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SUMMARY:LGBTQ+ History Month event with Rodney Wilson
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday\, October 13\, 2021 | 8:00 - 9:30 AM\n\nVIRTUALLY!\n\nSPECIAL EDITION: \n\nCELEBRATING LGBTQ+ HISTORY MONTH!\n\nFeaturing Special Guest\, Rodney Wilson\, Founder of LGBTQ+ History Month\n\nJoin us for the Special Edition: Brewing Up Business celebrating LGBTQ+ History Month sponsored by Let's Talk About Gay Stuff Podcast (A Production of Chamber Member ListenWerks).  LGBTQ+ History Month is celebrated every October to recognize and honor the history of the LGBTQ+ community.  This Special Edition Brewing Up Business will feature Special Guest\, Rodney Wilson\, who is the Founder of LGBTQ+ History Month.\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\nRodney Wilson founded LGBTQ+ History Month in 1994 and in that year became the first openly gay public school teacher in Missouri. In 2020\, he was named a Missouri Trailblazer by the Missouri State Museum. His story is told in the documentary-short "Taboo Teaching: A Profile of Missouri Teacher Rodney Wilson." On social media: @rodneycwilson.\n\n \n\nRodney Wilson is a high school teacher credited with creating LGBTQ+ History Month. October was selected because schools are in session\, and it is the month in which the first national march for lesbian and gay rights occurred and National Coming Out Day is celebrated.  Learn more about Rodney's background here.\n\n\n\n \n\nThis event will include a "fireside chat" with Rodney Wilson as well as plenty of opportunities to network. Casual networking starting at 8:00 a.m. on the Airmeet platform. Grab your coffee and join a networking table in the Chamber Networking Caf  where you can switch between tables or meet one-on-one. We've got you covered however you like to network! After the program\, stick around for more networking and connection at your leisure in the Chamber Networking Caf .
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p style="box-sizing: border-box\; margin: 0px 0px 1rem\; font-family: Raleway\, sans-serif\; font-size: 16px\; background-color: rgb(243\, 243\, 243)\; text-align: center\;"><span fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box\; font-weight: 700\;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box\; font-size: 24px\; color: rgb(10\, 61\, 95)\;">Wednesday\, October 13\, 2021 | 8:00 - 9:30 AM<br style="box-sizing: border-box\;" />\nVIRTUALLY!</span></span></p>\n\n<p style="box-sizing: border-box\; margin: 0px 0px 1rem\; font-family: Raleway\, sans-serif\; font-size: 16px\; background-color: rgb(243\, 243\, 243)\; text-align: center\;"><span fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box\; font-weight: 700\;"><font color="#b8312f" size="5" style="box-sizing: border-box\;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box\; caret-color: rgb(184\, 49\, 47)\; color: rgb(163\, 30\, 36)\;">SPECIAL EDITION:&nbsp\;</span></font></span><br style="box-sizing: border-box\;" />\n<span fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box\; font-weight: 700\;"><font color="#b8312f" size="5" style="box-sizing: border-box\;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box\; color: rgb(163\, 30\, 36)\;">CELEBRATING LGBTQ+ HISTORY MONTH!</span></font></span></p>\n\n<p style="box-sizing: border-box\; margin: 0px 0px 1rem\; font-family: Raleway\, sans-serif\; font-size: 16px\; background-color: rgb(243\, 243\, 243)\; text-align: center\;"><span fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box\; font-weight: 700\;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box\; font-size: 18px\; color: rgb(163\, 30\, 36)\;">Featuring Special Guest\, Rodney Wilson\, Founder of LGBTQ+ History Month</span></span></p>\n\n<p style="box-sizing: border-box\; margin: 0px 0px 1rem\; font-family: Raleway\, sans-serif\; font-size: 16px\; background-color: rgb(243\, 243\, 243)\;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box\; font-size: 18px\;">Join us for the&nbsp\;<span fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box\; font-weight: 700\;">Special Edition: Brewing Up Business</span>&nbsp\;celebrating&nbsp\;<span fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box\; font-weight: 700\;">LGBTQ+ History Month</span>&nbsp\;sponsored by&nbsp\;</span><a fr-original-style="" href="https://letstalkaboutgaystuff.com/" style="box-sizing: border-box\; background-color: transparent\; color: rgb(27\, 124\, 141)\; text-decoration-line: none\; user-select: auto\;"><span fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box\; font-weight: 700\;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box\; font-size: 18px\;">Let&#39\;s Talk About Gay Stuff</span></span>&nbsp\;<span fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box\; font-weight: 700\;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box\; font-size: 18px\;">Podcast</span></span></a><span style="box-sizing: border-box\; font-size: 18px\;">&nbsp\;(A Production of Chamber Member&nbsp\;</span><a fr-original-style="" href="https://listenwerks.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="box-sizing: border-box\; background-color: transparent\; color: rgb(27\, 124\, 141)\; text-decoration-line: none\; user-select: auto\;" target="_blank"><span fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box\; font-weight: 700\;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box\; font-size: 18px\;">ListenWerks</span></span></a>)<span style="box-sizing: border-box\; font-size: 18px\;">. &nbsp\;LGBTQ+ History Month is celebrated every October to recognize and honor the history of the LGBTQ+ community. &nbsp\;This Special Edition Brewing Up Business will feature Special Guest\,&nbsp\;<span fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box\; font-weight: 700\;">Rodney Wilson</span>\, who is the Founder of LGBTQ+ History Month.</span><br />\n&nbsp\;</p>\n\n<p style="box-sizing: border-box\; margin: 0px 0px 1rem\; font-family: Raleway\, sans-serif\; font-size: 16px\; background-color: rgb(243\, 243\, 243)\; text-align: center\;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box\; font-size: 18px\;"><img alt="" height="413" src="https://chambermaster.blob.core.windows.net/userfiles/UserFiles/chambers/1487/Image/2020-04-17-3-background-removed-and-cropped-cleaned-up.jpg" style="width: 300px\; height: 413px\;" width="300" /></span><br />\n&nbsp\;</p>\n\n<p style="box-sizing: border-box\; margin: 0px 0px 1rem\; font-family: Raleway\, sans-serif\; font-size: 16px\; background-color: rgb(243\, 243\, 243)\;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box\;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box\; font-size: 14px\;">Rodney Wilson founded LGBTQ+ History Month in 1994 and in that year became the first openly gay public school teacher in Missouri. In 2020\, he was named a Missouri Trailblazer by the Missouri State Museum. His story is told in the documentary-short &ldquo\;Taboo Teaching: A Profile of Missouri Teacher Rodney Wilson.&rdquo\; On social media: @rodneycwilson.</span></em></p>\n\n<p style="box-sizing: border-box\; margin: 0px 0px 1rem\; font-family: Raleway\, sans-serif\; font-size: 16px\; background-color: rgb(243\, 243\, 243)\; text-align: center\;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box\;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box\; font-size: 14px\;"><img fr-original-class="fr-draggable" fr-original-style="width: 211px\; height: 211px\;" height="211" src="https://res.cloudinary.com/micronetonline/image/upload/c_limit\,w_1080\,h_1080/v1631890204/tenants/9460c7f0-2ce2-4cbd-90f3-edc463ffe9d3/c3b4407f050f42e9ae4e96e624d65800/Taboo-Teaching-for-Instagram-Size.jpg" style="box-sizing: border-box\; border: 0px none\; vertical-align: middle\; max-width: 100%\; height: 211px\; width: 211px\; position: relative\; cursor: pointer\; padding: 0px 1px\;" width="211" />&nbsp\;<img fr-original-class="fr-draggable" fr-original-style="width: 162px\; height: 