Beyond the Pride Flag: Becoming a Business Advocate for Equal Rights for All

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Beyond the Pride Flag: Becoming a Business Advocate for Equal Rights for All

Presented by Basic Rights Oregon and Oregon Pride in Business

🗓 Wednesday, June 4
🕟 4:30–6:30 PM (in-person) | 5:00–6:00 PM (virtual)
📍Downtown Portland
💵 No cost to attend, donations to BRO or ORPIB are welcome

Join Oregon Pride in Business (ORPIB) and Basic Rights Oregon (BRO) for an inspiring evening of advocacy, education, and community action. This event is a rallying point for LGBTQIA2S+ and allied business owners ready to stand up and speak out for equality in Oregon.

This event will:

• Inspire business owners to use their voices and platforms for change

• Educate on the risks and responsibilities of political advocacy

• Activate support for the Equal Rights for All Campaign

🎤 Featured Speakers:

• Kellen Moody, Vice President of Oregon Pride in Business will kick off the program with a powerful message: our communities are under political threat—and it’s time for small business leaders to take a stand. Their energizing talk will address risk analysis and why business advocacy matters now more than ever.

• Kyndall Mason, Executive Director of Basic Rights Oregon, will share an overview of the Equal Rights for All Campaign and walk attendees through tangible actions—like how to officially endorse the campaign as a business.

• Hear personal stories from other business owners and community leaders about their experience using their business as a political platform, including Heidi Liedeker, owner of Meat for Cats and Dogs, and Madi Bourdon, author, educator, and advocate. 
  
  

🗓 Schedule:

• 4:30–5:00 PM – Arrival & Mingling (in-person only)

• 5:00–6:00 PM – Main Program (in-person & virtual)

• 6:30 PM — Advocacy Action Stations and Closing (in-person only)

This is your chance to connect with other values-driven business owners, learn how to amplify your voice, and commit to a more inclusive Oregon.

✨ Register today and be part of this necessary movement for Equal Rights for All in Oregon.