{"288991":{"#nid":"288991","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Africa Atlanta 2014 Aims to Strengthen Ties Between Us","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFormer Mayor Andrew Young used to call Atlanta the gateway to Africa.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDuring a \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/saportareport.com\/blog\/2014\/02\/africa-atlanta-2014-initiative-aims-to-strengthen-ties-between-us\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Epress conference\u003C\/a\u003E in late February, Atlanta leaders took one big step to open that gateway when they launched the year-long Africa Atlanta 2014 collaboration to highlight and strengthen their cross-cultural ties.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI\u2019m convinced that Atlanta is well-positioned to become a significant partner,\u201d said Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed at the City Hall press conference. He added that six of the fastest-growing economies in the next 15 years will be in Africa, and that Atlanta would like to be a friendly partner in that growth.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EJacqueline Royster, dean of Georgia Tech\u2019s \u003Cstrong\u003EIvan Allen College of Liberal Arts\u003C\/strong\u003E, called it an idea whose time had come.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cAtlanta is so historically relevant,\u201d said Royster, the creator and organizer of the initiative. She said that when the organizers started working on the program, the events just kept multiplying and the initiative really stretched over 15 months rather than a year.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EJacqueline Royster, dean of Georgia Tech\u2019s Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts, called it an idea whose time had come.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cAtlanta is so historically relevant,\u201d said Royster, the creator and organizer of the initiative. She said that when the organizers started working on the program, the events just kept multiplying and the initiative really stretched over 15 months rather than a year.\u003C\/p\u003E- See more at: http:\/\/saportareport.com\/blog\/2014\/02\/africa-atlanta-2014-initiative-aims-to-strengthen-ties-between-us\/#sthash.ccfgCo7F.dpuf\u003Cp\u003EFormer Mayor Andrew Young used to call Atlanta the gateway to Africa.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOn Monday, Atlanta leaders took one big step to open that gateway when they launched the year-long Africa Atlanta 2014 collaboration to highlight and strengthen their cross-cultural ties.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI\u2019m convinced that Atlanta is well-positioned to become a significant partner,\u201d said Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed at a press conference Monday afternoon at City Hall. He added that six of the fastest-growing economies in the next 15 years will be in Africa, and that Atlanta would like to be a friendly partner in that growth.\u003C\/p\u003E- See more at: http:\/\/saportareport.com\/blog\/2014\/02\/africa-atlanta-2014-initiative-aims-to-strengthen-ties-between-us\/#sthash.ccfgCo7F.dpuf\u003Cp\u003EFormer Mayor Andrew Young used to call Atlanta the gateway to Africa.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOn Monday, Atlanta leaders took one big step to open that gateway when they launched the year-long Africa Atlanta 2014 collaboration to highlight and strengthen their cross-cultural ties.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI\u2019m convinced that Atlanta is well-positioned to become a significant partner,\u201d said Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed at a press conference Monday afternoon at City Hall. He added that six of the fastest-growing economies in the next 15 years will be in Africa, and that Atlanta would like to be a friendly partner in that growth.\u003C\/p\u003E- See more at: http:\/\/saportareport.com\/blog\/2014\/02\/africa-atlanta-2014-initiative-aims-to-strengthen-ties-between-us\/#sthash.ccfgCo7F.dpuf\u003Cp\u003EFormer Mayor Andrew Young used to call Atlanta the gateway to Africa.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOn Monday, Atlanta leaders took one big step to open that gateway when they launched the year-long Africa Atlanta 2014 collaboration to highlight and strengthen their cross-cultural ties.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI\u2019m convinced that Atlanta is well-positioned to become a significant partner,\u201d said Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed at a press conference Monday afternoon at City Hall. He added that six of the fastest-growing economies in the next 15 years will be in Africa, and that Atlanta would like to be a friendly partner in that growth.\u003C\/p\u003E- See more at: http:\/\/saportareport.com\/blog\/2014\/02\/africa-atlanta-2014-initiative-aims-to-strengthen-ties-between-us\/#sthash.ccfgCo7F.dpuf\u003Cp\u003EFormer Mayor Andrew Young used to call Atlanta the gateway to Africa.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOn Monday, Atlanta leaders took one big step to open that gateway when they launched the year-long Africa Atlanta 2014 collaboration to highlight and strengthen their cross-cultural ties.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI\u2019m convinced that Atlanta is well-positioned to become a significant partner,\u201d said Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed at a press conference Monday afternoon at City Hall. He added that six of the fastest-growing economies in the next 15 years will be in Africa, and that Atlanta would like to be a friendly partner in that growth.\u003C\/p\u003E- See more at: http:\/\/saportareport.com\/blog\/2014\/02\/africa-atlanta-2014-initiative-aims-to-strengthen-ties-between-us\/#sthash.ccfgCo7F.dpuf","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EDuring a \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/saportareport.com\/blog\/2014\/02\/africa-atlanta-2014-initiative-aims-to-strengthen-ties-between-us\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Epress conference\u003C\/a\u003E in late February, Atlanta leaders took one big step to open that gateway when they launched the year-long Africa Atlanta 2014 collaboration to highlight and strengthen their cross-cultural ties.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"During a press conference in late February, Atlanta leaders took one big step to open that gateway when they launched the year-long Africa Atlanta 2014 collaboration to highlight and strengthen their cross-cultural ties."}],"uid":"27889","created_gmt":"2014-04-07 16:14:42","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:16:11","author":"Beth Godfrey","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2014-04-07T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2014-04-07T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/saportareport.com\/blog\/2014\/02\/africa-atlanta-2014-initiative-aims-to-strengthen-ties-between-us\/","title":"Africa Atlanta 2014 Aims to Strengthen Ties"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.africaatlanta.org\/","title":"Africa Atlanta 2014"}],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}