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Hitman talks to Marlene and Lisa for STAND UP 4HER Comedy Event · Classic Hitz with Hitman

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  Speaker 1: Corpus Christie's classic hits Big ninety three nine tip May
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  Speaker 1: with you and I have Marlene and Lisa on the
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  Speaker 1: phone with the USS Lexington and stand Up for Her. Hey, girls,
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  Speaker 1: how are you doing?
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  Speaker 2: Hey, We're doing great. Thanks for having us on today.
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  Speaker 2: We really appreciate it.
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  Speaker 1: Now, this is a big event that's happening called stand
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  Speaker 1: Up for Her. That's happening just a couple of days
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  Speaker 1: over at the USS Lexington to comedy events. Tell us
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  Speaker 1: a little bit about it.
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  Speaker 2: Well, we I'm the executive director of a local nonprofit
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  Speaker 2: called for Her Ministries, and we work with survivors of
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  Speaker 2: human trafficking and so we have a fundraiser once a year,
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  Speaker 2: which is the comedy show. We have a great comic
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  Speaker 2: named Rob Smiley coming in from Houston. We also have
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  Speaker 2: a local comic Alito Quartet, that'll be performing and all
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  Speaker 2: the funds go directly to the nonprofit to provide services
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  Speaker 2: for local women who have been exploited through human trafficking.
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  Speaker 1: Wow. Wow, that's for a great cause. Tell us a
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  Speaker 1: little bit about the show. I mean, how long have
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  Speaker 1: you guys been doing this stand Up for Her a event?
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  Speaker 2: You know? This is our third annual show and it's
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  Speaker 2: always been a great hit. Thank you Corpus Christy for
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  Speaker 2: supporting us. And doors open at six. We'll have light bightes,
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  Speaker 2: we'll have a silent option, we'll have dessert stations, photo booth,
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  Speaker 2: we have some dignitaries coming in. So it's just a
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  Speaker 2: great night. I mean, the topic is really hard and
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  Speaker 2: so but we want to provide a fun environment, a
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  Speaker 2: fun night to her. And we're also going to have
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  Speaker 2: a survivor story. There'll be someone there that'll be speaking
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  Speaker 2: firsthand experience of what it's like to overcome human trafficking.
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  Speaker 2: So it's just an overall great date night. Bring your
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  Speaker 2: plus line and come out and enjoy the comics.
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  Speaker 1: Now, where can people get tickets for this show?
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  Speaker 2: You can go online to for hercc dot com, backslash,
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  Speaker 2: stand Up for Her and you can get your tickets online.
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  Speaker 1: Okay, it should be a great event. And of course
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  Speaker 1: if you want to find out more about for her ministries,
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  Speaker 1: that's also where you can go online to find out
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  Speaker 1: more information.
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  Speaker 2: Right, that's correct, all right?
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  Speaker 1: So can also people besides that for for her ministries?
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  Speaker 1: Can people come and volunteer to help out with the ministries?
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  Speaker 2: Yes, definitely, We have all types of places people can
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  Speaker 2: come in volunteer. We do do street outreach every month.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, we're pretty proactive in what we do, and
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  Speaker 2: so yes, there's plenty of opportunities. Same website for her,
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  Speaker 2: CC dot com, back Splash, contact us and there is
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  Speaker 2: a volunteer submission form that they can fill out and
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  Speaker 2: we'll contact them to get them plugged in.
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  Speaker 1: Wow. All right, So I'm looking forward to It's a
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  Speaker 1: great event that's happening on the seventh, that's only just
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  Speaker 1: a couple of days away, happening at the USS Lexington.
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  Speaker 1: It's stand Up for Her. It's some great stand up
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  Speaker 1: comedy that's going to be happening that night. You can
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  Speaker 1: get your tickets online and you can also find out
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  Speaker 1: more details also on Facebook and all social media outlets
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  Speaker 1: and stuff like that. Anything else, Marlene, Lisa, you guys
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  Speaker 1: want to talk.
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  Speaker 2: About No, I think that's it. Just thank you again
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  Speaker 2: for having us on and we really appreciate the support
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  Speaker 2: that's come the last three years from the city and
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  Speaker 2: we look forward to seeing you guys on Friday night.