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SUMMARY:Executives Club - The Minority Perspective on Equality and Economy
DESCRIPTION:Registration for this event will close at 2pm on Thursday\, August 4th but walk-in's will still be accepted at the door. Thank you in advance. The Minority Perspective on Equality and EconomyFeaturing: Randy Moore\; President\, Iowa American Water Company\n\nIn America there are over 100 million minorities of which 45 million are Black Americans. However\, Black owned businesses only represent 7% of the small businesses in America.  Randy Moore\, President\, Iowa American Water Company will discuss the importance of building support amongst minority communities in order to increase the rate of minority-owned small businesses. One of the strategies of Q2030 is to develop a more welcoming and inclusive community. Moore's presentation will be part of an important conversation about ensuring that individuals of all backgrounds have the tools and support necessary to thrive in business and as entrepreneurs. *If you need any special requirements to attend this meeting please contact Megan Lovelady at mlovelady@quadcitieschamber.com* If you are not a current Quad Cities Chamber member and are interested in attending this event\, please contact Gwen Tombergs at (563)823-2688. Monthly Sponsor: Annual Sponsors:
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<P><FONT size=2><P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt\; FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma'\,'sans-serif'\; COLOR: black\; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri\; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin\; mso-ansi-language: EN-US\; mso-fareast-language: EN-US\; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><STRONG></STRONG></SPAN></P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt\; FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma'\,'sans-serif'\; COLOR: black\; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri\; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin\; mso-ansi-language: EN-US\; mso-fareast-language: EN-US\; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><FONT size=2><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><SPAN style='FONT-FAMILY: "Arial"\,"sans-serif"\; COLOR: black'><FONT size=3><SPAN style='FONT-FAMILY: "Arial"\,"sans-serif"\; COLOR: black'><FONT size=3>Registration for this event will close at 2pm on Thursday\, August 4<SUP>th</SUP></FONT><FONT size=3> but walk-in's will still be accepted at the door. Thank you in advance.<?xml:namespace prefix = "o" ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></P><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><B><U><SPAN style='FONT-FAMILY: "Arial"\,"sans-serif"\; COLOR: black'><FONT size=3></FONT></SPAN></U></B>&nbsp\;</P><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><B><U><SPAN style='FONT-FAMILY: "Arial"\,"sans-serif"\; COLOR: black'><FONT size=3>The Minority Perspective on Equality and Economy<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></U></B></P><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><B><SPAN style='FONT-FAMILY: "Arial"\,"sans-serif"\; COLOR: black'><FONT size=3>Featuring: Randy Moore\; President\, Iowa American Water Company</FONT></SPAN></B><SPAN style='FONT-FAMILY: "Tahoma"\,"sans-serif"\; COLOR: black'><BR style="mso-special-character: line-break"><BR style="mso-special-character: line-break"></SPAN><SPAN style='FONT-FAMILY: "Arial"\,"sans-serif"\; COLOR: black'><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><SPAN style='FONT-FAMILY: "Arial"\,"sans-serif"\; COLOR: black'><FONT size=3>In America there are over 100 million minorities of which 45 million are Black Americans. However\, Black owned businesses only represent 7% of the small businesses in America. <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><SPAN style='FONT-FAMILY: "Arial"\,"sans-serif"\; COLOR: black'><o:p><FONT size=3>&nbsp\;</FONT></o:p></SPAN></P><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><FONT size=3><SPAN style='FONT-FAMILY: "Arial"\,"sans-serif"\; COLOR: black'>Randy Moore\, President\, Iowa American Water Company will discuss the importance of building support amongst minority communities in order to increase the rate of minority-owned small businesses. One of the strategies of Q2030 is to develop a more welcoming and inclusive community. Moore's presentation will be part of an important conversation about ensuring that individuals of all backgrounds have the tools and support necessary to thrive in business and as entrepreneurs.