Breaking the Ice: Breaking Barriers & Building Community Through Skating and Entrepreneurship
Date and time
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Host organization
Kansas Leadership Center
Type of event
SBA participating event
Event description
Join us for an inspiring evening celebrating resilience, representation, and community at Breaking the Ice: Breaking Barriers & Building Community Through Skating and Entrepreneurship. This event brings together national figure skating trailblazers and local entrepreneurs to highlight their stories of embracing diversity to drive excellence and visibility in their communities.
Enjoy light refreshments from minority-owned businesses, connect with inspiring speakers, and learn more about the 2025 Prevagen U.S. Figure Skating Championships held Jan. 20-26 at the Intrust Arena.
Keynote Speaker: Atoy Wilson, U.S. Figure Skating Hall of Fame Inductee, Trailblazer
Panel Moderator: Wayne Bell, District Director, Small Business Administration
Panelists:
- Christian Hopkins, Office of Women & Minority Businesses, Kansas Department of Commerce
- Christina Long, Founder CML Collective, LLC
- Joel Savary, Founder and Executive Director, DiversifyIce