THE MONARCH ROOM
1701 MCGEE ST., SUITE 100, KANSAS CITY, MO.
A night all about inspiring and celebrating progress as we move toward more equitable industry standards within the marketing and advertising space. Stride is an event that highlights the steps we take as individuals and as a community to make lasting change – with a drink in hand, of course.
Tasty Food
Heavy appetizers will be served from 6 to 7 p.m., so make sure you’re thereon time.
Local beer and wine
Enjoy a guided wine and beer tastingfrom BIPOC owners. Other drinks fromlocal vendors will be served all night.
Live and silent auctions
STAY TUNED
Our Keynote Speaker:
Ruki Neuhold-Ravikumar
The president of the Kansas City Art Institute who joined KCAI last year after serving as the acting director of the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum in Washington, D.C.
Youth Panel
Moustapha Tall
Moustapha is a freelance video editor in KC. Moustapha is passionate about filmmaking and helping others make their visions come to life.
Joslin Wyatt
Joslin has been involved with TBL since she was a senior in high school. Throughout college she interned for Hallmark, H&R Block and Trozzolo. After graduating, Joslin joined Hallmark Cards, where she is now a content marketing studio account lead. She also serves on The BrandLab Alumni Board.
Cecilia Nguyen
Cecilia interned at Trozzolo Communications Group in the summer of 2022. She then graduated from Northwest Missouri State University witha digital media content strategy degree in December 2022, where she worked as a newspaper and yearbook designer. She is nowa content specialist andcreator at Kicksite.
Signal Theory Resonance Scholarship
Agency Champion Award
Individual Champion Award
Innovation & Equity Award
Alumni of the Year
The BrandLab’s mission is to change the face and voice of the marketing and advertising industry. We empower young talent from Indigenous, Black, Brown, AAPI and Hispanic/Latinx backgrounds to launch sustainable careers in thriving workplaces of creativity, inclusivity and belonging.
Sponsors
Photography Credits
General Assets
Yingchou Han
Etty Fidele
Image by rawpixel.com on Freepik
Clay Banks
Yves Talom
Devn
General Assets
Gift Habeshaw
Kimson Doan
Helena Lopes
Suad Kamardeen
Samuel Dixon
Emmanuel Ikwuegbu
