| Name of Person Filling Out This Form |
NiK Kacy
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| E-Mail of Person Filling Out This Form |
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| Phone # of Person Filling Out This Form |
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| Name of Primary Point of Contact, if other than the person filling out this form: |
NiK Kacy
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| Organization Name |
Kacy Corporation, Inc.
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| Organization Address |
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| Proposed Event Address (if offsite from city facilities) |
8157 Santa Monica Blvd, West Hollywood CA 90046-4912
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| Is your organization a nonprofit organization, a West Hollywood Neighborhood Watch Association, West Hollywood business or business the serves the West Hollywood community, or a governmental organization? |
Yes
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| Name of Proposed Co-Sponsorship Event |
Equality Fashion Week E3 Summit - Educate, Empower, Enrich
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| Anticipated Attendance |
250
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| Is this event free and open to the public? |
No
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| If not free and open to the public, please explain why. |
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| If this event is charging for entry, please list the price(s) to attend |
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| Please explain the purpose of this event and why it is important for the City to co-sponsor this event |
The Equality Fashion Week E3 Summit is focused on Education, Empowerment and Enrichment as an integral part of the week long festival focused on building community and visibility for LGBTQ+ people. This portion of the 4-day event will be bringing opportunities to learn and empower our LGBTQ+ community through topics on the following:
1. Financial wellness - LGBTQ+ folks tend to have very little access to wealth (particularly marginalized communities) and even when they do have jobs, do not know how to build it.
2. Group Panel on the intersectionality of Queer Culture and art, fashion, media and entertainment - how queers are often at the forefront of it and yet rarely given the proper credit and visibility we deserve.
3. Mental Health and Addiction Workshop via The Art of Yay with publicly Out and HIV+ Comedian and Educator Aidan Park who currently has a streaming special on Peacock.
4. Group Panel - The Entrepreneurship Journey - How to build your dream, thrive, uplift community while avoiding burnout.
5. Gender Exploration through Maskwork with Noga Wind of QueerUp Agency
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| How does this event benefit the West Hollywood community and/or the City? |
See answer above.... AND in addition to also, provides a SAFE space for the queer and allied community members to access resources and education without discrimination or misgendering. Sponsoring EFW and our events gives the City of Weho the opportunity to show it's allyship to the QTBIPOC community and larger multimedia industry by putting money where their mission is. Held in May this year during API Heritage Month and leading into Pride month, this year's EFW showcases and honors the communities that are most underrepresented and will highlight mostly QTBIPOC members of the community, as well as provide allies with how to be better allies as well. Everyone in the Weho community can benefit from this. In addition, EFW is the ONLY LGBTQ+ focused fashion week in the entire US left remaining. With the increase in hate and discrimination for our queer community, West Hollywood being a safe haven is the perfect partnership for this EFW event.
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| Please list the names of all event participants (panelists, presenters, performers, speakers, lecturers, etc.) for each/all day(s) of the event: |
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| Please provide a summary of examples of a previous event(s) and/or programming produced by your organization that demonstrates the organization’s capability to deliver high-quality events and/or programming similar to the one you are proposing in this application |
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| Has your organization received a City of West Hollywood co-sponsorship before? If so, for what event (name & date of event)? |
Yes, Queer Prom 2022 and 2023
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| Is this event held on one date, or multiple dates? |
Multiple Dates
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| What does your event request in City support: |
Promotion of the event via the City’s communication channels, Fee waivers for ancillary City permits that may be required for the event (e.g., Special event permit, building and safety permit, encroachment permits, etc.), Monetary Support. Not all Co-Sponsorships will include monetary support from the City. Please keep in mind, public funds must be used to support the community, must serve a public purpose, and requests will be reviewed in accordance with all applicable laws. The request must explain how this funding would be used to cover direct program costs. Funds are disbursed on a reimbursable basis after the provision of suitable expenditure documentation (e.g., receipts).
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| If requesting monetary support, please list an estimated amount: |
$10,000.00
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| If requesting facility use, please list the name & location of the facility requested: |
647 N San Vicente Blvd, West Hollywood CA 90069-5018
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