Event is FREE but if you want to enjoy a fabulous Brazilian Buffet with hot foods, tapas/finger foods, & desserts, they charge $10.75 per pound for any buffet items you want. A wide variety of Brazilian juices and beverages will also be available for purchase.

Join Berkshire regional queer-owned business leaders, professionals, and community leaders in this social networking event at a queer-owned business once a month on the 3rd Wednesdays, 5:30-7:30pm (see schedule of locatins below).

This event is co-sponsored by Massachusetts LGBTQ Chamber of Commerce, Berkshire Magazine LGBTQ+ Guide, & Q-MoB to help business, professional, and community leaders have a monthly space to get to know one another and briefly learn about one another's priorities and upcoming events. While this event is primarily for business, professional, & community leaders who identify as being part of the LGBTQ+ community, allies who are publicly supportive of our community may attend.

The 4/16 Gathering will have the Theme of Exploring How the Berkshire’s Long-Standing Commitment to Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion is bringing business innovation & opportunities to the region, and will feature these speakers:

Pittsfield At- Large City Council Member Alisa Costa, speaking about why the City of Pittsfield has become a Sanctuary City for Trans/Non-Binary People, and how its long-standing commitment to DEI is helping bring business innovation and opportunities to the city
Alexandria Eberhardt, Executive Director of the Massachusetts LGBTQ+ Chamber of Commerce, will talk about how businesses all over Massachusetts are re-affirming their commitment to DEI and seeing an increase in customer and staff excitement about their brand, which is continuing to bring innovative leaders companies into the state who know that DEI is a winning business strategy if you want enthusiastic customers, staff, and suppliers.
Ben Lamb, One Berkshire Vice President for Econimic Development, who will be speaking about how the business community in the Berkshires is continuing its long-time commitment to diversity, equity, & inclusion and why the businesses that re-affirm this strategy are seeing increases in customer, staff, & supplier support and engagement.

DIRECTIONS & PARKING: Parking is free after 4pm. There are 2 big free city parking lots on McKay Street behind Brazzucas and some free parking in front on North Street.

THANK YOUS: The Co-sponsoring organizations are grateful to the following organizations for their strong support of the Berkshire LGBTQ Business, Professional & Community Leaders Networking Series:

Berkshire Eagle for Permission to use Photo of the owners of Brazzuca's
Berkshire United Way for a Venture Grant to Q-MoB to foster intergenerational collaboration in the LGBTQ community
One Berkshire for all their support of new and old LGBTQ businesses in the Berkshires
Berkshire Magazine's LGBTQ Guide, which remains the most comprehensive listing of LGBTQ businesses and organizations in the Berkshires

UPCOMING MONTHLY BUSINESS, PROFESSIONAL, & COMMUNITY LEADERS NETWORKNG EVENTS:

The LGBTQ Business, Professional, & Community Leaders Networking Event series will continue at these local LGBTQ-owned Berkshire businesses in upcoming months:

4/16/25, 5:30-7:30pm, at Brazzucas Market, 75 North St, Pittsfield, MA 01201, and on
5/21/25, 5:30-7:30 pm at Heart’s Pace Teahouse, 15 Eagle St, North Adams, MA 01247
6/18, 5:30-7:30pm, at Devonfield Inn, 85 Stockbridge Rd; Lee, MA 01238; Special Pride Gathering

Please register for each individual networking event here on Eventbrite so our hosts will know how many people to expect. And if your Berkshire-based queer-owned business would like to host a monthly networking event this summer, please email Angie Montalvo-Greene at angie.montalvogreene@malgbtcc.ccsend.com or Bart Church at queermenoftheberkshires@gmail.com

CARPOOLING/RIDE-SHARE: If you need a ride or are open to carpooling, please indicate that when you are registering, & our ride coordinator will try to match you with people nearby who are interested in carpooling or offering rides.

CONFIDENTIALITY OF YOUR DATA: We use the data you provide to make statistical reports to Berkshire United Way, a non-profit foundation that funded part of the costs of getting these monthly networking events rolling. Your contact information will be kept strictly confidential and only shared with the 4 co-sponsoring organizations (Mass LGBTQ+ Chamber of Commerce, Berkshire Magazine Pride Guide, Q-MoB, and Wander Berkshire), and only to be used to promote participation in the on-going monthly networking events, and to invite participants to subscribe to the newsletter/email list of each of the sponsoring organizations (which is optional on the part of all participants). We may not sell your data to outside vendors, nor disclose it to outside organizations without a court order. While you can refuse to answer questions when you register, you may not provide false information, according to EventBrite & Q-MoB Community Guidelines. If you provide false information that misrepresents who you are, we reserve the right to cancel your registration, report you to Eventbrite security, and if you make any threats to people or property, we will promptly report you to local police.

CONTACTING US DAY OF EVENT: If on the day of the event you cannot join us or have trouble finding the event, please call or text the co-hosts Bart at 503-734-6508 or Jay at 347-891-0194

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