The DRC’s 2022 Women’s Business Conference (WBC) falls on International Women’s Day – March 8, 2022 – with a focus on the resurgence, reinvention, and resiliency of women.
In addition to the WBC’s traditional lineup of inspiring speakers and leaders, we are pleased to announce the program will also include an exciting community marketplace, presented by Frost, featuring Dallas Region founders, creators, and entrepreneurs. Each local organization will highlight a unique mission or product.
We hope you’ll enjoy exploring their wares, becoming inspired by their mission, and supporting their work both before and during the event.
OUR MARKETPLACE INCLUDES...
Akris is an international fashion house founded in 1922 in St. Gallen, Switzerland. Creative director Albert Kriemler designs sleek and effortless collections for a discerning global clientele of women with purpose. His signature accessories include the Ai bag made of coveted Mongolian horsehair and artistic Collector`s scarves. The third-generation family-owned fashion house is renowned for its rarefied and innovative double-face fabrics, for pushing the boundaries of St Gallen embroidery and pioneering digital photo printing techniques.
Since 2004, Albert Kriemler has shown his collections at Paris Fashion Week. The Akris collections are available in over 300 selected points of distribution worldwide, including Highland Park Village, Dallas’s premier open-air shopping and dining destination.
AyurRoots Wellness Spa is a leading resource center in the DFW area, established for natural health and Ayurveda. A meaningful life, as Ayurveda states, should be like that of a banyan tree – with numerous branches, providing shelter and shade to all that come under it; with the main goal geared towards better health. They provide the most comprehensive alternative healthcare with Ayurveda programs. Their objective is to offer you a more authentic, natural, and healthy way to live and lead your life.
Break Bread, Break Borders is developing a culinary training program to empower refugee women from war-torn countries to find job opportunities by sharing their food, culture, and storytelling. We break bread with the communities, and break down borders at the same time.
Come laugh socialize, and party at the ultimate girls night out! The BABEXperience (Build A Bag Experience) offers delicious delectables from our private chef, to bring a sweet taste to your party. Enjoy our bubble bar, and BABE Lounge perfect for selfies and great time with friends. Design the bag of your dreams. You leave with a custom handbag design by you and an everlasting memory. Mention code “WC22” to take advantage of a $25 coupon!
Calyan Wax Co. candles are a simple way for you to take a stand against human trafficking in America. With every purchase of their natural soy candles, you are speaking up for brave young survivors on their healing journey with 5% of all Calyan revenue donated to trusted and vetted nonprofits. By simply enjoy their soy candles, you are bringing light to a dark world.
Cool Crayations is a Texas-based crayon shop that’s shaking up the crayon game. They create cool shaped crayons – everything from fun dino crayons to customized crayon name sets – for tiny humans, and each crayon they make is handmade with love.
The vision at Inside the Diverse Mind is to show you how you can empower yourself and shape your success to become the individual you always wanted to be. They offer one on one and group coaching sessions to help you explore various ways you can streamline your own capabilities by not only being aware and conscious of your cultural, emotional, and social intelligence and also by learning what makes you who you are and why you think and do the things the way you do.
The mission of the League of Women Voters of Dallas is to empower voters, defend democracy, and protect the freedom to vote. The League of Women Voters of Dallas is part of a nonpartisan political organization operating at the local, state, and national level. They neither support nor oppose candidates or parties. Their volunteers work in Dallas County to: (1) Encourage voter education and registration for informed and engaged voices in the political decision making process of governing; (2) Increase awareness of major public policy issues and decisions made on our behalf through votes by elected officials in Dallas County; and (3) Influence public policy through education and advocacy.
Mercado369 galleries are filled with one-of-a-kind original fine art, paintings, sculpture, jewelry, textiles, and decorative arts from Mexico to Argentina. Every item is personally selected by our team to reflect the rich culture and history of Latin America.
Noodle & Co. Apothecary is a small family owned and operated company in Dallas, Texas. They strive to produce high quality soaps that are infused with pure and environmentally friendly oils and butters that moisturize and nourish the skin.
Playboxes began with an observation that, almost every time you give a little kid a gift, they will immediately cast it aside and instead choose to play in, under, around, and on the box. So, rather than giving them another plastic toy that will end up in the donation pile or the garbage bin, why not give them what they really want? Something that sparks their imagination, keeps them entertained for hours, and that can be recycled when they’re through? They may not be the first to have this idea, but they aim to be the best, both in product and in business.
The Plant Project is the first Black woman-owned plant shop in Dallas. Deeply-rooted in diversity, The Plant Project was created to celebrate community, culture, and plants. They are MORE than a plant shop – they are a place where we know, in order to GROW we must ROOT for one another. With the season of giving and gathering among us, enjoy 15% off your next plant purchase with The Plant Project Dallas Monday-Friday when you mention the DRC Women’s Business Conference in store.