{"554001":{"#nid":"554001","#data":{"type":"event","title":"GRIOT Employee Resource Group: The Skin I\u0027m In","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIn this powerfully transformative \u0022keeping it real\u0022 dialogue, participants discuss \u0022colorism,\u0022 as something to emerge from rather than a phenomenon to continuously perpetrate. The knots in participants\u2019 stomachs are loosened as they learn to reject the politics of hue and embrace the unique array of their own beauty in the face of society\u0027s distorted messaging.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis workshop provides an opportunity for the following groups to momentarily pause to compassionately see themselves in one another\u2019s struggles:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EDark-skinned participants who often feel they maintain a monopoly on pain; and who often find it difficult to dismantle notions about dark skin as to fully embrace the beauty of their reflection within U.S. cultural context;\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003ELight-skinned participants who often wish they had darker skin, so they could feel more worthy of \u0022being Black;\u0022 who often feel hurt by childhood memories of relatives who made darker skinned siblings\/cousins feel de-valued; and who often feel that their pain goes unrecognized;\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EBrown\/tan\/caramel-skinned participants who often feel confused, invisible, and pushed to the sidelines in conversations about colorism; and who often reflect on their own skin tone as much lighter or darker than it actually is just to be part of the conversation;\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EAnyone open to learning more about colorism and its impacts and influences.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESIgn up today as space is limited. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.diversity.gatech.edu\/griot-employee-resource-group-skin-im\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.diversity.gatech.edu\/griot-employee-resource-group-skin-im\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EPlease join Georgia Tech\u2019s GRIOT Employee Resource Group for an engaging Brown Bag lunch event, \u201cThe Skin I\u2019m In\u201d Colorism Workshop, hosted by Cheryl Cofield, director of inclusion and engagement in Institute Diversity, and Stephanie Ray, associate dean of students and director of Diversity Programs.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Participants discuss \u0022colorism,\u0022 as something to emerge from rather than a phenomenon to continuously perpetrate"}],"uid":"27299","created_gmt":"2016-07-19 11:25:57","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 02:18:22","author":"Michael Hagearty","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2016-08-12T12:30:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2016-08-12T14:30:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2016-08-12T14:30:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2016-08-12 16:30:00","gmt_time_end":"2016-08-12 18:30:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2016-08-12 18:30:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"296161":{"id":"296161","type":"image","title":"Employee Resource Groups","body":null,"created":"1449244514","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 15:55:14","changed":"1475894995","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:49:55","alt":"Employee Resource Groups","file":{"fid":"199406","name":"erg.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/erg_0.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/erg_0.png","mime":"image\/png","size":80038,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/erg_0.png?itok=mDQf_wo4"}}},"media_ids":["296161"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/diversity.gatech.edu\/erg","title":"Employee Resource Groups"}],"groups":[{"id":"1182","name":"General"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"26411","name":"Training\/Workshop"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78761","name":"Faculty\/Staff"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003ELaleeta Sweeper-Pitts\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p2\u0022\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:laleeta.pitts@carnegie.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Elaleeta.pitts@carnegie.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003E404-894-0065\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}