{"500111":{"#nid":"500111","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Archel Bernard seeks to help survivors of the Ebola pandemic rebuild, while pushing past the country\u2019s boundaries on fashion","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003ESTaC alumna (2011), Archel Bernard,\u0026nbsp;was featured this month by the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2016\/02\/07\/fashion\/liberia-designer-ebola-survivors-archel-bernard.html?_r=2\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ENew York Times Fashion \u0026amp; Style\u003C\/a\u003E section for the work that she is doing in Monrovia, Liberia. She started a clothing line and boutique in 2013 called \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MangoRags\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EMango Rags\u003C\/a\u003E, and then the Ebola outbreak occurred. She left Liberia, but after returning, her new company, \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.shopbombchel.com\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EThe Bombchel Factory\u003C\/a\u003E, is becoming a place that fosters a supportive new community for Ebola survivors and edgy fashion that challenges convention. Read \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2016\/02\/07\/fashion\/liberia-designer-ebola-survivors-archel-bernard.html?_r=2\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E\u201cStitching Together Lives and Fashion in Liberia\u201d\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/itsarchel\/the-bombchel-factory-an-ethical-african-fashion-wo\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ELearn about Bernard\u2019s Kickstarter campaign.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"\u0022Be a #Bombchel. Back our clothes, change a life.\u0022"}],"uid":"28518","created_gmt":"2016-02-14 19:22:08","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:20:42","author":"Jessica Anderson","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2016-02-14T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2016-02-14T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"500101":{"id":"500101","type":"image","title":"Archel Bernard","body":null,"created":"1455904800","gmt_created":"2016-02-19 18:00:00","changed":"1475895258","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:54:18","alt":"Archel Bernard","file":{"fid":"204688","name":"07liberia-jp1-master675.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/07liberia-jp1-master675_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/07liberia-jp1-master675_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":102082,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/07liberia-jp1-master675_0.jpg?itok=hCRvDsx8"}}},"media_ids":["500101"],"groups":[{"id":"1283","name":"School of Literature, Media, and Communication"}],"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":""}}}