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Local entrepreneur Anna Vos on her brand, Anna Parade, and how to effect change at the corporate level

Two smiling people wearing headphones sit at a table in a radio talk studio: a woman at left has short hair that is brown at the bottom and bright pink on top and is wearing sparkly pink glasses and a pink t-shirt with white lettering; a man at right has short dark hair and is wearing a long-sleeved purple plaid button-down shirt, khaki pants, and sneakers.
Julie Williams
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WXXI News
Anna Vos on "Connections with Evan Dawson" on Thursday, July 11, 2024

Local entrepreneur Anna Vos is one of only a handful of small business owners featured on Walmart’s website. Her business, Anna Parade, was selected for the second consecutive year as part of Walmart’s “Pride Always” campaign.

Vos is known for her pink hair, her sparkly glasses, and her merchandise that celebrates joy, self-love, and LGBTQIA+ pride. We talk with her about her story, her work, and about choosing to do business with a big corporation to create positive change.

Our guest:

Evan Dawson is the host of "Connections with Evan Dawson." He joined WXXI in January 2014 after working at 13WHAM-TV, where he served as morning news anchor. He was hired as a reporter for 13WHAM-TV in 2003 before being promoted to anchor in 2007.
Megan Mack is the executive producer of "Connections with Evan Dawson" and live/televised engagement programming.