Name:
Lunch with Our Elected Officials & the Small Business Advocacy Council
Date:
April 10, 2020
Time:
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM CDT
Registration:
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Event Description:
Join the LGBT Chamber during our second week of April Blitz! Each day for the month of April, we are bringing you different opportunities to learn, network, ask questions, and to be a resource to others.
Lunch with our Elected Officials
Join us to wrap up our weak of Lunch and Learn's by hearing updates from our elected officials and the Small Business Advocacy Council. They will join us to talk about Census 2020, COVID-19, and general updates around small business and economic development.
Confirmed Speakers: Cook County Commissioner Kevin Morrison, City of Chicago Alderman Andre Vasquez, and Elliot Richardson, Small Business Advisory Council.
Cook County Commissioner Kevin Morrison
Commissioner Kevin Morrison had an historic election win in 2018, becoming the first openly
LGBTQ person to be elected to the Cook County Board. Morrison represents the 15th District of
Cook County. Once sworn into office, he established a committee to make recommendations on addressing bias, equity, and cultural competency in County government. Morrison is working on legislation to support LGBTQ people living in Cook County, including updating the Human Rights Ordinance to be more
inclusive of transgender and gender non-conforming individuals and to establish an LGBT
designation for the supplier diversity program at Cook County.
Lunch with our Elected Officials
Join us to wrap up our weak of Lunch and Learn's by hearing updates from our elected officials and the Small Business Advocacy Council. They will join us to talk about Census 2020, COVID-19, and general updates around small business and economic development.
Confirmed Speakers: Cook County Commissioner Kevin Morrison, City of Chicago Alderman Andre Vasquez, and Elliot Richardson, Small Business Advisory Council.
Cook County Commissioner Kevin Morrison
Commissioner Kevin Morrison had an historic election win in 2018, becoming the first openly
LGBTQ person to be elected to the Cook County Board. Morrison represents the 15th District of
Cook County. Once sworn into office, he established a committee to make recommendations on addressing bias, equity, and cultural competency in County government. Morrison is working on legislation to support LGBTQ people living in Cook County, including updating the Human Rights Ordinance to be more
inclusive of transgender and gender non-conforming individuals and to establish an LGBT
designation for the supplier diversity program at Cook County.
