

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Level Up Conference 2026
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 18 Apr, 2026 at 12:00 pm – Sat, 18 Apr, 2026 at 07:30 pm (-05:00)
- **Event Description**: Join Black LGBTQ+ people across Illinois to gain professional development skills, get help starting a business, or gain job search skills.About this EventLighthouse Foundation’s 4th Annual Level Up Conference is a dynamic, solutions-focused, full-day convening designed to equip job seekers, working professionals, entrepreneurs, philanthropists, and community leaders with the tools, relationships, and insight needed to navigate today’s rapidly evolving economic landscape. Through interactive workshops, skills-building sessions, panels featuring industry leaders, and a job fair, participants gain practical insight into workplace readiness, career pathways, and entrepreneurship.The 2026 Level Up Conference will be held Saturday, April 18, at Venue Six10 in Chicago. While this event centers the wisdom and experience of Black LGBTQ+ folx, people of all identities are enthusiastically encouraged to attend!Highlights include:-An opening plenary featuring Black LGBTQ+ CEOs leading prominent nonprofit institutions-A Black LGBTQ+ Joy as Foil to Turbulent Times, a panel spotlighting the wisdom of Black LGBTQ+ executives-Three core programming tracks: Toolkit: Obtaining a Job, Advancing in your job, and Entrepreneurship; Launch: 18-24 year olds Building Dreams Together, a youth development track; Creating Joy in the Work, a dedicated philanthropy trackAdditional elements include a job fair, dinner and drinks, evening music performances showcasing Black LGBTQ+ joy, and a closing panel featuring philanthropic and social justice nonprofit leaders discussing how to center joy in activism. From professional development and relationship-building to rest, reflection, and shared vision, Level Up serves as a strategic gathering point that affirms joy as critical infrastructure for effective, sustainable work and social change.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxwlUzlufdc  https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events7/banners/83879d80-0868-11f1-a70f-b15bde9c1f1d-rimg-w1110-h740-dcfdfdfd-gmir.jpg   https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events3/banners/83fb9500-0868-11f1-8e72-eb9923d9d6b2-rimg-w1110-h740-dc030203-gmir.jpg   https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events3/banners/84282340-0868-11f1-a70f-b15bde9c1f1d-rimg-w1110-h740-dcd8d5d2-gmir.jpg   https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events1/banners/84574990-0868-11f1-b6c3-c3694e9a4e40-rimg-w1110-h740-dcf2f4f2-gmir.jpg   https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events4/banners/8485fab0-0868-11f1-b6c3-c3694e9a4e40-rimg-w1110-h740-dcc4c3bf-gmir.jpg   https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events2/banners/84b63270-0868-11f1-b6c3-c3694e9a4e40-rimg-w1110-h740-dcebeced-gmir.jpg Agenda🕑: 12:15 PM - 01:00 PMBreakout Session Block #1🕑: 01:15 PM - 02:00 PMBreakout Session Block #2🕑: 02:15 PM - 03:00 PMOpening Plenary🕑: 03:15 PM - 04:00 PMBreakout Session Block #3, Job Fair, &amp; Headshots🕑: 04:15 PM - 04:45 PMBreakout Session Block #4🕑: 05:00 PM - 06:45 PMDinner, Open Bar, Live Music Performances, &amp; Keynote Address🕑: 06:45 PM - 07:30 PMClosing Plenary
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/chicago/level-up-conference-2026/100001981602225600
- **Event Categories**: business, lgbt-pride, conferences, music, job-fairs, workshops, live-music, entertainment, it
- **Interested Audience**: 
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## Ticket Details

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- **Ticket Price Range**: min: 0, max: 0, currency: USD

## Event venue details

- **city**: Chicago
- **state**: IL
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Venue SIX10
- **lat**: 41.87400809999999
- **long**: -87.62466429999999
- **full address**: Venue SIX10, 610 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, United States

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 10
- **organizer**: Lighthouse Foundation of Chicagoland (https://allevents.in/org/lighthouse-foundation-of-chicagoland/18881118)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Sat, 18 Apr, 2026 at 12:00 pm (-05:00)
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Venue SIX10, 610 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, United States
- **Q**: What is the ticket price?
  - **A:** starting from 0 up to 0 USD
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Lighthouse Foundation of Chicagoland
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** business, lgbt-pride, conferences, music, job-fairs, workshops, live-music, entertainment, it
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Level Up Conference 2026 ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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