LGBT Queens Business Networking Mixer (Free)

Join members of the LGBT Business Network for our FIRST LGBT Business Networking Party in Queens! We like to come from a pay-it-forward attitude so we'll be hosting this event for free. All the leads you make at this event will be on us!

Our business networking mixer allows you to meet LGBT business professionals from a diverse group of industries and backgrounds - Business Professionals and Executives, Small and Medium Business Owners, Entrepreneurs and Startups. Network with our members and start creating new relationships in your local area of Queens.

COST : Free with RSVP through our website by 12 noon on 8/24 or $10 CASH/door

NOTE: We have stacks of giveaways that we'll be raffling off throughout the event.

EVENT GIVEAWAYS SPONSORED BY:

Shout! Factory
Presents Academy Award® winner Melissa Leo in this gritty, emotional roller-coaster ride of a teen prostitute on the sleazy streets of NYC. “Fast-paced … vicious … full of surprises.” New York Times. Melissa Leo may have recently won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in The Fighter, but in 1985 she was earning her thespian stripes playing a NYC teen prostitute in Roger Corman's guilty pleasure Streetwalkin'. This one has it all: Foul-mouthed pimps, drugged-up junkies, topless dance club scenes and Julie Newmar ("Catwoman" from the 60s TV Batman) as a hooker walking around in hot-red lingerie! This sleazy you-have-to-see-it-to-believe it DVD struts into stores and online retailers on August 2. Strange Game the thrilling debut album from electropop dance act GENIUS LOVERS featuring the hot dance tracks "Push Back" and "Four to the Floor". Available now on iTunes, Amazon.com (http://amazon.com/) and CDBaby.com (http://cdbaby.com/) from Thrill Horizons Records http://www.geniuslovers.com (http://www.geniuslovers.com/)

EVENT SPONSORS:

The LGBT Business Network is Proudly Sponsored by the Queens Chronicle
The Queens Chronicle is excited to be media sponsor of the LGBT Business Network. The Chronicle publishes 8 weekly newspapers throughout Queens, reaching over 400,000 people. We cover the entire borough with local community news, entertainment and opinions. Our website, http://www.queenschronicle.com (http://queenschronicle.com/) features articles and photos of events from all of our editions. We have been helping small and large companies build their companies every year since our founding in 1979. For further info, contact Estelle Torino at (917) 922-6340 or estellet@qchron.com .

The LGBT Business Network is Proudly Sponsored by the International YMCA
Seeking to empower people to become active agents of social change, the International YMCA offers transformative global education & cultural exchange programs for individual young people from every corner of the globe. Working within a world-side network including businesses, YMCAs, camps, individuals and families, we bring people together for peace, tolerance and diversity in homes, storefronts and YMCAs across the globe. Since 1911, our Y has been working to build global citizens by enhancing mutual understanding, fostering the exchange of ideas, and bringing people together for peace. Join us in our quest to change OUR world… To learn more about the International YMCA, please visit: http://www.internationalymca.org (http://www.internationalymca.org/) or contact Chad Nico Hiu at chiu@ymcanyc.org.

VENUE SPONSOR:

Mood Restaurant

Located just around the corner from the LIRR and near LIE, Jackie Robinson Parkway and Grand Central Parkway. Convenient parking available. Mood offers a lunch and dinner menu as well as Sunday brunch. Visit http://www.moodnyc.com (http://www.moodnyc.com/) for further info.