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Corporate Partner Spotlight
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Raytheon:
Diversity at Raytheon is about inclusiveness — providing an atmosphere where everyone feels valued and empowered to perform at a peak level, regardless of the many ways people are different, including but not limited to age, race, gender, sexual orientation, family history or physical ability.
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Ernst & Young, LLP:
We strive to provide an environment where talented people can develop, flourish and make a difference.
There may be 135,000 of us scattered around the world across 140 countries, but together we compose an inclusive culture that thrives on a shared set of values.
You’ll be part of a culture wh...
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Pali House:
Palihouse Holloway has thrown open its doors and is ushering in 2009 with unique style and bonhomie. A luxury metropolitan boutique hotel welcoming short and long stays, Palihouse offers a distinctly European ambiance with eclectic and stylish decor. Palihouse is defined by discreet and personalized...
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Baldwin Rocks Fitness:
B*Rock*Fit - Train to Live. Train for Life.
Baldwin Rocks Fitness is committed to enriching our communities by providing excellent health and wellness services to our clients, promoting healthy lifestyle programs in underprivileged neighborhoods of the Greater Los Angeles area, while providing mentoring and training programs specifically for ...
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Lesbian News:
The Lesbian News has the distinction and responsibility of being the nation’s longest running lesbian publication. Founded in 1974 in Southern California, the LN began as the lone voice for lesbian issues. Today, after 35 years, the LN is still the nation’s foremost voice for lesbians of all ages.
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Echelon Business Media Inc.:
Echelon Magazine - Taking Pride in Business
Echelon Magazine is an online publication serving the LGBT business community.
Sign up for our free weekly newsletter and also pre-register for our upcoming event: The Echelon Pride in Business Expo.
http://www.echelonmagazine.com
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West Hollywood Chamber of Commerce:
The Chamber Team is made up of a diverse group of individuals, both volunteer and staff, who share years of experience in a wide variety of business industries.
The 25 volunteers that make up the West Hollywood Chamber Board of Directors reflect the creativity and diversity of our City. From For...
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The year was 1979 - only 11 years after the Stonewall Riots ignited the Gay Liberation Movement. Jimmy Carter was promoting human rights and America had yet to hear of AIDS or the HIV virus. In California we had just fought -- and won -- the biggest battle of our political/activist lives: the anti-gay Briggs Initiative, better known then as Proposition 6. It was then, that in the San Fernando Valley, a dedicated group of gay men, lesbians, and their friends came together to form the Valley Business Alliance to provide a supportive environment for their nascent businesses and "out" entrepreneurs.
Since its inception as the VBA, the organization made substantial donations to various worthwhile community organizations. The fund-raising vehicle was the annual Pioneer Days, a two-day country fair which put VBA on the map. When AIDS began to devastate our community in the mid-80's, the VBA was there to support our AIDS organizations; helping Homestead Hospice and Shelter open Pioneer Home, the first AIDS hospice in the Valley.
In 1998 the organization, its membership having spread widely throughout the Los Angeles basin, changed its name to the Business Alliance of Los Angeles. But its purpose remained the same: to serve as a place where entrepreneurs and small businesses with GLBT ownership and/or non-gays who openly seek patronage from and fellowship with our community could come together in a spirit of friendship, networking, community service, adventure and fun.
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Over the years VBA, BALA, and now the Los Angeles Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce (LGLCC) has honored leaders and members of our community, brought together hundreds of businesses, business professionals, those aspiring to be business professionals and raised tens of thousands of dollars for worthwhile causes.
What was once an organization of monthly dinner speakers now offers a cast and varied calendar of dinners, mixers (many are joint events with other GLBT organizations), educational seminars, Toastmasters Groups, a Young Business Professional Group and more.
While decades have changed the face of the gay and lesbian community, some things do not need to change: our commitment to unite gay and lesbian business and professional people with their allies in the straight business community for their mutual benefit; to provide a network and open forum for the free exchange of ideas; to foster fellowship and professional personal enrichment; and to disseminate information. The Los Angeles Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce re-commits itself to these tenets.
Morris Kight
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Lori L. Jean
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Welcome
The Los Angeles Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce (LAGLCC) is a 501(c)(6) organization of gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and gay-allied businesses, professionals, and individuals, who have joined together to effect positive growth in ourselves, our work, our community and our future.
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