CIVIC THURSDAY SPEAKER - Fred Palmer - Celebration Of Gay Pride Month | 06-09-2022

Fred is the founder and Publisher of Outword Media Marketing and Events Inc., an award-winning LGBTQ magazine now in its 27th year. Outword magazine provides news and entertainment for the LGBTQ community, as well as image consulting, logo design, fundraising, and alternative distribution
channels to its clients. Fred is an original founding member of the Rainbow Chamber of Commerce and the Rainbow Chamber Foundation and has served several terms as President on each board. He has worked with many community organizations, doing special events and fundraisers including PFLAG, Davis Pride, SIGLFF, and Sacramento LGBTQ Wedding Expo, helping to raise awareness for LGBTQ issues and bring in necessary funding. Fred and his team also created Sacramento Drag Queen Bingo, which to date, has raised over $350,000 for local charities and is now managed by the Sacramento Rainbow Chamber of Commerce. Fred has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Organizational Communications, with an emphasis in Marketing
and Business Management, from San Francisco State University.