211.769px\;" height="211.769" src="https://res.cloudinary.com/micronetonline/image/upload/c_limit\,w_1200\,h_1568/v1631890270/tenants/9460c7f0-2ce2-4cbd-90f3-edc463ffe9d3/1ba138b3ecf244918c84f2654c8a120e/1997-inside-classroom.jpg" style="box-sizing: border-box\; border: 0px none\; vertical-align: middle\; max-width: 100%\; height: 211.769px\; width: 162px\; position: relative\; cursor: pointer\; padding: 0px 1px\;" width="162" /></span></em></p>\n\n<p style="box-sizing: border-box\; margin: 0px 0px 1rem\; font-family: Raleway\, sans-serif\; font-size: 16px\; background-color: rgb(243\, 243\, 243)\;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box\; font-size: 18px\;">Rodney Wilson is a high school teacher credited with creating LGBTQ+ History Month. October was selected because schools are in session\, and it is the month in which the first national march for lesbian and gay rights occurred and National Coming Out Day is celebrated. &nbsp\;Learn more about Rodney&#39\;s background&nbsp\;</span><a fr-original-style="" href="https://lgbthistorymonth.com/rodney-wilson?tab=biography" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="box-sizing: border-box\; background-color: transparent\; color: rgb(27\, 124\, 141)\; text-decoration-line: none\; user-select: auto\;" target="_blank"><span style="box-sizing: border-box\; font-size: 18px\;">here</span></a><span style="box-sizing: border-box\; font-size: 18px\;">.</span></p>\n\n<p style="box-sizing: border-box\; margin: 0px 0px 1rem\; font-family: Raleway\, sans-serif\; font-size: 16px\; background-color: rgb(243\, 243\, 243)\;"><a fr-original-style="" href="https://greaterhoustonlgbtchamber.growthzoneapp.com/ap/Events/Register/vrAGVg9P?sourceTypeId=Hub&amp\;mode=Attendee" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="box-sizing: border-box\; background-color: transparent\; color: rgb(27\, 124\, 141)\; text-decoration-line: none\; user-select: auto\;" target="_blank"><img fr-original-class="fr-draggable" fr-original-style="position: relative\; max-width: 100%\; cursor: pointer\; padding: 0px 1px\; caret-color: rgb(0\, 0\, 238)\; color: rgb(0\, 0\, 238)\; font-family: Arial\; text-align: center\; text-decoration: underline\; display: block\; vertical-align: top\; margin: 5px auto\;" height="61" src="https://res.cloudinary.com/micronetonline/image/upload/v1631731907/tenants/9460c7f0-2ce2-4cbd-90f3-edc463ffe9d3/904bd90a4f104de5a2485c27626c3346/1631731906889.png" style="box-sizing: border-box\; border: 0px none\; vertical-align: top\; max-width: 100%\; height: auto\; position: relative\; cursor: pointer\; padding: 0px 1px\; caret-color: rgb(0\, 0\, 238)\; color: rgb(0\, 0\, 238)\; font-family: Arial\; text-align: center\; text-decoration-line: underline\; display: block\; margin: 5px auto\;" width="200" /></a></p>\n\n<p style="box-sizing: border-box\; margin: 0px 0px 1rem\; font-family: Raleway\, sans-serif\; font-size: 16px\; background-color: rgb(243\, 243\, 243)\;">&nbsp\;</p>\n\n<p style="box-sizing: border-box\; margin: 0px 0px 1rem\; font-family: Raleway\, sans-serif\; font-size: 16px\; background-color: rgb(243\, 243\, 243)\;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box\; font-size: 18px\;">This event will include a &quot\;fireside chat&quot\; with Rodney Wilson as well as plenty of opportunities to network. Casual networking starting at 8:00 a.m. on the&nbsp\;</span><a fr-original-style="" href="https://www.airmeet.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="box-sizing: border-box\; background-color: transparent\; color: rgb(27\, 124\, 141)\; text-decoration-line: none\; user-select: auto\;" target="_blank"><span style="box-sizing: border-box\; font-size: 18px\;">Airmeet</span></a><span style="box-sizing: border-box\; font-size: 18px\;">&nbsp\;platform. Grab your coffee and join a networking table in the Chamber Networking Caf&eacute\; where you can switch between tables or meet one-on-one. We&#39\;ve got you covered however you like to network! After the program\, stick around for more networking and connection at your leisure in the Chamber Networking Caf&eacute\;.</span></p>\n
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