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JBC Executive Recommends Conference As Way to Grow and Support LGBT Business

Jennifer Brown, CEO of Jennifer Brown Consulting (JBC) says there’s no better place to experience a truly inclusive business community than at the National Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce (NGLCC) Conference. “In the end,” Jennifer Brown stated, “it’s exciting to be a part of such a dynamic and growing conversation about the importance of supplier diversity in business. Our numbers – of companies, of spend, of growth, of economic impact – speak for themselves, but our voices must be heard.”

Non-Profit Spotlight: The International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC)

The International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC) is a leading international organization dedicated to human rights advocacy on behalf of people who experience discrimination or abuse on the basis of their actual or perceived sexual orientation, gender identity or expression. Get to know them at our September M3!

Rob D'Errico: Tips for Navigating Corporate Supllier Diversity

NGLCCNY Member, Rob D'Errico, is featured in Affinity Inc. Magazine's Summer 2015 issue providing helpful tips for navigating corporate Supplier Diversity. Although no longer employed by an LGBTBE Certified business, Rob has been a committed member of NGLCCNY since 2008. He continues to support the community through the Chamber's Webinar Wednesdays allowing Members to listen and speak to high level leaders from our Corporate Partnerships.

It's Slowly Getting Easier to be an LGBT Small Business Owner

Freelance writher, Julie Kiiegman, writes a compelling article regarding how it's slowly getting easier to be an LGBT Small Business owner in the latest online issue of The Week.

"When LGBT rights and small businesses are mentioned in the same breath, it's usually in reference to the vocal minority that feels serving gay customers violates their religious freedom. But while that stigma persists around the LGBT community in pockets of the business world, LGBT-owned businesses are actually taking off."

The Democrats Just Took a Huge Step Forward for LGBT Businesses

“How did marriage equality happen before we stopped the ability to fire someone for being gay?” Jonathan Lovitz told Blue Nation Review (BNR). “We won marriage in fifty states but as a business owner I can’t contract with any of them with the same protections as other minority groups.”

http://www.nglccny.org/pages/LGBTSupplierDiversity/

LGBTBE Certification

The NGLCCNY is the New York office of the National Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce. The NGLCC is the exclusive, third-party certification body that verifies that eligible businesses are majority-owned by LGBT individuals, and subsequently grants LGBT Business Enterprise® (LGBTBE®) designation to such businesses as part of its LGBT Supplier Diversity Initiative.

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