCC International Business & Leadership Conference! This scholarship is for TGX-owned Certified LGBTBE® suppliers to underwrite registration fees for the 2022 NGLCC International Business & Leadership Conference being held in Las Vegas, Nevada from August 2-5, 2022. TGX business owners who are not yet certified but intend to go through the certification process are also invited to apply. Please consider applying via this scholarship application and sharing out with your networks.

Applications are accepted on a rolling basis with a deadline of Wednesday, July 20, 2022 at 11:59pm PT. Contact TGX@nglcc.org with any questions.

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Thank you to the fabulous businesses who renewed their annual memberships in June!

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