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ElevateHER with Dana Wooten · The Erica Show

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  Speaker 1: G one O five. It's the Erica Show and Dana
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  Speaker 1: Wooten is in studio, President of the Clayton Chamber, which
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  Speaker 1: everybody knows you. You're kind of like the queen around
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  Speaker 1: there and I see you everywhere and you're doing all
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  Speaker 1: the things, just really giving back to the community and
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  Speaker 1: making sure people are being supported.
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  Speaker 2: I well, thank you, Eric.
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  Speaker 1: So everybody knows Dana, right, And so we have a
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  Speaker 1: really cool event coming up that you guys have asked
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  Speaker 1: me to be a part of it Elevate Her, and
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  Speaker 1: I'm so excited. But what is Elevate Her for all
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  Speaker 1: those have not heard about it?
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  Speaker 2: Okay, Elevate Her is our women's Empowerment Summit and this
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  Speaker 2: is our fourth year and last year you were a
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  Speaker 2: guest as a panelist, right, and you resonated so well
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  Speaker 2: with the audience that we wanted to bring you back
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  Speaker 2: as no pressure.
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  Speaker 1: Right.
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  Speaker 2: Well, you'll be fine, You'll be great, and we're looking
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  Speaker 2: forward to having you. But we usually have a theme
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  Speaker 2: and last year was Unveiling the Mask. This year is
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  Speaker 2: our our theme is women who are undeniable, unbreakable, and unstoppable, right,
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  Speaker 2: and your story fit into that storyline that we are they.
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  Speaker 1: Wont stop us. Are strong. You ain't stopping us.
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  Speaker 2: I know it. So anyway we are. We're looking forward
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  Speaker 2: to having you as a speaker, and you're gonna be
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  Speaker 2: talking about thriving in a world of closed doors and
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  Speaker 2: creating opportunities. Right, so just give everybody just like a
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  Speaker 2: little snippet of what you may be talking about.
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  Speaker 1: Well, first of all, so this is a male dominant
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  Speaker 1: business and I know a lot of industries also have that.
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  Speaker 1: But there's been times where you don't want to just
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  Speaker 1: be a life track, right, I'm like, no, no, I'm
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  Speaker 1: gonna show up front this and I'm gonna be the
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  Speaker 1: main character of my own story. And so you have
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  Speaker 1: to really fight and push for that. And sometimes that
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  Speaker 1: could be negotiating your contract or maybe the female is
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  Speaker 1: paid less, and being on top of things when you
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  Speaker 1: go into those meetings, and also believing in yourself giving
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  Speaker 1: some tibits on that. I know, for me, dressing for
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  Speaker 1: success is important because it makes me feel better and
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  Speaker 1: then you glow and you kind of show up in
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  Speaker 1: that way when you go to these meetings. We're gonna
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  Speaker 1: go over ways to fill your cup because that's how
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  Speaker 1: you're showing up to the world, but also, you know,
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  Speaker 1: respecting yourself and getting that risk respect from others. I
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  Speaker 1: know I'm in a place now in my career where
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  Speaker 1: I feel like I do have that respect, but it
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  Speaker 1: took some time to get to that place.
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  Speaker 2: Absolutely now. I think as a woman in business, we've
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  Speaker 2: all struggled with those things and coming into your own
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  Speaker 2: is powerful, and we want to make sure that we
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  Speaker 2: are sharing that and our experiences with everyone that's coming
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  Speaker 2: to the conference.
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  Speaker 1: And not Guy Hayden, because I've had some incredible men
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  Speaker 1: help guide me and be there to fight for me.
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  Speaker 1: You know, obviously, by there are things that to just
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  Speaker 1: be mindful of that might not be as easy are
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  Speaker 1: along your journey.
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  Speaker 2: So that's true.
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  Speaker 1: It's the tidbits to get you further along.
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  Speaker 2: I know. Well, support systems are are huge. And one
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  Speaker 2: of the things that I love about this conference is
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  Speaker 2: I just attended two events. One was a woman's conference
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  Speaker 2: and one was a leadership development retreat, and they both
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  Speaker 2: talked about building your board of directors. Who sits on
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  Speaker 2: your board, who's supporting you, who's telling you that you
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  Speaker 2: need to straighten up when you need to straighten who's
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  Speaker 2: encouraging you? So we all as women need to be
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  Speaker 2: I think building our own boarder directors or tribes, so
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  Speaker 2: to speak. You know, there might be somebody that gives
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  Speaker 2: you a growth opportunity because they are strong in an
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  Speaker 2: area where you might not be, and you want to
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  Speaker 2: learn and grow that way. So I think Elevate Her
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  Speaker 2: is a wonderful opportunity for you to meet like winded
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  Speaker 2: minded women who share some of the same goals and
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  Speaker 2: the same struggles. And so we're excited for it. April sixteenth.
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  Speaker 1: Aprill sixteenth. Where is it though, and where can they
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  Speaker 1: get tickets?
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  Speaker 2: Okay? So April sixteenth is at the Clayton Center in
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  Speaker 2: downtown Clayton.
