LGBTQ event at Federal Reserve Bank seeks new home after Trump DEI order
The OUT Georgia Business Alliance, a chamber of commerce for LGBTQ entrepreneurs, nonprofit leaders and corporate workers in the state, had planned to host its annual Economic Inclusion Summit at the Atlanta Fed in April.
OUT Georgia Business Alliance's 2024 Economic Inclusion Summit at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta.
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Organizers of an LGBTQ business event that was supposed to be hosted at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta are searching for a new venue because of President Donald Trump’s executive order targeting diversity, equity and inclusion, the group told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
The OUT Georgia Business Alliance, a chamber of commerce for LGBTQ entrepreneurs, nonprofit leaders and corporate workers in the state, had planned to host its annual Economic Inclusion Summit at the Atlanta Fed in April, according to Andi Monroe, interim executive director for the group. OUT Georgia hosted the event at the Atlanta Fed’s Midtown campus in 2023 and 2024 and had agreed last December on dates with the bank for this year.
But in his first days in office, Trump issued an executive order taking broad aim at dismantling DEI efforts across the federal government, telling agencies to terminate all DEI-related programs, mandates and jobs. The order has caused issues for some organizations that partner with the government.
In late January, the Greater Houston LGBTQ+ Chamber of Commerce was going to hold an event at the Federal Reserve Bank of Houston but was told by the bank that the event would violate Trump’s executive order, according to the Houston Chronicle.
Monroe saw that article and sent it to contacts at the Atlanta Fed, according to emails reviewed by the AJC.
“Having the relationship with them that we do, I didn’t want to make this a challenging conversation. I said, ‘Does this circumstance apply to us?’ And they just replied that they have the same limitation,” Monroe said.
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