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AT&T Works With The Tampa Bay Chamber To Enhance Black-Owned Businesses And Non-Profits
AT&T has made a contribution to the Chamber for one-year memberships to 8 Black-owned businesses and non-profits
AT&T, a member of the Tampa Bay Chamber, ap- proached the Chamber about creating a program that would increase the participation and relationships of Black-owned and led businesses and non- profits. The Chamber’s work in establishing the Minority Busi- ness Accelerator Program that seeks to help Black and His- panic owned businesses repo- sition themselves to attract capital, scale their business operations, and increase sus- tainability in the marketplace – made it a perfect vehicle for this idea.
To help continue the diver- sity, equity, and inclusion con- versation within the community, AT&T has pro- vided the Chamber with a one- time contribution, that will provide up to eight one-year Fit 3 (top tier) Chamber mem- berships to Black- owned busi- nesses and Non-Profits that are not already chamber mem- bers starting in 2021.
“We know and understand the important relationships
EDWIN NARAIN ...Director, External and Legislative Affairs, AT&T
and business growth that can result from being a member of the chamber. It’s critically im- portant to our community’s fu- ture that Black owned businesses and non-profits have an opportunity to benefit from the value the Chamber provides.” said Edwin Narain, Director of External and Legislative Affairs, AT&T.
AT&T posed the contribu- tion as an opportunity for other Chamber members to participate in making a differ- ence. Immediately, Amgen, Moffitt Cancer Center, and Re- gions Bank stepped up to sup- port the concept.
“Amgen is proud to partner with AT&T and the Tampa Bay Chamber to continue growing the opportunity and experi-
BOB ROHRLACK ...President/CEO Tampa Bay Chamber
ences of Black-owned busi- nesses and organizations,” said Felicia Harvey, Corpo- rate Affairs Site Lead, Amgen.
“We are proud to see our members and our community as a whole coming together in an impactful way to bring pos- itive change to Tampa Bay, we can’t wait to give a warm wel- come to the new Black-owned businesses and non-profits that will be joining the Tampa Bay Chamber from this initia- tive in 2021, said Bob Rohrlack, President & CEO of the Tampa Bay Chamber.
To learn more please con- tact: Rosanne Versaggi rversaggi@tampabaycham- ber.com 813-280-1456.
For more information on the Tampa Bay Chamber visit www.TampaBayChamber.com
FELICIA HARVEY ...Corporate Affairs Site Lead, Amgen
Virtual Discussion On Women’s Suffrage
These are the women who will participate in the virtual Women’s Suffrage discussion. From left, Joyce Cotton, Dr. Paulette Walker, Carrie Hurst, Karen Hill, Beverly Steele, Jill Moss Greenberg, Cheryl Gibson and Beverly E. Smith.
Celebrating 100th Anniviersary Of Women’s Right To Vote
A virtual discussion on “The Women’s Suffrage Cen- tennial” will be held on Tues- day, November 10, 2020, 6:30-8 p. m. This event is pre- sented by Young Performing Artists (YPAs), Inc. This non- partisan, interactive panel dis- cussion will be celebrating and educating on the 100th vote anniversary.
The discussion will be on ‘How Women of Color Helped to Win the Vote.’ The partici- pants will hear from the women currently leading Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., the renowned organiza- tion that played a key role in the 1913 Suffrage March, as well as, input from inspiring women leading in our com- munities today.
The panelists are: Beverly E. Smith, National President & CEO, Delta Sigma Theta,
Sorority, Inc.; Karen Hill, Chair of the National Women’s Suffrage Centennial Commission; and Jill Moss Greenberg, Executive Direc- tor, Emerita, Maryland Women’s Heritage Center.
Moderators for the event will be: Joyce Cotton, Direc- tor of Marketing/Community Partnership, WEDU-TV; and Dr. Paulette Walker, Im- mediate Past National Presi- dent & CEO, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.
The committee is com- prised of: Cheryl Gibson, YPAs, Inc., Event Planning Committee Chair; Carrie Hurst, YPAs, Inc. Event Planning Committee, Co- Chair; and Beverly Steele, Founder, Young Performing Artists, Inc.
Visit the website or Face- book to submit your questions in advance: facebook.com/- youngperformingartists or youngperformingartists.org/s uffrage-centennial.
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