Celebrating Pride Month 2024 | Drive with Pride

June 18th, 2024 by
Walser Automotive Group Pride Month 2024

As we celebrate Pride Month 2024, we’re shining a spotlight on the vibrant events and activities happening in the Twin Cities. Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota, are renowned for their spirited celebrations, hosting a series of events that are uplifting and meaningful.   Why Pride Month Matters Pride Month is more than just a celebration;…

Pride Month: ‘Working Here is a Place of Support’

June 21st, 2021 by

Austin Landers, MINI of Wichita   MINI of Wichita’s Austin Landers isn’t shy about acknowledging some division when it comes to LGBTQIA+ support and the Wichita community. In a recent interview, Landers, a service advisor who joined Walser in 2017, said, instead, it’s Walser that truly feels like a place of support. Landers is a…

‘From Openly Persecuted to Openly Accepted’: The Strength in LGBTQ+ Pride

June 11th, 2021 by

  L-R: Etoile Frank (he/him), Erich Christjansen (he/him)   When Erich Christjansen, Director of Operations at the Walser Reconditioning Center, first met CEO Andrew Walser in 2020, he wasn’t expecting it to end in a job offer. Christjansen was serving as an operations director for a Las Vegas Volvo dealer at the time. Over time,…

Pride Month: Jessica Herzing

June 4th, 2021 by

Jessica Herzing, Walser F&I Sr. Specialist     The LGBTQIA+ community is full of powerful stories, and throughout Pride month, we’ll be celebrating stories of Walser Automotive Group employees. This week, we’re spotlighting Jessica Herzing (she/her/hers). Jessica is an F&I Sr. Specialist and a founding Board Chair of Drive With Pride, Walser’s LGBTQIA+ Employee Resource…

Walser Celebrates 2021 Pride Month

June 1st, 2021 by

    Walser Automotive Group is proud to celebrate Walser’s LGBTQIA+ employees all year long, and especially during Pride Month. This June, Walser will host a month of educational workshops, webinars, events, a Pride family picnic, and more to recognize the identities and contributions of our LGBTQIA+ employees. We believe in the power of bringing your…

Resource Library Supports LGBTQ Knowledge at Walser

November 23rd, 2020 by

Drive with Pride, your favorite auto industry LGBTQIA+ Employee Resource Group, is excited to let you in on the fact that we have been training and building… a resource library! With the understanding that to grow is to learn, we wanted to give our company the best opportunity. Understanding our employees makes us engaged as…

Drive With Pride: Walser Launches LGBT Resource Group

September 30th, 2020 by

  Bring your whole self to work. Something that Walser Automotive Group stands behind every day. From Walser’s new hire orientation, where we discuss our values, to our everyday store experiences with our teammates and customers, this mentality is part of daily conversation. Moreover, walk into any Walser retail location and you’ll see our walls…

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