The Iowa LGBTQ Chamber of Commerce prepares to hold its first launch event in western Iowa Thursday evening, from 5-7 p.m. at Maloney’s – Live at 162 W. Broadway in Council Bluffs.
RSVP here if you’re going — and if you’re not, enjoy a look back at two of the Chamber’s recent launch events in eastern Iowa: May’s event at Me & Billy in Davenport, and the June 13 event at Voices Studios in Dubuque.
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- Becky and Alemaris Castaneda of the Quad Cities Pride Alliance and Zachery Nielsen, therapist with Bloom Therapy at the Davenport launch
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- Community organizer Beka Pace; Iowa House Rep. District 93 candidate Mindy Smith Pace; Kyrie and Anna Copeland of Kyrie Copeland Films; and Rachel Hart, mental health nurse practitioner with Green Counseling Services, at the Davenport launch.
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- Chad Johnston, secretary of the Iowa LGBTQ Chamber of Commerce, and Amanda Littrel of Moline, at the Davenport launch
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- Sabrina Kent, executive vice president of the National LGBTQ Chamber of Commerce, speaking at the Dubuque gathering
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- Jodi Fisk of John Deere and Steph Jordan of the Center for Best Practices in Early Childhood Education at Western Illinois University at the Davenport launch
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- Iowa State Representative Lindsay James, District 71, speaking at the Dubuque launch
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- Steph Jordan of the Center for Best Practices in Early Childhood Education at Western Illinois University, and Shelbee Bradley and Stephanie Patrick touting the Quad Cities Out for Good SafeConnect program, at the Davenport launch
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- Rich Hendricks of MCC of the Quad Cities; Ken Croken for State Representative District 97; and Natasha Hoenig of Free Mom Hugs at the Davenport launch
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- Edie Mack of Moline, and Elliot Cobb and Roberto Leone of Rock Island, at the Davenport launch
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- Mike Pace, of the Mindy Smith Pace campaign; Zachery Nielsen of Bloom Therapy; and Dan Jansen, founder of the Iowa LGBTQ Chamber of Commerce at the Davenport launch
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- Egan Wilgenbusch, Chuck Harris, Andy McLees, and Dan Jansen at the Dubuque launch event.
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- Erica Turner, Dan Jansen, and Chad Johnston of the Iowa LGBTQ Chamber of Commerce at the Davenport launch
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- Kyrie and Anna Copeland of Kyrie Copeland Films; Jeff Savage, Polk City Council member; Adam Peters of Clock Inc. and the Stonewall Democratic Caucus for Iowa; former Miss Trans USA Candi Stratton; and realtor Steven Sutton-Gordon at the Davenport launch
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- Tyler Mitchell of The Project of the Quad Cities, and Jennifer and Ashley Bowser of Eaton at the Davenport launch
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- Rachel Jones of Clock Inc.; Corina Gonzales and Natasha Hoenig of Free Mom Hugs; Kurt Stevens of Clock Inc. and MCC of the Quad Cities; and Tyler Lanz of the Mississippi Valley Workforce Development Board (IowaWORKS) at the Davenport launch
(Davenport photos courtesy of The Real Mainstream. Dubuque photos courtesy of the Iowa LGBTQ Chamber of Commerce)
