Check out some Chamber events for the upcoming weeks! 📅 View the full calendar of events: https://bit.ly/488qXsX 🥂 121st Annual Meeting of Membership: Presented by AT&T, this signature event is the premier gathering of Chicago’s business community, focused on the strength and impact of commerce and industry in our city. Speakers, including Governor JB Pritzker; Mayor Brandon Johnson; Toni Preckwinkle, President, Cook County Board of Commissioners; Christopher Smith, Chief Government Affairs Officer at Ford Motor Company, along with Chamber leadership, will highlight accomplishments from the past year, address challenges on the horizon, and underscore the importance of ongoing commitment to collaboration and progress. Reserve a table for your team or become an event sponsor ▶️ https://bit.ly/434DnBk ✏️ Bridging the Gap - Launching AP Career Kickstart for the Workforce of Tomorrow: Join us for the official launch of AP Career Kickstart: Business Principles/Personal Finance, a groundbreaking new AP course from the College Board in partnership with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. This hybrid event will unveil how the course is designed to equip high school students with essential business and personal finance skills. We invite employers, educators, and community leaders to discover how they can support and connect with this initiative. ▶️ https://bit.ly/4mky9Jb 📖 A Juneteenth Freedom Celebration - Honoring the Past, Inspiring the Future: Join us on June 17th for an event designed to educate our members, partners, emerging leaders, and volunteers about the significance and history of Juneteenth and the role that this celebration plays in advancing Black economic empowerment and freedom. his impactful program will explore the historical context of Juneteenth, examine the effects of past and present tax policies on wealth distribution, highlight the importance of agriculture in the Black economy, and discuss how entrepreneurship can assist in opportunities to close the racial wealth gap. ▶️ https://bit.ly/3FcUjfU 🔥 Emerging Leaders Fireside Chat with Dan Lynch: Join Emerging Leaders Chicago for a fireside chat on June 23 featuring Board Chair Dan Lynch, Vice President, State and Local Government Affairs at United Airlines. The Emerging Leaders Fireside Chat Series provides an exclusive opportunity for young professionals to learn from tenured experts about past experiences, industry insights, personal mantras, and much more. Attendees will leave with a sense of wisdom after hearing tips and lessons from Chicago’s brightest executives. ▶️ https://bit.ly/43EvDpR (fb)

Choose Chicago is seeking several hundred remarkable Chicagoans to act as volunteers as Chicago welcomes the U.S. Travel Association’s IPW2025 at McCormick Place June 14-18. IPW is the leading international inbound travel trade show in the U.S. and a key driver of future international visitation to the city. McCormick Place will be the IPW headquarters and activations are planned for approximately 5,000 travel trade professionals, international travel media and domestic destination representatives at venues across Chicago. Chicagoans are sought to welcome delegates and to help staff these important (and fun!) events. As a thank you, volunteers who support multiple shifts may have the opportunity to receive a small gift or experience that celebrates the spirit of our city. Volunteers must be 18+ years old. Interested? Register to volunteer and check out all the opportunities to promote our city here: https://2025ipwvolunteer.my-trs.com/ If you have questions please contact Sue Wasylik, the Volunteer Manager for IPW Chicago swasylik@choosechicago.com (fb)