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  Speaker 1: Which is so pretty.
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  Speaker 2: It is pretty. It is a wonderful old school building
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  Speaker 2: that they reflourished. It's wonderful, and it's from eight am
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  Speaker 2: and to one o'clock. So we've changed the way the
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  Speaker 2: Elevate Her some it is this year. So we're going
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  Speaker 2: to have vendors there as well. Some of our local
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  Speaker 2: businesses are going to be there, and we're going to
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  Speaker 2: have breakfast de mimosas and and just kind of enjoy
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  Speaker 2: each other's company and before the summit starts.
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  Speaker 1: And I will say so. Last year was my first
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  Speaker 1: year attending, and I was so excited because a lot
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  Speaker 1: of the women that I've met, we stay in contact.
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  Speaker 1: Like I see them, they're cheering me on, I'm cheering
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  Speaker 1: them on. I'm like, Wow, she's a badass. Excuse my language,
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  Speaker 1: but I'm like, there are really some fierce, fabulous women
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  Speaker 1: that attend this and it's cool to collaborate and make
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  Speaker 1: friends and make them a part of your tribe.
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  Speaker 2: They are they are. We also have another local speaker
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  Speaker 2: as well. Her name's Tina Bailey, and she is actually
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  Speaker 2: one of our launch Joco students who is a speaker
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  Speaker 2: and an author and a podcaster as well, and she's
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  Speaker 2: going to be talking about how to reclaim your narrative.
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  Speaker 2: So I'm anxious to see what Tina has to share
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  Speaker 2: with me. I love that. Yeah, So we structure EURS
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  Speaker 2: a little differently. We don't do the breakout sessions and
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  Speaker 2: go to different rooms. We just we just want to
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  Speaker 2: make sure that we're all together all at one time.
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  Speaker 2: And so we have our two speakers, and then we
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  Speaker 2: also have a panel of women who are are talking
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  Speaker 2: about owning their own journey and the power of resilience, confidence,
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  Speaker 2: and leadership. And Melissa Overton, who was a speaker, has
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  Speaker 2: been a speaker. Absolutely, she's going to be our moderator
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  Speaker 2: for that. So we're very excited about the day.
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  Speaker 1: And who's the sponsor this year? Because I know that's
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  Speaker 1: always a big way of making these events happen. If
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  Speaker 1: it wasn't for our sponsors, we couldn't do it.
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  Speaker 2: We sure couldn't. The presenting sponsor this year is the
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  Speaker 2: Jewel Box and it's a small business, local owned business
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  Speaker 2: on Main Street in downtown Clayton. So yeah, we appreciate
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  Speaker 2: their support.
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  Speaker 1: That's amazing. Okay, So why is it important for women
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  Speaker 1: to get involved in roles like you're in, because, like
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  Speaker 1: you know, everybody knows you you're giving back. But for you,
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  Speaker 1: what is the importance of getting involved?
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  Speaker 2: I think the importance of getting involved is building your relationships.
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  Speaker 2: You know, relationships aren't transactional, and I feel like being
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  Speaker 2: part of our Chamber of Commerce or getting involved in
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  Speaker 2: some way form fashion with with some organization gives you
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  Speaker 2: a sense of purpose and it also connects you to
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  Speaker 2: the resources you need to be successful in your business
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  Speaker 2: or successful in your personal life and both. I really
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  Speaker 2: believe that getting involved is extremely important to you. It
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  Speaker 2: helps me my well being, my mental health, my spiritual health,
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  Speaker 2: my physical health, and where you build networks in all
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  Speaker 2: kinds of different places.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, I joined a board for a prison alliance
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  Speaker 1: which is about prison reformance, faith based and I'll say, like,
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  Speaker 1: I've been on the board for about a year now,
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  Speaker 1: and it's so fulfilling to go out and do stuff
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  Speaker 1: like this job is. But also it's just really cool. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: and not only are you giving back, but you gain
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  Speaker 1: and you from your own.
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  Speaker 2: Heart exactly, you're involved exactly. Well, I'm a rotarian and
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  Speaker 2: I absolutely love being a rotarian. I love the service
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  Speaker 2: above self is our motto and I try to live
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  Speaker 2: that every day. Also belong to a gym where I
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  Speaker 2: need to release all the stress and feed myself physically,
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  Speaker 2: you know. So yeah, it's I don't know. Sometimes we
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  Speaker 2: can work in a silo and not be connected, and
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  Speaker 2: I think connections are very important.
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  Speaker 1: Well, thank you for coming in. I'm excited to see
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  Speaker 1: you on the sixteenth. Tell us the website one more time.
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  Speaker 2: It's www. Clayton Chamber dot com and just go click
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  Speaker 2: on events and click on elevator and register.
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  Speaker 1: So and if you forget go to my Instagram. It's
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  Speaker 1: on there and it'll direct you to elevate her.
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  Speaker 2: Absolutely, we've got Facebook two as you can go on
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  Speaker 2: the Clayton Chamber Facebook page and it's on there as well,
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  Speaker 2: so we'd love to see everybody there