Breaking the Ice: Breaking Barriers & Building Community Event Registration

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

Event Information

Date: Wednesday, January 22, 2025

Time: 5:30 pm-8:30 pm

Location: Kansas Leadership Center, 325 E Douglas Ave, Wichita, KS 67202

Event Cost: This event is free to attend, but registration is required. If you have any questions or encounter issues with registration, please contact ktaylorw@usfigureskating.org.

Event Agenda:

5:30 PM - 6:00 PM | Doors Open

6:15 PM - 7:15 PM | Programming

Welcome Remarks
Keynote Speaker
Panel Discussion
Q&A
Closing Remarks

7:20 PM - 8:30 PM | Networking

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