</SPAN><SPAN style='FONT-FAMILY: "Tahoma"\,"sans-serif"\; COLOR: black'><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><SPAN style='FONT-FAMILY: "Arial"\,"sans-serif"\; COLOR: black'><o:p><FONT size=3>&nbsp\;</FONT></o:p></SPAN></P><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><SPAN style='FONT-FAMILY: "Arial"\,"sans-serif"\; COLOR: black'><FONT size=3>*If you need any special requirements to attend this meeting please contact Megan Lovelady at </FONT><A href="mailto:mlovelady@quadcitieschamber.com*"><SPAN style="COLOR: blue"><FONT size=3>mlovelady@quadcitieschamber.com*</FONT></SPAN></A></SPAN><SPAN style='FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman"\,"serif"\; COLOR: black'><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><SPAN style='FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman"\,"serif"\; COLOR: black'><o:p><FONT size=3>&nbsp\;</FONT></o:p></SPAN></P><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><FONT size=3><B><SPAN style='FONT-FAMILY: "Arial"\,"sans-serif"\; COLOR: black'>If you are not a current Quad Cities Chamber member and are interested in attending this event\, please contact Gwen Tombergs at (563)823-2688.</SPAN></B><B><SPAN style='FONT-FAMILY: "Arial"\,"sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></FONT></P><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><FONT size=3><SPAN style='FONT-FAMILY: "Arial"\,"sans-serif"\; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp\;</SPAN><SPAN style='FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman"\,"serif"\; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><FONT size=3><B><U><SPAN style='FONT-FAMILY: "Arial"\,"sans-serif"\; COLOR: black'>Monthly Sponsor:</SPAN></U></B><B><U><SPAN style='FONT-FAMILY: "Tahoma"\,"sans-serif"\; COLOR: black'> </SPAN></U></B></FONT><SPAN style='FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman"\,"serif"\; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P><P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"></FONT></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt\; FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma'\,'sans-serif'\; COLOR: black\; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri\; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin\; mso-ansi-language: EN-US\; mso-fareast-language: EN-US\; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><FONT size=2><STRONG><U><A title="" style="TEXT-DECORATION: underline\; COLOR: blue" dataFld=0:0 href="https://www.wellsfargo.com/" target=_NewWindow><IMG style="HEIGHT: 89px\; WIDTH: 95px" border=0 alt="" src="http://members.quadcitieschamber.com/sbaweb/imgs/WellsFargoLogoSmall.jpg" width=116 height=105></A></U></STRONG></FONT></SPAN></P><P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt\; FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma'\,'sans-serif'\; COLOR: black\; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri\; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin\; mso-ansi-language: EN-US\; mso-fareast-language: EN-US\; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><FONT face=Arial><STRONG><U>Annual Sponsors:</U></STRONG></FONT> </SPAN></P><P></P><P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt\; FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma'\,'sans-serif'\; COLOR: black\; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri\; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin\; mso-ansi-language: EN-US\; mso-fareast-language: EN-US\; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><A title="" style="TEXT-DECORATION: underline\; COLOR: blue" dataFld=0:0 href="http://www.bushconstruct.com/" target=_NewWindow><IMG border=0 alt="" src="http://members.quadcitieschamber.com/sbaweb/imgs/BUSHWebsite.jpg"></A>&nbsp\;&nbsp\; <A title="" style="TEXT-DECORATION: underline\; COLOR: blue" dataFld=0:0 href="http://groupservicesinc.com/" target=_NewWindow><IMG border=0 alt="" src="http://members.quadcitieschamber.com/sbaweb/imgs/GroupServicesWebsite.jpg"></A>&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\; <A title="" style="TEXT-DECORATION: underline\; COLOR: blue" dataFld=0:0 href="http://www.bloodcenter.org/" target=_NewWindow><IMG style="HEIGHT: 71px\; WIDTH: 247px" border=0 alt="" src="http://members.quadcitieschamber.com/sbaweb/imgs/ICMississippiBloodDrive.jpg" width=700 height=205></A></SPAN></P><P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt\; FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma'\,'sans-serif'\; COLOR: black\; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri\; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin\; mso-ansi-language: EN-US\; mso-fareast-language: EN-US\; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><A title="" style="TEXT-DECORATION: underline\; COLOR: blue" dataFld=0:0 href="https://terrostar.com/" target=_NewWindow><IMG style="HEIGHT: 61px\; WIDTH: 163px" border=0 alt="" src="http://members.quadcitieschamber.com/sbaweb/imgs/iWireless.jpg" width=987 height=409><IMG border=0 alt="" src="http://members.quadcitieschamber.com/sbaweb/imgs/terrostarNEWwebsite.jpg"></A></P></SPAN></FONT>
LOCATION:iWireless Center1201 River Drive Moline\, IL 612651303
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URL:https://member.quadcitieschamber.com/events/details/executives-club-the-minority-perspective-on-equality-and-economy-08-05-2016-1108
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