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Pride Celebration: Cubs’ Laura Ricketts reflects on ‘sense of responsibility’ to speak up and represent

Laura Ricketts

Sun-Times

Laura Ricketts burst into her office Thursday morning, bags in hand, clad in a Cubs jersey that read “Team LPAC” across the back. She wore white Vans that bore Pride colors along the shoes’ sidewalls. The bags held Cubs Pride Celebration pins, stickers and hats.

She had a meeting later, she explained. For a pioneering team owner who prioritizes charity, political activism and community advocacy, the notion that blue pinstripes and rainbow shoes would be meeting attire suddenly seemed obvious.

Ricketts, who co-owns the Cubs with her brothers through their family trust, was hosting the board of LPAC, a political action committee founded by LGBTQ+ women and chaired by Ricketts.