LDEI Nashville Presents “Integrating Your Business: Bringing Inclusion to the Front and the Back of the House” - Saturday, April 23

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LDEI Nashville Presents “Integrating Your Business: 

Bringing Inclusion to the Front and the Back of the House” 

On Saturday, April 23, at Yay Yay’s on Jefferson

Tickets Now Available for the Second Installment of this Three-part DEI Symposium

WHAT:                 Les Dames d’Escoffier (LDEI) Nashville presents the second installment of its three-part Diversity, Equity and Inclusion symposium with Integrating Your Business: Bringing Inclusion to the Front and the Back of the House on Saturday, April 23. Integrating Your Business: Bringing Inclusion to the Front and the Back of the House will feature a conversation with Dame Naima Walker Fierce of Germantown Pub, Andrew Mischke of Rosemary & Beauty Queen and DEI Specialist Kellie Martin moderated by new media strategist Jason Luntz, Owner & Founder of URVoyce.

The session is part of the “Desegregating Nashville’s Food Scene: An Anti-Racism Brunch and Dialogue Series,” which reinforces the chapter’s mission to provide an inclusive culture within the hospitality industry. The final installment will be entitled Practice Radical Hospitality: How To Truly Welcome All on Saturday, May 21.

WHEN:                 Saturday, April 23 at Noon - 2:00 p.m., CT

WHERE:                Yay Yay's on Jefferson 1821 Jefferson Street Nashville, TN 37208

COST:                   Tickets are on-sale now for $50 per session. Ticket price includes brunch, a brunch cocktail, presentation, mini-workshop and take away materials. 

SPONSORS:        The series is made possible through a grant from The Women’s Fund of The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee. Sponsors for the series include gold-Level sponsors Frothy Monkey and Grey Goose Vodka; Silver-level sponsors A. Marshall Hospitality, Strategic Hospitality and FINN Partners; and in-kind sponsors FLWR Shop, Bloomy Rind, Dozen Bakery, Marsh House, The Hermitage Hotel, Lipman Brothers, Uncle Nearest and Jack Daniel’s. Sponsorship opportunities are still available. For more information, visit https://www.lesdamesnashville.org/symposium.

ABOUT THE NASHVILLE CHAPTER OF LES DAMES D’ESCOFFIER

Les Dames Nashville is a local chapter of Les Dames d’Escoffier International (LDEI), a network of professional women in food, beverage, hospitality and farming who are passionate about supporting women in those fields. Through our events, we raise money to fund our career advancement grants and scholarships, while furthering education and appreciation of our industry. Established in 2014, the chapter now includes 91 members. For more information, visit www.lesdamesnashville.org.